Justices struggle with copyright case involving pirate ship
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wrestling with a modern-day dispute involving the pirate Blackbeard's ship that went down off North Carolina's coast...
US sued over health insurance rule for immigrant families
A lawsuit Wednesday accused the Trump administration of preventing Americans from bringing their foreign spouses and parents to live with them in the ...
Oklahoma judge rejects challenge to ‘permitless carry’ law
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday rejected an attempt by a Democratic state lawmaker and gun safety advocates to block a new law that wil...
Lyft, Uber will ask California voters to block employee law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some of the country's largest ride-sharing companies proposed a California law on Tuesday that would let them continue to treat d...
Federal judge blocks Alabama’s strict abortion ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama's near-total abortion ban from taking effect next month and called the law — part of a w...
North Carolina judges block current congressional map
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections, ruling that voters had a ...
Trial opens in lawsuit over ‘Frankenstein’ use of remains
PHOENIX — A retired FBI agent described a horrific raid of now-closed body donation facility Monday, recalling a table stacked with severed human legs...
Ex-worker says Oklahoma prosecutor ordered illegal probe
OKLAHOMA CITY — A former investigator for an Oklahoma prosecutor has accused his ex-boss of ordering an illegal investigation into supporters of crimi...
Discord over deal to settle Houston-area bail lawsuit
HOUSTON — Both law enforcement officials and advocates in Texas' most populous county say they support efforts to change a bail system that was deemed...
Trump’s company exploring sale of landmark Washington hotel
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's company said Friday it is exploring the sale of its landmark Washington hotel after nearly three years of ethics...
President Trump takes victory lap on criminal justice reform
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Calling it the "most significant criminal justice reform in many generations," President Donald Trump revisited a signature bipartisa...
De La Hoya denies accusations in sexual assault lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya denies accusations of sexual assault contained in a lawsuit filed against him this week.
Rose McGowan sues alleging intimidation by Weinstein, others
LOS ANGELES — Actress Rose McGowan has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Harvey Weinstein and two of his former attorneys engaged in racketeering ...
Jamaican citizens sue exclusive Yellowstone Club over wages
HELENA, Mont. — Five Jamaican citizens who were recruited to work at a Montana ski resort for the ultra-rich just north of Yellowstone National Park s...