Recent Updates
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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
U.S. Court News 01/01/2025A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said.The decision puts back on track...
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Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
Legal Compliance 12/27/2024A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business.Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic in Conyers, Georgia, started her business solo as a mob...
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Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield’s rape conviction
U.S. Court News 12/21/2024A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man’s trial.The retired football player was sent...
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Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
U.S. Court News 12/13/2024The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students.The justices, acting in a case from Eau Claire, left in place an appellate ruling dis...
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Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
Legal Compliance 12/09/2024North Carolina’s elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races last month and had questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall.The State Board of Elections’ ...
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Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors
U.S. Court News 12/02/2024Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Wednesday to block Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect simila...
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Court backs Texas over razor wire installed on US-Mexico border
Litigation Reports 11/28/2024A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, which has become the center of the state’s aggressive measures to curb migrant cro...
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PA high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race
Litigation Reports 11/22/2024Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, ordering counties not to count mail-in ballots that...
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
U.S. Court News 11/19/2024The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaz...
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PA high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race
U.S. Court News 11/16/2024Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, ordering counties not to count mail-in ballots that...
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Court overturns actor Jussie Smollett's 2019 conviction in hate crime hoax case
Litigation Reports 11/12/2024The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction on allegations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police.Smollett's appeal argued that a special p...
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High court won’t review Kari Lake’s appeal over 2022 governor’s race defeat
U.S. Court News 11/08/2024The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear Republican Kari Lake’s latest appeal over her defeat in the 2022 governor’s race, marking yet another loss in her attempt to overturn the race’s outcome.The court made its refusal to ta...