Tag: Courts
Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue’s removal from courthouse
<p>COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a...
Right-wing think tank ordered to pay man hurt at rally $2.4M
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an...
EXPLAINER: Will juror’s march presence impact Chauvin case?
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The revelation that a juror who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer in the killing of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-profile-66163bbd94239afa16d706bd6479c613">George Floyd</a> had participated...
Josh Duggar granted release as he awaits child porn trial
<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge on Wednesday allowed former reality TV star Josh Duggar to be released as he awaits trial on...
Ex-soldiers acquitted of 1972 murder of Official IRA leader
<p>LONDON — Two former British paratroopers accused of the 1972 murder of an Official IRA leader in Belfast were formally acquitted Tuesday after the...
Supreme Court skeptical of low-level crack offender’s case
<p>WASHINGTON — Crack cocaine trafficking kingpins convicted more than a decade ago can ask courts to reduce their prison terms under a 2018 federal...
Court: Black man made to work without pay entitled to $546K
<p>RICHMOND, Va. — After a Black man with intellectual disabilities was enslaved, beaten and forced to work more than 100 hours a week without...
Judge orders Justice Dept. to release Trump obstruction memo
<p>WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before...
Family challenging immunity ruling in kidnapped man’s death
<p>HOUSTON — A recent appeals court ruling that provided immunity for an FBI agent who fatally shot a kidnapped Houston area man during a...
Treasury: Some tribes will get more money from CARES Act
<p>FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Some Native American tribes will receive more money from a federal virus relief package approved last year after the U.S. Treasury...