Tag: Legal proceedings
Lawyer says death of McAfee surprised the US mogul’s family
MADRID — Authorities in Spain say that a judge has ordered an autopsy on the remains of John McAfee, the gun-loving antivirus pioneer, cryptocurrency...
Police, Trump supporters sued over Texas highway incident
AUSTIN, Texas — Civil rights organizations and people who were part of a Biden campaign caravan last fall that was surrounded on a Texas...
Discord over whether to halt South Carolina abortion case
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The parties involved in a lawsuit over South Carolina’s new ban on almost all abortions disagree about how the case should...
Judge appeals skeptical over effort to dismiss Dominion suit
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over baseless 2020...
County to pay $280K to journalists tear-gassed in Ferguson
Three journalists with Al Jazeera who were tear-gassed during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown's death in 2014 have settled a lawsuit...
Avenatti sentencing postponed until July 9 in Nike case
NEW YORK — A judge on Thursday postponed until July 9 the sentencing of Michael Avenatti for the once high-profile lawyer's conviction in an...
Elite school accepts more blacks and Hispanics, fewer Asians
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A premier public high school in northern Virginia has dramatically increased the number of Black and Hispanic students offered admission...
EXPLAINER: What to know as Chauvin sentenced in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin faces sentencing Friday in the death of George Floyd, with a judge weighing a prison term...
Priests cannot be charged for old abuse despite new Iowa law
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Roman Catholic priests who victimized Iowa children decades ago cannot be prosecuted despite a new law eliminating the statute of...
Seattle man pleads not guilty to trying to join ISIS
SEATTLE — A 20-year-old Seattle man pleaded not guilty Thursday to a federal charge that he tried to join the Islamic State group.
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