SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that Gabby Petito’s parents filed against the city of Moab alleging police did not do enough during a traffic stop to protect their daughter from the man who killed her weeks later. Plaintiffs’ attorney Judson Burton argued that a state law barring lawsuits […]
A federal appeals court in New Orleans has rejected the state’s request to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked and declared unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. However, since the appeals court previously limited the block to just five school districts involved in ongoing litigation, […]
House representatives depart after a meeting of the Ethics Committee panel on Nov. 20, which is expected to discuss the next steps in its investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general choice Matt Gaetz.
U.S. House representatives arrive for a meeting of the Ethics Committee panel at 12:15 p.m. ET on Nov. 20, which is expected to discuss the next steps in its investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general choice Matt Gaetz. SCHEDULE: 12:15 p.m. ET – Monitor for arrivals 1:00 p.m. ET – Start of meeting
Alex Jones is suing to block the sale of his Infowars media company to satirical newspaper The Onion, which emerged as the winning bidder in a bankruptcy auction last week. In a complaint filed late Monday night, the broadcaster asked a federal bankruptcy court in Texas to disqualify The Onion’s bid and instead recognize First […]
NEW YORK—After a short hearing in a state courtroom in lower Manhattan, Judge April Neubauer decided to postpone former Trump adviser Steven Bannon’s trial, originally set to begin on Dec. 9, until February 2025. He faces charges of defrauding investors in a scheme to finance the construction of a wall on the U.S. southern border. […]
A federal bankruptcy judge has paused the Onion’s takeover of Alex Jones’s Infowars platform in light of objections raised by Jones and his legal team over the auction process. The satirical news outlet emerged as the successful bidder on Nov. 14 in an auction related to Jones’s personal bankruptcy. Shortly after the announcement, the Infowars […]
A federal appeals court in New Orleans has temporarily narrowed the scope of a ruling that struck down a Louisiana law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, allowing the law to be implemented in the vast majority of the state’s school districts. The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an […]
A Georgia Superior Court judge heard opening statements from attorneys on Friday in an ongoing bench trial over an illegal immigrant alleged to have killed Athens, Georgia, nursing student Laken Riley. Suspect Jose Ibarra, from Venezuela, was 26 when he entered the country 18 months before the February 2024 killing of the 22-year-old at Augusta […]
A federal judge has ordered San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (OAK) to stop using ”San Francisco” in its new name amid a trademark infringement lawsuit with the city and county of San Francisco. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson issued a temporary order in favor of the copyright violation argument as San Francisco has spent […]
The Supreme Court declined on Nov. 12 to take up a challenge to New York’s rent control law, which grants a building’s tenants veto power over condominium conversions. The decision came in the form of an unsigned order regarding the petition filed in G-Max Management Inc. v. State of New York. The court did not […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider a challenge to a misdemeanor charge that was used to target Jan. 6, 2021, defendants for parading at the U.S. Capitol. With no noted dissents and without providing a reason for its decision, the Supreme Court denied certiorari to take up an appeal from John Nassif, […]
A federal judge has blocked a recently passed Louisiana law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms by Jan. 1, 2025. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles, in granting a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, wrote in his order that state House Bill 71 is “unconstitutional in every application.” He said the plaintiffs could win […]
The Supreme Court on Nov. 12 turned away former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’s request to transfer his election interference case from a Georgia state court to federal court. The justices issued the court’s new unsigned order without explaining why, as is its custom when rejecting petitions. Meadows filed his petition with […]
New York Judge Juan Merchan faces two crucial court decisions concerning President-elect Donald Trump. One pressing matter is determining whether the conviction of falsifying business records against Trump should be overturned in light of the Supreme Court’s July ruling on presidential immunity. Merchan has said he will make his decision by Nov. 12. Another decision […]
A judge has ruled that New York City cannot invoke a centuries-old “anti-pauper” law to block Texas from offering illegal immigrants free bus rides to the Big Apple. In a decision published on Nov. 7, New York Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado dismissed a lawsuit filed in January by the commissioner of the New York […]
