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News Articles: Law

Opera star Plácido Domingo at a press conference in Moscow in Oct. 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Classical musicians with ties to Plácido Domingo arrested in Buenos Aires

Musicians who have been publicly linked to Plácido Domingo and other major artists have been arrested in connection to an alleged Argentine crime ring, or are still wanted by police.

August 19, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
El Shafee Elsheikh has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the deaths of four U.S. hostages captured by the Islamic State.

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  • National

An Islamic State member is sentenced to life in prison in the deaths of hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh, part of a group known as the "ISIS Beatles," is the most notorious and highest-ranking member of the Islamic State to be convicted in the U.S,, prosecutors said.

August 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Abortion rights protesters attend a June 24 rally following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.

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  • Law

Michigan's abortion ban is blocked for now

A Michigan judge blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state's 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future. An attorney representing two GOP county prosecutors said an appeal is planned.

August 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg arrives for a hearing on his criminal case at Manhattan Criminal Court on Aug. 12 in New York City. The Manhattan District Attorney's office is charging Weisselberg and the Trump Organization with tax fraud after being accused of paying employees "off the books" in order to pay less taxes. Weisselberg has pleaded not guilty.

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  • National

Allen Weisselberg, a Trump Org employee for decades, pleads guilty to felony charges

Weisselberg entered his guilty plea in state court in lower Manhattan on Thursday. He's the latest person close to former President Trump to plead guilty or be convicted at trial of a felony.

August 19, 2022
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By:
  • Ilya Marritz and
  • Andrea Bernstein
A customer makes a purchase at a Starbucks coffee shop.

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  • Business

Starbucks must rehire 7 Memphis employees who supported a union, a judge says

The first Starbucks union was formed in Buffalo, N.Y. a year ago, launching what has since become a nationwide organizing campaign

August 19, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
This June 23, 2011, file booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James "Whitey" Bulger. Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the killing of Bulger in a West Virginia prison.

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  • National

A Mafia hitman is among three men charged in 'Whitey' Bulger's prison death

Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the 2018 killing of notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virginia prison, the Justice Department said.

August 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Cars drive on flooded streets as Tropical Storm Henri approaches, in Hoboken New Jersey on August 22, 2021.

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  • Climate

Federal judges deal the oil industry another setback in climate litigation

An appeals court said two climate change lawsuits against the oil industry should be heard in state court. Oil companies have been fighting such cases on jurisdictional grounds for years and losing.

August 18, 2022
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  • Michael Copley
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to provide a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the FBI search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, saying he believed the affidavit should be partially released.

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  • Law

Judge creates path for releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago search

At a hearing in Florida, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said he's inclined to release parts of the affidavit used to search Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

August 18, 2022
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone (left) and Hadi Matar, who was charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, listen during an arraignment Thursday in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y.

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  • National

A judge denies bail for the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

The Chautauqua County district attorney said that Hadi Matar stabbed the author a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.

August 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People march to protest the Supreme Court's decision in the <em>Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health</em> case on June 24 in Miami.

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  • Law

Can a teen be too immature to choose abortion? This court case shows the complexities

A Florida court ruled that a parentless 16-year-old seeking an abortion was not "sufficiently mature" to make that decision. The case highlights the longstanding challenges of parental consent laws.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Former Luzerne County Court Judges Michael Conahan, front left, and Mark Ciavarella, front right, leave the United States District Courthouse in Scranton, Pa., in 2009. The two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes.

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  • National

Former judges who sent kids to jail for kickbacks must pay more than $200 million

The two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated the scheme have been ordered to pay hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.

August 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
An activist holds a placard during a protest against remission of sentence by the government to convicts of a gang rape, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022.

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  • Asia

Release of men jailed in gang rape stirs protests in India

Dozens of women protested against the release of the men in the capital, New Delhi on Thursday.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A spotted lanternfly creeps on the ground during a baseball game in Pittsburgh in 2021.

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  • Environment

What a pest! Spotted lanternflies are spreading in the U.S.

State officials are calling on residents to get involved and kill these bugs at all costs. The spotted lanternfly isn't dangerous to humans or pets but could cost the country's agricultural industry.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Rapper A$AP Rocky (right) appears in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm related to a shooting in Hollywood last November.

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  • Music News

A$AP Rocky pleads not guilty to assault charges

The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm at a Los Angeles court Wednesday. He remains free on bond.

August 17, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
These booking photos released Oct. 9, 2021, by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority show Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe.

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  • Law

Judge rejects plea deal in submarine secrets case, saying sentences were too light

A Maryland couple had been charged in an alleged plot to sell secrets about U.S. nuclear-powered warships by hiding information in objects such as a chewing gum wrapper and a peanut butter sandwich.

August 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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