Tag: Courts
Mining ban considered to protect bird species in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will consider a ban on new mining on large expanses of public lands in Western...
2 charged in police assault on Jan. 6 to remain behind bars
<p>Two men charged in the assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, must remain...
Judge sentences co-founder of ‘Students for Trump’ to prison
NEW YORK — A co-founder of “Students for Trump” during the 2016 presidential campaign was sentenced to 13 months in prison Tuesday for posing...
‘Monster’: 7 life sentences for ex-hospital worker in deaths
<p>CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a West Virginia hospital was sentenced...
8 years for dad of Saints ‘super fan’ in charity, drug case
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man whose seriously ill son gained fame in New Orleans for his devotion to the Saints football team was...
Review: Stacey Abrams writes a legal-political thriller
<p>“While Justice Sleeps,” Stacey Abrams (Doubleday)</p>
<p>“While Justice Sleeps” is a...
Judge denies media requests for cameras at Potter hearing
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge on Tuesday denied media requests to allow cameras at an upcoming hearing for a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged...
Whitmer threatens profit seizure if pipeline keeps operating
<p>LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge's profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies...
Illinois justices weigh harshness of 19-year-old’s life term
<p>SPRINGFIELD, iLL. — A state prosecutor told the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday that a man who was 19 when he participated in a...
Judge sets November for start of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial
<p>NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial will start in November on charges that she recruited teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse...