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A Jackson, Miss., police detective who wrongly charged a man in a fatal shooting is not entitled to have two of three claims in his lawsuit dismissed due to qualified immunity, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. (Associated Press file)
Mar 7, 2025

5th Circuit panel limits detective’s qualified immunity claim

Judges for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals raised questions this week about the high court’s qualified-immunity doctrine, which critics say has long protected bad law enforcement officers. The […]

Unless South Carolina’s governor or the courts intervene, Brad Sigmon will be executed today by firing squad for the baseball bat slayings of his former girlfriend’s parents. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Mar 7, 2025

SC inmate set to die by firing squad

COLUMBIA — When the clock strikes 6 p.m. today, Brad Sigmon will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and have a target placed over his heart. […]

Former President Donald Trump leaves his state criminal trial Thursday in New York City. (New York Post)
Mar 6, 2025

The Latest: Trump orders a ‘pause’ of US military aid for Ukraine

President Donald Trump is seeking to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia by pausing military aid to Ukraine. A White House official says Trump […]

President Donald Trump pauses after signing an executive order Jan. 31 at the White House. (Associated Press)
Mar 5, 2025

Trump grants one-month exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, as worries persist that the […]

Proponents of the ‘back the blue’ bill say that it will increase the recruitment and retention of officers and make them safer. (Depositphotos.com)
Feb 28, 2025

Bill would make it harder to sue police over use of force

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Divisive legislation that would expand legal immunity for police officers who use excessive force or kill someone in the line of duty advanced in the Alabama legislature […]

Protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline stand atop a burned-out truck Nov. 21, 2016, near Cannon Ball, N.D. (Associated Press file)
Feb 27, 2025

Trial begins in $300M lawsuit against Greenpeace

MANDAN, N.D. — An attorney for a Texas pipeline company said Wednesday that he will prove various Greenpeace entities coordinated delays and disruptions of a controversial oil pipeline’s construction in […]

In overturning his conviction and death sentence, U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled Tuesday that prosecutors' decision to allow a key witness to give testimony they knew to be false violated Richard Glossip's constitutional right to a fair trial. (Associated Press file)
Feb 26, 2025

High court overturns condemned man’s death sentence

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who was found guilty in the killing of a […]

Georgia Chief Justice Michael Boggs will give up his seat on the state’s Supreme Court to return to private practice. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution file)
Feb 26, 2025

Georgia’s chief justice to step down

ATLANTA — The chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that he will be stepping down from the bench at the end of March. Chief Justice Michael […]

A DoorDash delivery worker rides his bicycle along a path on the West Side Highway in New York on March 16, 2020. (Associated Press file)
Feb 25, 2025

DoorDash to pay workers for using tips to cover wages

NEW YORK — The ubiquitous food delivery app DoorDash will pay almost $17 million to settle claims that it unfairly used customer tips to subsidize the wages of its delivery […]

Brad Sigmon will become the first man to die by firing squad in South Carolina since the state resumed executions in 2024. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Feb 24, 2025

Condemned man chooses execution by firing squad

COLUMBIA — Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an […]

Jurors took less than two hours to convict Hadi Matar on Friday of assault for wounding author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack in 2022. (Associated Press)
Feb 24, 2025

NY state jury convicts Rushdie’s attacker

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors delivered […]

Former President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom May 30 at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York. (Associated Press file)
Feb 20, 2025

As DOGE hammers away at the US government, Republicans stir with quiet objections

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Katie Britt has been working to make sure the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency doesn’t hit what she called “life-saving, groundbreaking research at high-achieving [&helli[...]


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