Closing Arguments: Past issues
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View ArticleMotel trafficking claims nixed
SACRAMENTO — A woman who was deprived of sleep and food, forced to use meth and trafficked for sex at Red Roof Inn and other hotels lost her federal lawsuit against Red Roof Inn for its alleged role in...
View ArticleSister of Cash App founder murder suspect tells of drugs, assault in second...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Khazar Momeni, the sister of the man accused of stabbing and killing Cash App founder Bob Lee in April 2023, testified Monday that a drug dealer friend of Lee sexually assaulted...
View ArticleTown mayor attacked same day priest was gunned down in Chiapas
MEXICO CITY (CN) — A mayor of a town in Chiapas survived an assassination attempt just hours after a priest was shot and killed by armed men in the southern Mexican state. Mario Hernández Aguilar,...
View ArticleBlade Runner 2049 studio claims Tesla used AI image of the film in Cybercab...
LOS ANGELES (CN) — The studio that produced Blade Runner 2049 claims in a lawsuit Monday that it shot down Tesla’s request to use a still image from the sci-fi film in the promotion of the company’s...
View ArticleLouisiana fights attempt to block Ten Commandments display law
BATON ROUGE, La. (CN) — Religious leaders, teachers and parents whose children are in Louisiana public schools asked a federal judge on Monday to block a new state law that would require the Ten...
View ArticleJuror says she no longer believes death row inmate Robert Roberson is guilty
(CN) — One of the jurors who helped convict death row inmate Robert Roberson now believes he’s innocent, a Texas House panel heard Monday. Terre Compton told the Texas Committee on Criminal...
View ArticleSan Francisco fishermen oppose $550 million plan to install new tourist...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Commercial fishermen at Pier 45 in Fisherman’s Wharf are opposing a new development plan they claim could convert their workplace into a public-facing tourist attraction, which...
View ArticleJustice Department argues AI should be considered in search monopoly remedy...
WASHINGTON (CN) — In a Monday night filing, the Justice Department argued a federal judge should require Google to turn over documents related to artificial intelligence as part of a major internet...
View ArticleSidebar: The trial of Lizzie Borden
Sensational headlines, societal upheaval and a gruesome crime that shook Fall River, Massachusetts, to its core. Turn off the lights and cozy up to the fireplace as we bring you the spookiest type of...
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Flag, polarized: Will Mainers ditch old design?
PORTLAND, Maine (CN) — Maine voters will decide on Election Day whether to replace the official state flag with a modern incarnation of the original flag flown from 1901 to 1909. The Nov. 5 ballot...
View ArticleBlack motorist fatally shot by London police officer in 2022 was a member of...
LONDON (AP) — A Black motorist killed by a London police marksman who was acquitted of murder this week was a member of a violent gang and allegedly shot a rival a week earlier, according to court...
View ArticleA UN report says it could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains...
(AP) — U.N. agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s offensive against Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns since World War...
View ArticleOhio man charged with bringing massive ‘Trump’ sign to Capitol for rioters to...
(AP) — An Ohio man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he brought a massive “Trump” sign to the U.S. Capitol and joined other rioters in using it as a weapon against police officers during a mob...
View ArticleMore Republicans are voting early, helping break records. Nearly 19 million...
(AP) — With former President Donald Trump’s encouragement, Republicans are voting early again, flocking to the polls for in-person voting ahead of Election Day and helping push the national number to...
View ArticleWomen in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under...
(AP) — Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a report...
View ArticleRussia is behind viral disinformation targeting Walz, intelligence official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups in Russia created and helped spread viral disinformation targeting Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Tuesday. The...
View ArticleCourt upholds freedom for woman whose conviction was overturned after 43...
(AP) — An appellate court ruled Tuesday that a lower court was right when it decided to overturn the murder conviction of a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue...
View ArticleCalifornia biomass plan draws scorn of environmentalists
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Plans to build two wood pellet processing plants in Northern California have drawn the ire of environmentalists who say California needs to rethink “falling for the biomass...
View ArticleKhazar Momeni testifies Bob Lee was not sober and ‘all over the place’ in...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Khazar Momeni, on cross examination Tuesday during her third day of testimony in her brother’s murder trial, said that Cash App founder Bob Lee was intoxicated and aggressive in...
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