TakeOff’s alleged killer is maintaining his innocence in the murder trial stemming from the rapper’s fatal shooting last year, with his legal team insisting that he was as much at risk as the late Migos star. On Thursday (October 26), Patrick Xavier Clark appeared in court to dispute the notion that he …
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A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former Republican candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem, who claimed that the use of “inherently unreliable” electronic tabulation machines in the Arizona’s 2022 midterm elections was a violation of their constitutional rights to vote. In their lawsuit, originally filed last …
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A New York court employee was arrested after approaching the bench attempting to speak with former President Donald Trump during his civil fraud trail, officials said. The woman “disrupted the proceedings by standing up and walking towards the front of the courtroom and yelling out to Mr. Trump indicating she …
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A coalition of Republican-led states and the energy industry have asked the Supreme Court to block the EPA’s “good neighbor” rule that would crack down on states whose industries are said to be contributing to smog. The emergency application (pdf) in Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency (court file 23A349) was …
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—An appeals court in South Carolina is allowing Alex Murdaugh to ask a judge to throw out his murder convictions and life sentence and get a new trial after his lawyers accused the court clerk in his trial of influencing the jury. The one-paragraph decision Tuesday could open the …
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DENVER—Colorado’s highest court on Monday upheld the search of Google users’ keyword history to identify suspects in a 2020 fatal arson fire, an approach that critics have called a digital dragnet that threatens to undermine people’s privacy and their constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. However, the Colorado Supreme …
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A ruling prohibiting the enforcement of a new Florida law targeting drag shows will stay in place for the time being, according to a federal appeals court decision. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s granting of a preliminary injunction stopping the law from being …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to preserve the Republican hold on a South Carolina congressional district against a claim that it treats Black voters unfairly. The outcome could shape the fight for partisan control of the House of Representatives. The court’s six conservative justices signaled skepticism with a lower court …
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily limited Idaho’s near-total abortion ban during ongoing legal proceedings involving a challenge from the Biden administration. Last month, a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had allowed the state to enforce its ban. However, the court has …
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The Supreme Court on Oct. 6 stayed a lower court order blocking the Biden administration’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns that can be assembled at home, allowing the policy to remain in force until Oct. 16. The new order from Justice Samuel Alito came late in the day on Oct. …
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