Foreign ski-area investors sue US over residency petitions
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Foreigners who invested in northern Vermont ski area developments that are now linked to a fraud case are suing the federal governme...
New York joins states suing e-cigarette maker Juul
NEW YORK — New York has joined the ranks of states suing the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker, Juul Labs Inc., saying the company used deceptive mar...
STORY REMOVED: BC-US--Juul-New York Lawsuit
NEW YORK — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about a lawsuit brought by New York state against Juul Labs Inc. The lawsuit accuses Juul of m...
Jury rules for half of 21 plaintiffs in used body parts suit
PHOENIX — The owner of a now-closed body donation facility was found civilly liable Tuesday for mishandling remains in about half of 21 cases filed by...
Toyota worker’s suicide ruled work-related after harassment
TOKYO — An engineer at Toyota killed himself after being constantly ridiculed by his boss, authorities have ruled.
Lawsuits by Michael Jackson accusers likely to be restored
LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court appeared strongly inclined Monday to give new life to lawsuits filed by two men who accuse Michael Jackson of...
US asks federal judge to toss out Nevada plutonium lawsuit
LAS VEGAS — The federal government wants a judge to reject Nevada’s request for a court order to remove weapons-grade plutonium from a site north of L...
California sues e-cigarette maker Juul over ads, youth sales
WASHINGTON — California on Monday sued the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker, alleging that Juul Labs deliberately marketed and sold its flavored nic...
Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open books
A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has upended a longstanding legal roadblock that has given the gun industry far-reaching immunity from lawsui...
Oklahoma judge reduces J&J order in opioid lawsuit by $107M
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge who last summer ordered consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to help address the state’...
AP Explains: What’s wrong with hearsay evidence in Congress?
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A leading Republican critique of the House impeachment inquiry is that Democrats are relying on “hearsay” evidence.
Charlottesville suit seeks to link online talk to violence
The white nationalist rally that took a deadly turn in Charlottesville, Virginia, during the summer of 2017 shocked Americans with its front-row view ...
Walmart Inc. sues 32 Colorado counties to shrink tax bills
DURANGO, Colo. — The parent company of Walmart has sued dozens of counties in Colorado in a bid to reduce its tax bills.
Utility to pay $360M for major Southern California wildfires
LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $360 million to local governments to settle lawsuits over deadly wildfires sparked by its e...
Officer: I quit Proud Boys over fears of ‘far-left’ attacks
A Connecticut police officer accused a civil rights organization’s leader of trying to “silence conservative voices” by raising concerns about his mem...
Bishop who investigated sex abuse accused of sex abuse
NEW YORK — A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself...
California sued again for requiring women on company boards
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's first-in-the-nation law requiring publicly held companies to put women on their boards of directors is facing a seco...
Woman who spoke at Epstein’s bail hearing sues his estate
NEW YORK — A woman who confronted Jeffrey Epstein at a July bail hearing to tell a judge he touched her inappropriately when she was 16 sued his estat...
Supreme Court weighs whether Mexican family can sue in US
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's left-leaning justices on Tuesday appeared willing to allow a lawsuit filed by the parents of a Mexican teenager shot ...
Widow sues boat owner in fire off California that killed 34
LOS ANGELES — The widow of a passenger who died in a fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people in the waters off California sued the vessel's own...
Ionescu and No. 1 Oregon stun US women’s national team
EUGENE, Ore. — Top-ranked Oregon stunned the U.S. women's national team 93-86 on Saturday to hand the Americans' their second loss to a college team i...
Judge grants USWNT class status in discrimination lawsuit
The U.S. women's national team has been granted class status in its lawsuit against U.S. Soccer that alleges gender discrimination in compensation and...
Judge fines Trump $2 million for misusing charity foundation
NEW YORK — A judge Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to an array of charities as a fine for misusing his own charitable founda...
US gov’t rep unhappy with WADA lobbying effort
KATOWICE, Poland — A key American delegate at the World Anti-Doping Agency meetings lashed out at the agency's director for using government money in ...
California discloses Facebook probe, sues for documents
California's attorney general disclosed an ongoing probe into Facebook's privacy practices Wednesday, as it sued the company over its repeated refusal...
California justices skeptical of requiring Trump tax returns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Wednesday of a state law requiring President Donald Trump to disclose his ta...
Walmart, Tesla settle lawsuit over fiery solar panels
NEW YORK — Walmart and Tesla have settled a lawsuit filed by the retail giant alleging that Tesla installed rooftop solar panels that caught fire.
Liberal Tucson, Arizona rejects plan to be sanctuary city
TUCSON, Ariz. — After Arizona passed a law that required local police to check the immigration status of people suspected to be in the country illegal...
Alec Baldwin sues man who accused him of parking spot rage
NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against the man who says Baldwin hit him in the face during an argument over a New York City...
‘I was appalled’: Black customers say host told them to move
AURORA, Ill. — An attorney representing a group of black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings becau...