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View ArticleCalifornia Judicial Council approves $3 billion for trial courts
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — One official with the California Judicial Council figures this month is the best time for state lawmakers to visit local courtrooms to get a first-hand view of how they operate....
View ArticleNew AI tool predicts Alzheimer’s risk, could transform early dementia care
(CN) — Artificial intelligence is transforming health care, and a new breakthrough in diagnosing dementia could reshape early treatment strategies and offer hope to millions. Cambridge scientists have...
View ArticleInmates fall in suit over jail health care quality
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge granted summary judgment to a jail health contractor Friday, finding inmates failed to link what they said was substandard care to save money to any policy or...
View ArticleSixth Circuit nixes trans women’s challenge to Tennessee birth certificate rules
CINCINNATI (CN) — A Sixth Circuit panel upheld 2-1 a Tennessee statute barring transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates on Friday, dismissing the constitutional...
View ArticleLululemon greenwashing
MIAMI — Lululemon engaged in "greenwashing" when it falsely advertised that the athleisure brand has sustainable products and businesses practices, consumers say in a class action that claims the...
View ArticleJudge weighs settlement in pair of UFC monopoly lawsuits
LAS VEGAS (CN) — Concerns from a Las Vegas judge on Friday could derail an attempt by Ultimate Fighting Championship and some of its fighters to settle ten years of litigation, where the fighters...
View ArticleProsecutors had ‘blinders’ on, defense says in racketeering trial close of...
HONOLULU (CN) — After half a year, the federal trial of accused Honolulu crime boss Michael Miske Jr. neared its conclusion Friday, with Miske’s defense making the argument that most of government’s...
View ArticleJudge blasts VA for renting out land meant to house homeless vets
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal judge granted partial summary judgment to a group of homeless veterans who sued the Department of Veteran Affairs over its failure to provide better and more affordable...
View ArticleAtlanta judge removed from RICO case against Young Thug
ATLANTA (CN) — A fellow Superior Court judge removed the Georgia judge overseeing the criminal racketeering case against Grammy-winning hip-hop artist Young Thug from the case Monday amid complaints...
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Protesters, conservative policy wonks portray divided America at RNC opening day
MILWAUKEE (CN) — A conservative think tank and a group of left-wing protesters propped up starkly different visions for the future of a nation in the midst of historic turbulence at the Republican...
View ArticleNew York attorney general sues Nassau County for transgender sports ban
NEW YORK (CN) — Both New York Attorney General Letitia James and the New York Civil Liberties Union sued Nassau County Monday for a local law that bans transgender women and girls from participating...
View ArticleScott Peterson, prosecutors clash over evidence in 20-year-old murder case
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (CN) — Scott Peterson, the California man convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son two decades ago, wants prosecutors to turn over hundreds of documents from the murder...
View ArticleNewsom signs ban on ‘forced outing’ at California schools into law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a controversial “forced outing” bill into law, legislation that supporters say is essential to protect LGBTQ youth. Assembly...
View ArticleGOP confidence prevails on first night of Republican National Convention
MILWAUKEE (CN) — A buzzy atmosphere permeated the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Monday night as the Republican National Convention kicked off its first evening session days after the party’s...
View ArticleProvider of DDoS attacks-for-hire service gets 9 months prison
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal judge sentenced the operator of a website that provided so-called distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks for hire to interrupt the internet traffic of targeted...
View Article10th Circuit refuses to restore federal family planning grants in Oklahoma
(CN) — A three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit on Monday declined Oklahoma’s request to restore millions of dollars in Title X funds, which the federal government pulled after the state’s Department...
View ArticleFederal court issues split decision in Illinois inmates’ quest for greater...
CHICAGO (CN) — Illinois inmates at the Will County Adult Detention Facility won a partial legal victory Monday, with a federal judge in Chicago ruling that several of the jail’s media and mail...
View ArticleSouthern California attorney facing disbarment after claims of stealing $282...
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Southern California attorney Daniel Stephen March is more than likely headed toward disbarment, after the California State Bar placed him on involuntary inactive status on Tuesday,...
View ArticleDespite Trump assassination attempt, gun advocates at RNC push for protection...
MILWAUKEE (CN) — Gun rights advocates on Tuesday took stock of firearm politics and laws during a panel discussion at the Republican National Convention in light of an assassination attempt on former...
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