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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sued the state Elections Board, seeking to be removed from the November ballot.
Sep 4, 2024

RFK Jr. sues to be removed from NC ballot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections in a last-ditch attempt to get his name removed the state’s ballot ahead of the 2024 presidential […]

A sexual harassment lawsuit against California Treasurer Fiona Ma, above, was to have gone to trial this month, but the state paid $350,000 to settle the claim Friday. (Associated Press file)
Sep 3, 2024

State pays $350K to settle sexual harassment lawsuit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state of California has agreed to pay a former employee $350,000 to settle her claims that state Treasurer Fiona Ma sexually harassed her. The agreement filed […]

A state lawsuit filed by Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch alleges 13 companies participated in ‘the worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history’ by over-prescribing opioids (Associated Press file)
Sep 3, 2024

Mississippi lawsuit alleges over-prescription of opioids

JACKSON, Miss. — The state of Mississippi is suing drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers alleging that opioids were over-prescribed. Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed the suit Thursday in Hinds […]

Gov. Maura Healey is one of two Massachusetts officials and a nonprofit official being sued after the state started a campaign urging pregnant women not to seek help from ‘crisis pregnancy centers.’ (Associated Press file)
Aug 30, 2024

Pregnancy centers sue Massachusetts over campaign

BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated […]

Marcus Muhammad, mayor of Benton Harbor, Mich., has governmental immunity in a lawsuit over lead contamination in the city’s water system, a federal court ruled Wednesday. (Associated Press file)
Aug 30, 2024

Court dismisses mayor from water quality lawsuit

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — An appeals court dismissed a Michigan mayor from a lawsuit that accuses local officials of mismanaging problems with lead-contaminated water. The court’s decision Wednesday reversed an […]

Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and a former governor of Alaska, sued The New York Times for libel, alleging a 2017 editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. (Associated Press file)
Aug 29, 2024

2nd Circuit revives Palin’s libel lawsuit against NYT

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court revived Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times on Wednesday, citing errors by a lower court judge, particularly his decision to […]

The Biden administration had announced a policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country. (Associated Press file)
Aug 28, 2024

Judge stays Biden program on immigrant spouses’ legal status

McALLEN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the […]

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 […]

The federal antitrust lawsuit filed against RealPage Inc. alleges that the software company’s algorithm allows lessors to align their prices and avoid competition that would keep rents down.
Aug 26, 2024

RealPage faces federal antitrust lawsuit

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department sued real estate software company RealPage Inc. on Friday, accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices. […]

Of the state lawsuit seeking control of much of the federal lands in Utah, Gov. Spencer Cox said: ‘We're not trying to privatize this land. We're actually trying to manage it in a way that will better help the environment.’ (Associated Press)
Aug 22, 2024

Utah sues US for control of much of federal land in state

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Republican leaders made good Tuesday on a decade-old vow to launch a legal challenge aimed at wresting control from the U.S. government over much of […]

Dimitrios Pagourtzis’ parents, Rose Marie Kosmetatos, left, and Antonios Pagourtzis, listen to their attorneys discuss a motion Friday in court at the Galveston County Courthouse in Galveston, Texas. (The Galveston County Daily News)
Aug 21, 2024

High school shooter’s parents found not liable in attack

The parents of a former student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 school shooting near Houston cannot be held responsible for what happened, a jury decided Monday. The […]

Carey Dale Grayson, 49, faces execution by nitrogen gas Nov. 21 in Alabama’s death chamber, above, at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala. (Associated Press file)
Aug 21, 2024

Alabama sets November date for third nitrogen execution

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s governor has set a Nov. 21 execution date for what is scheduled to be the nation’s third death sentence carried out by nitrogen gas. Gov. Kay […]


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