Tag: Legal proceedings
Transgender rights, religion among cases justices could add
WASHINGTON — A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break. But...
Juul to pay $40M in N. Carolina teen vaping suit settlement
DURHAM N.C. — Electronic cigarette giant Juul Labs Inc. will pay $40 million to North Carolina and take more action to prevent underage use...
Video footage to be admitted in Nashville officer’s trial
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Video footage of a white Nashville police office fatally shooting an armed Black man from behind during a chase will be...
Estranged Durst brother testifies: ‘He’d like to murder me’
LOS ANGELES — The estranged brother of Robert Durst, the real estate heir on trial in his best friend's slaying, reluctantly testified Monday that...
Justices deny Wyoming, Montana coal suit against Washington
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it won't allow Wyoming and Montana to sue Washington state for denying a key...
Needle exchange law in West Virginia halted amid lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A judge in West Virginia has granted a group's request to stop a law tightening requirements on needle exchange programs from...
Transgender rights, religion among cases justices could add
WASHINGTON — A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break. But...
Two Saudi women’s rights activists released from prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two Saudi women’s rights campaigners have been released from prison, three years after a sweeping crackdown by Crown Prince...
Indiana court rules prison can take cash from inmate account
BUNKER HILL Ind. — The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled against an inmate who sued after money was withdrawn from his prison account...
J&J agrees to pay $230M to settle New York opioid claim
NEW YORK — The New York attorney general says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the pharmaceutical...