Pecker testified that Trump conspired with him to cover up affair rumors during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
A conservative nonprofit in Colorado lost an appeal of its claim that the state’s additions to the titles of its ballot initiatives compelled private speech.
A federal judge sent the jury home for the weekend, but ordered jurors to return Monday in the case against a civilian contractor over abuses in the Iraq War.
Advocates of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta say preparing levees — which protect more than 600,000 residents and about 740,000 acres of land — is critical in the face of climate change.
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Few people outside of Russia can compete with Donald Trump when it comes to being a god in his own mind: narcissistic, venomous, delusional — but Bobby Kennedy Jr. comes close.
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“That’s a great thing for the First Amendment and may be a great thing as it was in our case,” a sheriff's department spokesperson said of the podcast that helped solve a cold-case murder. “But the same factors can lead to proliferation of misinformation, or worse yet, case-compromising information.”
Despite the ongoing national reckoning over Confederate statues and symbols, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina are nonetheless closing state offices this year in observance of Confederate Memorial Day.
Alba gu bràth!, or “Scotland forever!”, as contestants at Kern County’s Scottish Highland Games are known to cheer.
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Alaska claims the federal government failed to consider its economic interests on the North Slope when designating critical habitat the size of Texas.
Assemblymember Vince Fong, the author of the bill that responds to "Paneragate," said he was frustrated by the process.
The federal appeals court also upheld the 20-year sentence handed down to Kelly in Chicago in 2023, which he will serve concurrently with a previous sentence for sex trafficking.
Under the terms of the settlement, the for-profit University of Phoenix and its parent company would pay $4.5 million and take responsibility for unlawfully soliciting service members on military sites.
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Coming on the heels of the huge sell-off over the last few weeks, Wall Street finally regained ground on reports showing a slowing economy.
The states claim the employment commission added abortion-related requirements that were never part of the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
The men face charges of attempting to illegally export a semiconductor machine to China.
The university found student protestors in violation of a school policy on Thursday — one Northwestern officials only enacted that morning.
Two types of snapping turtle, the white-tailed ptarmigan and the Peñasco least chipmunk are among the species that will receive protection decisions by the end of the year.
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A federal court in Maine denied two aviation companies’ motion to deny sex discrimination claims brought against them by a fired employee. She has plausibly alleged she was fired only because her male partner was fired, based on a sexist stereotype that she would have abandoned the job to “stand by her man” if she wasn’t fired.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that the appellate court improperly upheld the trial court’s decision to not award certain damages in this suit, wherein a couple alleges they were fraudulently induced to purchase life insurance from a financial company. Under the Consumer Protection Law, treble damages are available to the couple.
A federal court in North Carolina denied a retired businessman’s motion for an injunction against the Department of Agriculture, which seeks to enforce the Horse Protection Act against him for soring his horse, or exposing it to caustic chemicals to produce a more aesthetically desirable gait. He says he did not sore his horse, but he incorrectly argues that because a judicial officer and not the department’s secretary filed the complaint against him, the process is illegitimate.
A federal court in New Orleans denied a parish school board’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that three suburban school employees used physical violence on a blind, autistic 12-year-old student in separate incidences on the same day. The child’s family’s claims are supported by video and witness testimony. According to the parents, the school board posits that “kicking, hitting, and slamming a child’s head into a table somehow does not constitute battery.”
A federal court in Texas denied a conservative political group’s motion for an injunction against the city of Kerrville, whose ordinances regulating “peddlers and solicitors” and “electioneering” allegedly violate the First Amendment. The suing organization and its members did not show the city had specific plans to engage in proscribed conduct, so they lack standing to receive an injunction or restraining order.
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Hunter Biden filed an interlocutory appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Friday, arguing a federal judge improperly rejected his bid to dismiss tax evasion charges because a plea agreement barred the special counsel from charging him.
Airline passengers and former travel agents seek to stop Alaska Airlines from acquiring Hawaiian Airlines Inc., saying the deal creates a monopoly, shrinks competition in multiple passenger airline markets and threatens Hawaii's economy.
Popular Lunchables meal kits contain lead, cadmium and phthalates, two mothers say in a class action that accuses Kraft Heinz of deceiving customers. A recent report showed that Lunchables — often consumed by children — contained over 60% of the maximum allowed levels of the toxic chemicals that can cause brain damage and other health issues.
Mike Tyson punched out a fellow JetBlue passenger after he declined the former heavyweight boxing champ's offer of magic mushrooms on the flight, the passenger says in a lawsuit that looks to also hold the airline accountable for Tyson's behavior.
Those who are arrested in Travis County aren't provided counsel for initial bail hearings, one arrestee says in a class action that accuses the county of creating a "two-tier" system that favors those who can afford to hire an attorney.
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