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Idaho moves closer to ban on transgender women in athletics

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho moved closer Wednesday to banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports despite w...
0:36 27 February 2022

House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legis...
20:15 26 February 2022

Johnny Depp in UK court for hearing on tabloid libel lawsuit

LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Johnny Depp told a British judge on Wednesday that the star’s ex-wife Amber Heard lied when s...
13:48 26 February 2022

FBI raids Canadian fashion mogul following sex abuse claims

1 of 8FILE - In this March 2, 2014, file photo, Peter Nygard attends the 24th Night of 100 Stars Oscars Viewing Gala at ...
3:32 26 February 2022

Dems thwart Senate Republicans on 2 abortion-related bills

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a pair of Republican bills that would ban most late-term abortions...
22:42 25 February 2022

39 states investigating Juul’s marketing of vaping products

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul La...
17:26 25 February 2022

Girl, 11, brings AR-15 to Idaho hearing on gun legislation

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An 11-year-old girl toting a loaded AR-15 assault weapon appeared Monday at a legislative hearing wi...
22:37 24 February 2022

Kobe Bryant’s widow sues helicopter operator for deaths

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los An...
19:55 24 February 2022

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma starts ad campaign for claims

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma launched an ad campaign Monday to tell people harmed by their powerful prescription opioid...
15:05 24 February 2022

Nome, Alaska sued by woman who says rape wasn’t investigated

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A former police dispatcher in a small Alaska town filed a lawsuit Thursday, alleging her collea...
22:49 20 February 2022

New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegal...
19:56 20 February 2022

Settlement approved in discrimination suit against Motel 6

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has given final approval to a $10 million settlement in a class-action discrimination lawsuit tha...
21:30 19 February 2022

Judge dismisses Oakley’s suit against Dolan, MSG from arrest

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed Charles Oakley’s lawsuit against executive chairman James Dolan and Madiso...
20:49 19 February 2022

Utah lawmakers get tough on porn, ease up on polygamy

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers voted Tuesday to put new regulations on pornography and remove some on polygamy in ...
0:55 19 February 2022

Trial begins in lawsuit over missing woman’s murdered sons

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A final chapter in the horrific saga of a Utah woman who vanished about a decade ago and the killin...
23:46 18 February 2022

MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has agreed to provide captions for more of its publicly availabl...
18:04 18 February 2022

Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving President Donald Trum...
21:30 14 February 2022

Lawsuit: Mexican megachurch leaders abused woman for years

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California woman says the father and son leaders of a Mexican megachurch sexually abused her for 18 years starting when she w...
1:27 14 February 2022

Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes

HARTFORD, Conn. — The families of three female high school runners filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block transgender athletes in Connecti...
18:20 12 February 2022

Suit: District wrong to punish students over racist posts

SALINE, Mich. — Four students in a southeastern Michigan town sued their school district over discipline they received in the wake of racist social me...
17:07 12 February 2022

Cuomo to propose compromise, hopes to end Global Entry ban

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's governor plans to propose to President Donald Trump that the state could share some driving records with federal immigration...
16:32 12 February 2022

Push to scale back US environmental law draws ire at hearing

DENVER — The Trump administration on Tuesday hosted the first of two hearings on its proposal to speed energy and other projects by rolling back a lan...
21:14 11 February 2022

Tenet Healthcare to pay $1.4M to settle cardiac lawsuit

LOS ANGELES — Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its Southern California hospital Desert Regional Medical Center will pay $1.41 million to resolve alleg...
20:08 11 February 2022

NCAA’s Emmert presses Senate for ‘guardrails’ on athlete pay

WASHINGTON — NCAA President Mark Emmert urged Congress to step in and put restrictions on college athletes' ability to earn money from endorsements, t...
19:31 11 February 2022

Justice Department brings new suits over sanctuary policies

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department ratcheted up legal pressure Monday on local governments over their “sanctuary” policies that hinder federal immigr...
0:21 11 February 2022

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal

CHICAGO — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past dec...
15:54 9 February 2022

NY to sue US over its ouster from trusted traveler programs

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state will file a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's decision to block New Yorkers from participating i...
19:05 7 February 2022

Appeals court dismisses Democrats’ lawsuit against Trump

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday dismissed one of several ongoing lawsuits charging that President Donald Trump has illega...
18:02 7 February 2022

House passes bill easing bids by workers to form unions

WASHINGTON — In a move that supporters said would help working families, the Democratic-controlled House has approved a bill that would make it easier...
2:11 7 February 2022

Trump administration moves ahead on shrinking Utah monuments

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. government implemented final management plans Thursday for two national monuments in Utah that President Donald Trump downsi...
18:47 6 February 2022