Recent Updates
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Grandson of Harding and lover wants president’s body exhumed
Top Stories & Analysis 09/13/2020The grandson of U.S. President Warren G. Harding and his lover, Nan Britton, went to court in an effort to get the Republican’s remains exhumed from the presidential memorial where they have lain since 1927. James Blaesing told an Ohio court th...
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Germany calls for US to back off from world court sanctions
Top Stories & Analysis 09/03/2020Germany on Friday added its voice to criticism of U.S. sanctions against two top officials of the International Criminal Court, appealing to Washington to withdraw the measures and describing them as “a serious mistake.”The comments by Fo...
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9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
Top Stories & Analysis 08/15/2020A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection of the right to bear firearms.“Even ...
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New Orleans councilman, attorney plead not guilty to fraud
Top Stories & Analysis 07/15/2020New Orleans City Council President Jason Williams and an attorney in his law firm pleaded not guilty to federal tax fraud charges on Friday.Williams, 47, and Nicole Burdett, 39, appeared remotely before a federal magistrate judge and entered their pl...
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High court declines to revisit immigrant issue during virus
Top Stories & Analysis 04/27/2020The Supreme Court on Friday declined a request by states who cited the coronavirus pandemic in asking the justices to reverse course and temporarily halt a Trump administration policy that makes it harder for legal immigrants to become permanent resi...
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Wisconsin’s pandemic election puts focus on state’s court
Top Stories & Analysis 04/02/2020Anyone needing proof of the power and significance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court can look no further than the lines of mask-wearing voters that stretched for hours in Milwaukee during an election held despite a stay-at-home order because of the coro...
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Wisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concerns
Top Stories & Analysis 04/01/2020Voters in Wisconsin will face a choice Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic.Hours after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers ...
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Court throws out 50-year sentence for man who killed wife
Top Stories & Analysis 01/29/2020The Michigan appeals court has thrown out a 50-year prison sentence for a former Cub Scout leader and teacher who was convicted of killing his wife.Andrew Farley Jr. of Grand Blanc Township was convicted of second-degree murder. But the appeals court...
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Court upholds creation of national monument in Atlantic
Top Stories & Analysis 12/25/2019A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former President Barack Obama's designation of a federally protected conservation area in the Atlantic Ocean, a move that commercial fishermen oppose.Fishing groups sued over the creation of Northeast Canyons ...
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Hong Kong court reinstates mask ban ahead of elections
Top Stories & Analysis 11/22/2019A Hong Kong court that had struck down a ban on face masks at protests said Friday that the government could enforce it for one week, as police readied for any unrest during keenly contested elections this weekend.The High Court granted the temporary...
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California court invalidates law requiring Trump tax returns
Top Stories & Analysis 11/19/2019President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday.The law, the first of its kind in the nation and aimed squa...
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Ohio Supreme Court keeps camera challenge alive
Top Stories & Analysis 11/15/2019Ohio’s Supreme Court has rejected Toledo’s motion to dismiss a challenge to how the city handles appeals of citations related to camera-captured traffic violations.The high court recently rejected the motion to dismiss a challenge by Susa...