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  • Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals

    Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals

    Headline Legal News 01/01/2025

    A 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...

  • Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

    Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

    Headline Legal News 12/26/2024

    A 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...

  • Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract

    Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract

    Headline Legal News 12/21/2024

    Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period.The Teamsters say the workers, who authorized strikes in the past few days, a...

  • Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance

    Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance

    Headline Legal News 12/13/2024

    The 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...

  • Romania’s top court annuls first round of presidential vote

    Romania’s top court annuls first round of presidential vote

    Headline Legal News 12/06/2024

    A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.The Constitutional Co...

  • Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber

    Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber

    Headline Legal News 11/11/2024

    Republicans and Democrats awaited the outcome of vote-counting for crucial U.S. House districts in California on Wednesday, as the GOP clinched majority control of the chamber next year with a race call in neighboring Arizona.In a rematch from 2022, ...

  • A man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials pleads guilty

    A man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials pleads guilty

    Headline Legal News 10/29/2024

    A Colorado man repeatedly made online threats about killing the top elections officials in his state and Arizona — both Democrats — as well as a judge and law enforcement agents, according to a guilty plea he entered Wednesday.Teak Ty Bro...

  • Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’

    Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’

    Headline Legal News 10/12/2024

    Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday that Gov. Tony Evers’ creative use of his expansive veto power in an attempt to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years appeared to be “extreme” and “crazy” ...

  •  North Carolina appeals court blocks use of UNC's digital ID for voting

    North Carolina appeals court blocks use of UNC's digital ID for voting

    Headline Legal News 09/27/2024

    A North Carolina appeals court on Friday blocked students and employees at the state's flagship public university from providing a digital identification produced by the school when voting to comply with a new photo ID mandate.The decision by a three...

  • After just a few hours, U.S. election bets put on hold by appeals court ruling

    After just a few hours, U.S. election bets put on hold by appeals court ruling

    Headline Legal News 09/14/2024

    Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court.The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order Thursday night temporarily freezing the ...

  • Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations

    Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations

    Headline Legal News 08/09/2024

    Defense attorneys for Karen Read are expected to argue Friday that two charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend be dismissed, focusing on the jury deliberations that led to a mistrial.Read is accused of ramming into John O’Ke...

  • Giuliani Disbarred in N.Y. for Wrongdoing During Trump’s 2020 Campaign

    Giuliani Disbarred in N.Y. for Wrongdoing During Trump’s 2020 Campaign

    Headline Legal News 07/07/2024

    Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss.The Manhattan app...