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News Articles: Law

Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, Republican Gov. Phil Scott wears a mask as he takes the Oath of Office on the steps of the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., beginning his third two-year term. Vermont is one of two states that holds elections for governor every two years.

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  • National

It's primary day in Vermont. Why do voters there choose a governor every 2 years?

Vermont's Republican governor, Phil Scott, is on the ballot today, just like he was in 2016, 2018 and 2020. Why is that and will it ever change?

August 10, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Kinzel
Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower on Wednesday in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in a civil investigation.

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  • Law

Trump says he refused to answer any questions under oath in today's New York testimony

"I once asked, 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question," Trump said in a statement. He called the case a politically motivated witch hunt.

August 10, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Protesters line the street June 4 around the front of the Nebraska State Capitol during an Abortion Rights Rally in Lincoln, Neb.

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  • National

A Nebraska woman is charged with helping her daughter have an abortion

Police say that in Facebook messages they've obtained, Jessica Burgess tells her 17-year-old daughter that she has abortion pills to end her 24-week pregnancy. They're both charged with felonies.

August 10, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Local law enforcement officers are seen in front of the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday.

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  • Law

Mystery at Mar-a-Lago: What were FBI agents looking for and what are the consequences?

A federal search warrant like the kind carried out at the home of former President Donald Trump would require detailed evidence and sign-off at the highest levels of the DOJ, legal experts said.

August 10, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Supporters of former US President Donald Trump outside Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Donald Trump faces intensifying legal and political pressure after FBI agents searched his Florida home in a probe of whether he took classified documents from the White House when he left office, casting a shadow on his possible run for the presidency in 2024.

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  • National

Backers turn up at Mar-a-Lago to show support for Donald Trump after FBI raid

Undeterred by the Mar-a-Lago raid, supporters rally for Trump. People were showing up to show support for the former president and criticize the FBI raid.

August 09, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Allen
The entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is shown, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump said in a lengthy statement that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe.

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  • Politics

Trump says FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida

Former President Trump said FBI agents executed an "unannounced raid" at his home in South Florida Monday. His son said it was related to documents taken from the White House when Trump left office.

August 09, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Ryan Lucas
This photo shows, from left to right, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan, two of three white men who will face sentencing Monday for their roles in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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  • National

Father and son sentenced to life for a hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery's death

Arbery's killing on Feb. 23, 2020, became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people.

August 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Carlie Brown (left) and Molly Pela exchange wedding vows as their friend, Julie Takahashi, officiates the ceremony. Both women said they rushed to get married after reading Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion in striking down <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, in which he suggested also overturning the landmark case that legalized same-sex marriage.

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  • National

Scared after the fall of Roe, these 2 Texas women rushed to tie the knot

Following the Supreme Court's decision, Carlie Brown and Molly Pela rescheduled their wedding for nine months earlier. They fear that without federal protections, their family remains vulnerable.

August 08, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
The Penguin logo is visible on the spine of a book. The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster to block the companies from completing a merger valued at $2.175 billion.

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  • Arts & Life

Authors and bookstore owners worry a big publishing merger will affect diversity

The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely change things for authors and readers - for better or worse

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
GPB  NPR

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  • Business

Authors worry about the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

As one of the largest antitrust trials to hit the publishing industry continues, how might the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster impact the book industry and readers?

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay millions of dollars for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But his influence in right-wing media and politics remains strong.

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  • National

How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories become part of American life

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

August 06, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
InfoWars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay just under $50 million in damages to a pair of parents whose son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.

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  • Law

A jury tags Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages for 2 Sandy Hook parents

Jones, the creator and face of the conspiracy-peddling website InfoWars, is on the hook for a total of $49.3 million for spreading falsehoods about the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school.

August 06, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones and
  • Jason DeRose
Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan are set to stand trial on federal hate crime charges in February after being convicted the day before Thanksgiving in the Glynn County courthouse for the shooting death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.

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  • Law

Ahmaud Arbery's murderers to be sentenced Monday for federal hate crimes

Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan are already serving life sentences for their state murder convictions as they await federal sentencing.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Albert Woodfox was a former member of the Black Panthers who was put in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for over 43 years.

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  • Obituaries

The Angola 3's Albert Woodfox, who survived decades of solitary confinement, dies

A wrongful murder conviction forced Woodfox to spend 43 years and 10 months in solitary confinement at Louisiana's Angola Prison. He has died at the age of 75.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Shauneen Miranda
Infowars founder Alex Jones listens to a supporter at the Texas State Capital building in April 2020 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Law

A jury will decide if Alex Jones has to pay punitive damages to Sandy Hook parents

Jones is being sued for defamation by the parents of a first grader killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 for saying the school shooting was a hoax on his radio show.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
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