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LA hip-hop entrepreneur, accused gang leader ‘Big U’ denied bail

LOS ANGELES (CN) — A South Los Angeles hip hop entrepreneur and community organizer who federal prosecutors accuse of being a longtime leader of the Rollin’ 60s Crips street gang will remain jailed...

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Judge extends safeguards for Venezuelan detainees in NYC

MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal judge on Tuesday extended a temporary restraining order stopping the Trump administration from removing a group of eight noncitizens from Venezuela who are being detained by...

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RFK Jr. plans to phase out artificial dyes from the US food supply

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday said they would phase out petroleum-based artificial colors in the nation’s food supply, potentially triggering an ingredients overhaul for scores of...

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Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens joins Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed in...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fourth-term U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her run for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday with a video focused on the economic crisis caused by President Donald...

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‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Daybell convicted of conspiring to murder ex-husband

PHOENIX (CN) — An Arizona jury found Lori Vallow Daybell, the media-dubbed “Doomsday Mom” who murdered her two children whom she said were turned to zombies, guilty on Tuesday of conspiring to murder...

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Class action to reform Alaska foster care system clears another legal hurdle

(CN) — A putative federal class action aimed at reforming Alaska’s foster care system cleared another legal hurdle on Wednesday when a federal judge denied much of the state’s motion for summary...

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As presidential approval rating slips, Americans tell Pew Trump is a...

(CN) — Nearing the 100-day mark of Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, 40% of Americans polled by Pew Research Center say they approve of his job performance, a seven-point decline from...

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California lawmakers take look at removing state taxes on tips

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Getting a tip in the service industry isn’t guaranteed. That’s one reason why California state Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh pushed for passage of Senate Bill 17, which would...

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X sues to stop Minnesota election misinformation law

ST. PAUL (CN) — The social media company X Corp., formerly Twitter, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the Federal District of Minnesota against Attorney General Keith Ellison, alleging a state statute...

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Dozen states sue Trump over global tariff ‘chaos’ 

MANHATTAN (CN) — Twelve states on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its sweeping tariffs that have upended markets and spurred a global trade war.  The attorneys general of Arizona,...

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Weinstein’s lawyer claims accusers were ‘flirtatious’ with film producer in...

MANHATTAN (CN) — Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein is back in court after a New York appellate ruling gave him another chance to beat his landmark #MeToo rape case. Weinstein, 73, was pushed into...

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Federal judges skeptical of Trump crackdown on law firms

WASHINGTON (CN) — A pair of federal judges doubt the Trump administration had any justification for executive orders targeting big law firms beyond the president’s personal distaste for them, saying...

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Ninth Circuit relights bulk of pretrial electronic monitoring in San Francisco

(CN) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday vacated in part a trial judge’s preliminary injunction that barred the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office from sharing with other law enforcement...

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11th Circuit deems Alabama sex offender restrictions too harsh

(CN) — Alabama cannot completely prohibit convicted sex offenders from cohabitating with minors, according to an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday. After being convicted of one count of...

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Prosecutor without a legal license

RICHMOND, Va. — Does a criminal conviction have to be overturned if the prosecutor didn’t have a valid license to practice law when the trial occurred? No, ruled the Virginia Court of Appeals, in this...

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Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police...

(AP) — Jurors in the second murder trial of Karen Read heard conflicting evidence Thursday about her relationship with her boyfriend, the Boston police officer she’s accused of killing. Prosecutors...

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Ex-Twitter exec gets go-ahead for $20 million severance suit against Elon Musk

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge advanced claims from a former chief marketing officer of what was then Twitter that she is owed $20 million in back pay. Leslie Berland, who served as the social...

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From banning tech to ending sister-city ties, US states have at least 240...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State lawmakers across the U.S. have introduced at least 240 anti-China proposals this year, aiming to ensure public funds don’t buy Chinese technology or even T-shirts, coffee...

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Judge tentatively dismisses Visa from Pornhub sex trafficking lawsuits

LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal judge on Thursday tentatively dismissed claims against Visa Inc. and the former owners of Pornhub from a group of lawsuits by women who were minors when sexually explicit...

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Trump pardons Vegas pol and wire fraud convict Michele Fiore

LAS VEGAS — Michele Fiore, the former Las Vegas council member and Nye County justice of the peace convicted last year on wire fraud accusations, announced Thursday that she’d been pardoned by...

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