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The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request for an en banc rehearing of a decision by a three-judge panel in favor of Delta Air Lines in a harassment lawsuit filed by a former flight attendant. (Associated Press file)
Oct 31, 2024

Review denied in flight attendant’s sexual assault lawsuit

A federal appeals court has rejected a request for an en banc review in the case of a former Delta Air Lines flight attendant who alleges she was assaulted by […]

The North Carolina Conference of District attorneys recently presented a two-day program on prosecuting sexual assault cases.
Sep 18, 2024

Conference offers training on prosecuting sexual assaults

BEAUFORT — Prosecutors sharpened their courtroom skills last month at a two-day program presented by the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys. The program “Sexual Assault: Presenting Your Case to […]

An August seminar held by the offices of the three U.S. attorneys in the state and Mountain AHEC focused on the Americans with Disabilities Act’s protections for people suffering opioid use disorder and combatting discrimination against them in treatment and recovery, a news release from the office for the Middle District of North Carolina says.
Sep 10, 2024

US attorneys, health agency offer training on aspect of ADA

Staffers with the three U.S. attorneys’ offices in North Carolina and a health nonprofit agency recently offered a seminar on the Americans with Disabilities Act’s protections for people suffering opioid […]

A court administrator recorded Kathleen Ryan, a probate judge in Oakland County, Mich., making derogatory remarks about Black people and gays. (Oakland County)
Sep 9, 2024

Judge stripped of docket over recorded slurs

PONTIAC, Mich. — A suburban Detroit judge is no longer handling cases after a court official turned over recordings of her making anti-gay insults and referring to Black people as […]

Jason Billingsley, 33, has been charged in the September 2023 killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere. (Baltimore Police Department file)
Aug 27, 2024

Suspect in tech CEO’s killing pleads guilty in separate case

BALTIMORE — A man charged with killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere in September 2023 pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of attempted murder in a separate arson and home […]

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry was found dead Oct. 28, 2023, at his Los Angeles home, the victim of a ketamine overdose. (Associated Press file)
Aug 16, 2024

2 doctors, 3 others charged in Perry’s death

LOS ANGELES — Five people, including his personal assistant and two doctors, have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death in what prosecutors called a “broad underground criminal network” […]

A frame from a police body camera video shows Gideon Cody, then police chief on Marion, Kan., during his department's raid of the Marion County Record newspaper’s office on Aug. 11, 2023, in Marion, Kan. (McDonald Tinker Attorneys at Law file)
Aug 14, 2024

Ex-chief who raided newspaper faces felony obstruction charge

TOPEKA, Kan. — A former Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of […]

Wisconsin Chief Justice Annette Ziegler, above, has said that all seven of the state Supreme Court's justices were ‘united behind this investigation to identify the source of the apparent leak’ of a draft order saying that the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood. (Associated Press file)
Aug 13, 2024

Police decline to investigate state Supreme Court’s abortion order leak

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Capitol Police have declined to investigate the leak of a state Supreme Court abortion order in June citing a conflict of interest, but the court’s chief […]

The family of French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who was one of five people killed when the Titan, above, imploded during a June 2023 dive to the wreckage on RMS Titanic, has sued the submersible’s owner for $50 million. (OceanGate Expeditions file)
Aug 12, 2024

Experts: Titan lawsuit will be difficult to win

PORTLAND, Maine — A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the vessel could be very difficult, legal experts […]

Sister Norma Pimentel, director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, plays with migrant children Dec. 15, 2022, at a center in McAllen, Texas. (Associated Press file)
Jul 19, 2024

Migrant aid group asks a judge to curb Paxton probe

EDINBURG, Texas — A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a Texas judge on Wednesday to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants, […]

Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, speak during his involuntary manslaughter trial Friday at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, N.M. The charge was dismissed by the court later that day. (Associated Press)
Jul 16, 2024

Ammunition questions linger after Baldwin’s trial ends

SANTA FE, N.M. — The criminal case against Alec Baldwin was about the handling of bullets from the beginning. And the handling of bullets brought it to an end. When […]

The District of Columbia is suing Amazon, alleging that residents of two predominantly Black zip codes in the city were not told that they would no longer receive deliveries via the company’s faster in-house last-mile service even if they had joined the e-commerce giant’s subscription Prime service. (Associated Press file)
May 14, 2024

Feds investigate Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit

DETROIT — Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government’s highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists. The National […]

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