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News Articles: Law

Emergency personnel respond to a vehicle over the side of Highway 1 on Jan. 1, 2023, in California's San Mateo County. The driver who plunged off the treacherous cliff, seriously injuring himself, his wife and their two young children, has been charged with attempted murder.

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The driver of a car that plunged off a California cliff charged with attempted murder

The driver of a car that plunged off a treacherous cliff in northern California, seriously injuring himself, his wife and their two young children, was charged with attempted murder.

January 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office is investigating whether former President Donald Trump broke the law with payments allegedly made to cover up an extramarital affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels, pictured in 2018.

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  • Law

Manhattan DA presenting evidence in Trump-Stormy Daniels investigation to grand jury

The investigation stems from payments Donald Trump made, allegedly to prevent accusations that he had had an extramarital affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels from becoming public.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Bernstein
Former President Donald Trump is suing <em>Washington Post</em> journalist Bob Woodward over Woodward's latest book, <em>T</em><em>he Trump Tapes</em>.

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  • Politics

Trump sues Bob Woodward for releasing audio of their interviews without permission

The former president has made good on his threat to sue the Washington Post reporter over his use of interview recordings. The lawsuit seeks nearly $50 million in damages.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Protesters march on Saturday in Memphis, Tenn., over the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police.

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  • Law

7th officer relieved of duty and 3 first responders fired after Tyre Nichols' death

Nichols, 29, was pulled over on Jan. 7 for what police said was reckless driving. After trying to flee on foot, Nichols was severely beaten by police. He died in a hospital days later.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Amy Isackson,
  • and 1 more
A memorial is displayed for Tyre Nichols at the Embrace statue in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 28, 2023.

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  • Law

Police statements tell the first version of an incident. Then video footage comes out

Memphis authorities initially said Tyre Nichols was taken into custody after two "confrontations" with police. Video footage released later shows Nichols being fatally beaten by officers.

January 31, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Johnson & Johnson<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/jj-stop-selling-talc-based-baby-powder-globally-2023-2022-08-11/"> </a>announced last year that it would suspend all talc baby powder sales worldwide.

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  • Law

Appeals court clears the way for more lawsuits over Johnson's Baby Powder

A U.S. appeals court has dismissed the bankruptcy case filed by a Johnson & Johnson spinoff company. Around 40,000 cancer patients have filed suit, alleging the powder was contaminated with asbestos.

January 30, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley and
  • Brian Mann
An Indiana University student was less than a mile away from the Bloomington campus when she was attacked in broad daylight in what local officials called a "racially motivated attack."

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  • National

The Indiana University victim of an alleged anti-Asian attack is out of the hospital

The 18-year-old victim was attacked on a bus in Bloomington, Ind., in early January. The victim is out of the hospital but still recovering, while an insanity defense has been filed by the assailant.

January 30, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
People rally Friday in Times Square in New York City to protest the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols earlier this month in Memphis, Tenn.

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  • Law

Police experts say Tyre Nichols' arrest was filled with procedural violations

Experts in policing say there was shocking officer misconduct revealed in police videos of Tyre Nichols' arrest. They say officers in Memphis had an obligation to intervene and render aid.

January 28, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Jan. 17 in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died three days after Memphis police officers beat him during a traffic stop on Jan. 7.

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  • National

What we know about the killing of Tyre Nichols

Body cam footage of the brutal arrest in Memphis of the Black man has sparked protests in several cities. The five ex-officers involved face a litany of charges, including second-degree murder.

January 28, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin and
  • Emma Bowman
Brianne Chapman protests outside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Friday, during the sentencing hearing for Julian Khater and George Tanios. Khater pleaded guilty to assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted Capitol Officer Sicknick sentenced to 6 years in prison

Julian Khater pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon in a D.C. court last September.

January 28, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones and
  • Carrie Johnson
Police officers, who were seen on camera beating and kicking Tyre Nichols, stand by where Nichols is slumped over on the ground. This image is a screenshot of one of the videos from graphic police body camera footage released to the public on Friday night.

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  • National

The city of Memphis releases videos of Tyre Nichols' arrest and beating

In the videos released by the city, officers are shown aggressively dragging Nichols from his car. Later, they are seen beating and kicking Nichols as he lies on the ground.

January 28, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Emma Bowman,
  • and 2 more
A group pauses in 2017, with some in prayer, at a makeshift memorial on a New York City bike path that that honors victims of an attack who were stuck and killed by a rental truck driven by Sayfullo Saipov. The Islamic extremist was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday and could face the death penalty.

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  • National

A man who killed 8 bicyclists in Manhattan is convicted and may face the death penalty

Sayfullo Saipov was found guilty of running down riders with a rental truck on a Manhattan bike path in 2017. Prosecutors said the Halloween attack was inspired by his reverence for the Islamic State.

January 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe speaks at a news conference in Miami on Wednesday about a network of nursing school operators, centered in South Florida, who allowed students to buy diplomas without the proper training.

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  • National

25 people in Florida are charged with a scheme to get fake nursing diplomas

The defendants allegedly took part in a scam that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degree diplomas from three Florida-based nursing schools, according to recently unsealed federal indictments.

January 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Smaller bottles of Fireball do not contain whiskey, but a blend of malt beverage, wine and additional flavors and colors. Customers are suing the company for fraud, alleging the packaging is misleading.

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  • Law

There's no whiskey in mini bottles of Fireball, so customers are suing for fraud

Customers began wondering why small bottles of Fireball were being sold in places that typically don't sell liquor in many states, such as gas stations and grocery stores.

January 27, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Joshua Browder's artificial intelligence startup, DoNotPay, planned to have an AI-powered bot argue on behalf of a defendant in a case next month, but he says threats from bar associations have made him drop the effort.

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  • Technology

A robot was scheduled to argue in court, then came the jail threats

The man behind a startup called DoNotPay planned to use AI to help fight a traffic ticket. But professional lawyers shut it down.

January 26, 2023
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  • Bobby Allyn
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