Recent Updates
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Hunter Biden sues the IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony
Criminal Law 09/19/2023Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, claiming that two agents publicly alleging tax-probe interference wrongly shared his personal information, a case that comes amid escalating legal and political struggles as the 2024 election ...
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McCarthy challenges right-flank colleagues to try to oust him from his post
Criminal Law 09/17/2023Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told the colleagues threatening to oust him: Do it. The embattled Republican leader essentially dared his hard-right flank to qu...
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DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court
Criminal Law 09/14/2023While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he declined to order an immediate end to the program and t...
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Worker gets almost 3 years in prison for stealing $1M from employer
Criminal Law 08/20/2023The former IT director of a Rhode Island metals fabrication company convicted of stealing more than $1 million from his employer and using the money for personal expenses was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison. Juan Hicks, 47, of New Be...
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Opponents of Maine’s new abortion law won’t seek to nullify it
Criminal Law 08/13/2023Groups opposed to Maine’s new law expanding abortion access won’t attempt to nullify the statute through a so-called People’s Veto referendum.Republican Rep. Laurel Libby, leader of the Speak Up for LIFE group, said Wednesday that a...
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A federal appeals court made medication abortions harder to get in Guam
Criminal Law 08/05/2023People seeking medication abortions on the U.S. Territory of Guam must first have an in-person consultation with a doctor, a federal appeals court says, even though the nearest physician willing to prescribe the medication is 3,800 miles (6,100 kilom...
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Diversify or die: San Francisco’s downtown is a wake-up call for other cities
Criminal Law 07/17/2023Jack Mogannam, manager of Sam’s Cable Car Lounge in downtown San Francisco, relishes the days when his bar stayed open past midnight every night, welcoming crowds that jostled on the streets, bar hopped, window browsed or just took in the night...
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Amazon pushes back against Europe’s pioneering new digital rules
Criminal Law 07/13/2023Amazon is disputing its status as a big online platform that needs to face stricter scrutiny under European Union digital rules taking effect next month, the first Silicon Valley tech giant to push back on the pioneering new standards.The online reta...
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Southern Indiana man bolts from courtroom before capture
Criminal Law 06/07/2023A man sentenced to 200 days in jail for a probation violation bolted from a southern Indiana courtroom and tried to escape before two shocks from a stun gun brought him down, police said.Trevin Littlejohn, 35, of Columbus, faces a new charge of resis...
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Suspect in fatal stabbing of Cash App founder pleads not guilty
Criminal Law 05/19/2023Tech consultant Nima Momeni pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee on the streets of San Francisco.San Francisco Superior Court Judge Victor Hwang ordered Momeni, 38, kept in jail without bail...
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Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules
Criminal Law 04/15/2023The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to an abortion drug free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues.The Justice Department and Danco Laboratori...
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Democratic senators urge chief justice to probe Thomas trips
Criminal Law 04/11/2023Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday to open an investigation into the undisclosed acceptance of luxury trips taken by Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife that were paid for by...