The United Nations' highest court told Israel it must provide urgent humanitarian aid to Gaza, including opening more land crossings into the besieged enclave.
The money is a down payment on what will likely be an expensive and lengthy project.
The former president claims the conduct detailed in the indictment against him was protected speech. State prosecutors say it furthered a criminal conspiracy.
And nearly two-thirds of that water goes toward crops that feed cattle.
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In our Disunited States, where liars stand so proudly, arms akimbo, elbows against their own laws, I seek solace in a source that’s never failed me: Plato’s "Apology" and "Crito."
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Courts & the Law
A judge handed down the 25-year sentence — half the punishment requested by prosecutors for Bankman-Fried’s crypto fraud — along with an $11 billion financial penalty.
While repealing the death penalty in 2020, Colorado lawmakers inadvertently left open a loophole that allows individuals accused of first-degree murder out on bail.
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A man who spent 42 years in prison for a hotel fire he denies starting is seeking to expunge a 2013 no contest plea so he can seek damages against Pima County based on the decades he was incarcerated.
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The Fourth Circuit's ruling may result in the gerrymandered maps being used during the November elections.
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The White House has required federal agencies to provide incarcerated people with information on voter eligibility and to help them register to vote, but lawmakers say the government could be doing even more.
A federal judge ruled that the plaintiffs' amended complaint failed to address the deficiencies of their original filing and threw the case out without leave to amend.
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The administration is tightening environmental rules that were loosened under Trump, but environmental groups say much more work still needs to be done.
A day after his dream of moving an NHL and NBA franchise to Virginia imploded, GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed several Democratic priorities.
Until recently, Wyoming used the ruling in Crow v. Repsis to prosecute tribal members caught hunting outside the reservation without state permits.
Local politicos from the San Diego County border community, researchers and a Mexican official explained their efforts to clean up the Tijuana River.
A man who was jailed for nearly 20 years after three San Jose police officers reported he was identified as a drive-by shooter can now take the officers to trial for fabricating evidence.
A judge ruled that the guard's actions in taking and sharing photos of a violent murder did "shock the conscience."
Rulings
A federal court in Pennsylvania denied a trust’s motion for an injunction that would stop a fudge company, Local Yokels, from producing fudge after a jury found that it had used the trust’s trademarked recipe. The jury already determined a monetary award to remedy the financial harm, and the fudge company has agreed to use a different recipe.
A federal court in North Carolina found in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center on its First Amendment lawsuit against the state prison system, which was preventing it from sending periodicals about prison and criminal legal news to prisoners. The blanket ban on the nonprofit’s materials violated the prison system’s own policies.
A federal court in Pennsylvania approved a consent decree between two environmental organizations and U.S. Steel, finding the manufacturer will pay $5 million in penalties and settlement payments, plus $3 million toward litigation costs, after a control room fire at a U.S. Steel plant spurred a Clean Air Act complaint.
A federal court in Massachusetts granted default judgment against a supplier that agreed to provide an engineer to a recruiting firm’s client, but knowingly sent an imposter, requiring the client to undergo a forensic audit for $55,000, paid for by the recruiter. Its claims for breach of contract, tortious interference and deceptive trade practices were well demonstrated.
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a circuit court’s decision in favor of the state, which properly declined to restore the gun rights of an involuntarily committed psychiatric patient. Under state law, only felons convicted of non-gun-related and nonviolent crimes may have their Second Amendment rights restored; by contrast, his commitment was based on his dangerous and reckless use of a firearm.
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Hot Cases
Two doctoral students and one professor from China are suing Florida over a 2023 law that they say presumptively prohibits the employment of academics from seven foreign countries, including China, at public universities in the state.
According to San Diego, state officials incorrectly concluded that a requirement to test water at the city's public schools for lead didn't count as a state mandate California should have funded.
Private space tourism company Virgin Galactic didn't pay for $25 million worth of spacecraft design for its mothership, Boeing accuses in a lawsuit. Boeing says Virgin Galactic also absconded with its proprietary equations and test data.
A Tennessee congressman is being sued for falsely claiming on social media that a Kansas man was involved in the deadly shooting at a parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win.
A federal court in Hawaii dismissed parts of negligence claims brought by military families against the government for a petroleum fuel leak that contaminated their water supply. The claims that the Navy failed to warn the families and to test the water is barred by a Federal Torts Claims Act exception.