Tag: Courts
Court rules against using race, sex to allocate federal aid
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a conservative legal group that sought to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from giving priority status...
Ex-Southwest Airlines pilot sentenced for lewd act on flight
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A retired Southwest Airlines pilot was sentenced to probation Friday after pleading guilty to exposing his genitals to a female...
Breyer ‘basically optimistic’ about US despite polarization
WASHINGTON — The country may be increasingly divided along partisan lines, but Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Friday that he remains optimistic that...
US court revives lawsuit against private prison in Nevada
LAS VEGAS — A federal appeals court said Friday the nation’s largest private prison corporation can be held liable for negligence by a man...
EXPLAINER: What’s the Senate filibuster and why change it?
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are poised to use a filibuster to derail Democrats’ effort to launch a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack...
Judge agrees to appoint ‘special master’ in Giuliani case
NEW YORK — A judge said Friday that he will appoint a “special master” to protect attorney-client privilege during a review of materials seized...
Ex-campaign manager for Ohio U.S. Rep pleads guilty to theft
CINCINNATI — A former campaign manager for a veteran member of Congress pleaded guilty Friday to two federal counts in a case alleging he...
Cop hired to probe Wisconsin election has partisan ties
MADISON, Wis. — One of the retired police officers hired by a top Wisconsin Republican to investigate the presidential election in the battleground state...
Big cheese no more: UK drug dealer caught out by cheese pic
LONDON — A drug dealer in the English city of Liverpool thought he was the big cheese — until police got all the evidence...
Judge orders mediation in transgender rant beer toss case
GALLOWAY, N.J. — A New Jersey judge is turning to community mediation to try to resolve the case of a middle school vice principal...