Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the Trump administration’s crackdown on...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Supreme Court sends election challenge for associate justice...
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — The North Carolina Supreme Court sent Judge Jefferson Griffin’s case back to a lower state court Wednesday, in a blow to his efforts to change the results of his race for a state...
View ArticleRepeat robber, viral dirt bike rider tells Third Circuit he never planned to...
PHILADELPHIA (CN) — A convicted felon who admitted to shooting a pharmacist during a robbery told the Third Circuit on Thursday that he never planned to fire his gun and should receive a lower...
View ArticleCalifornia governor signs wildfire recovery bills
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills Thursday providing $2.5 billion in funding for Los Angeles wildfire recovery, just hours after the Legislature sent...
View ArticleConfirmation a murky prospect for Pete Hegseth as Senate forges ahead with...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Pete Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of defense cleared a key procedural hurdle Thursday, as the Senate voted to break a potential filibuster and advance him to a final vote on...
View ArticleLots of undecided voters in New Jersey gubernatorial race
(CN) — Early polling of New Jersey voters shows former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who nearly beat incumbent Governor Phil Murphy in the Garden State’s 2021 gubernatorial race, emerging as an early...
View ArticleChristian support group asks 10th Circuit to revive discrimination lawsuit...
DENVER (CN) — A Christian support group asked the 10th Circuit on Thursday to revive religious discrimination claims against an employer that opted to stop recognizing the group when its faith...
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The unsung ballad of the ‘chick pic’: An avian tradition for Washington State...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Deep in the bowels of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, as the business of government proceeded overhead, members of Washington State’s congressional delegation took part in an arcane...
View ArticleRacist conspiracy claim ruled plausible
NEW ORLEANS — Two white managers at a Louisiana dairy distribution firm will face a conspiracy claim brought by a Black delivery driver who says the managers agreed to terminate him for complaining...
View ArticleMinnesota Supreme Court to decide balance of power in state House
ST. PAUL (CN) — Whether or not Republicans currently have control of the Minnesota House of Representatives is now in the hands of the state’s Supreme Court following oral arguments Thursday by...
View ArticleDiddy sues for defamation
MANHATTAN — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has filed a $50 million defamation against a man claiming to have video footage of the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulting celebrities, including minors. Combs accuses...
View ArticleCalifornia argues against reinstating injunction on kids’ online privacy law
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — NetChoice, a powerful tech lobbying group, clashed with the California Attorney General’s Office in court Thursday, attempting to prevent the state from enforcing a...
View ArticleMinnesota Supreme Court finds state House Republicans’ power grab...
ST. PAUL (CN) — Minnesota’s state House Republicans’ election of a speaker with only 67 members present was unconstitutional, according to a new ruling issued Friday by the Minnesota Supreme Court....
View ArticleRussell Simmons owes more than $3 million to sex assault accusers for unpaid...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Russell Simmons owes more than $3 million to a pair of women who have accused the music mogul of sexual assault, according to new court records. The two women, Toni Sallie and Alexia...
View ArticleClosing Arguments: Past issues
Closing Arguments is a weekly roundup of stories from courthouses across the U.S. and the world. Get the latest trial updates, find out which cases we’re tracking and listen to new episodes of our...
View ArticleSupreme Court takes on public funds for religious charter school
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a First Amendment battle over a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, setting up the next major test for the boundary between church and...
View ArticleTrump, Newsom keep it amicable on president’s visit to fire-devastated LA
LOS ANGELES (CN) — President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom temporarily halted their vitriolic war of words as the president arrived in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon to tour the...
View ArticleDefense closing arguments begin in Mike Madigan federal corruption trial
CHICAGO (CN) — Mike Madigan’s federal corruption trial inched closer to its conclusion on Friday as the government wrapped up its closing arguments and Madigan’s defense team began its own. Prosecutor...
View ArticleA$AP Rocky faces trial over supposed shooting of friend
LOS ANGELES (CN) — The trial of famed hip-hop artist A$AP Rocky opened on Friday, as prosecutors and defendants gave the jury sharply contrasting depictions of a 2021 Hollywood shooting that may or...
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