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News Articles: Law

Attorney General Merrick Garland with Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division, announced civil rights charges Thursday related to the botched Louisville Police drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor.

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  • Law

4 current and former officers federally charged in raid that killed Breonna Taylor

The charges announced by Attorney General Merrit Garland on Thursday include civil rights violations, conspiracy, use of excessive force offenses and obstruction.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Protestors for and against legal abortions gathered at The University of Michigan on May 14, 2022.

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  • National

Confusion roiled Michigan for days as abortion rights changed hour to hour

In a span of 3 days this week, court rulings seesawed between outlawing abortions and permitting them. A judge allowed them to continue Wednesday for at least 21 days.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Kate Wells
Arizona Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake speaks at an election-night gathering in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday.

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  • National

Kari Lake, news anchor turned election denier, is Arizona GOP nominee for governor

Kari Lake, who has spent her campaign spreading election lies, was endorsed by Trump. Her rival, Karrin Taylor Robson, was backed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and former Vice President Mike Pence.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Infowars founder Alex Jones listens to a supporter at the Texas State Capital building on April 18, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Law

A jury says InfoWars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million

The InfoWars host and creator will have to pay $4.1 million to two parents whose 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. Jones spent years claiming the mass shooting as a hoax.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • John Burnett and
  • Dustin Jones
A mural of Rep. John Lewis on a street named after him Feb. 11, in Nashville, Tenn. The late Lewis was part of a movement that marched downtown from the historically Black neighborhood of North Nashville to take part in lunch counter sit-ins. That same neighborhood is redistricted into a mostly white congressional district, which some Democrats are comparing past civil rights violations.

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  • National

Today in Nashville, 9 Republicans run for a seat redistricted out of Democrats' reach

GOP lawmakers in Tennessee have redrawn Nashville from one Democratic congressional district into three GOP-leaning districts. Democrats will have a difficult, if not impossible, time getting elected.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • Blaise Gainey
Puerto Rico's former Gov. Wanda Vázquez leaves a court after she was released on bail, in San Juan on Thursday.

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  • National

Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez is charged with bribery

Vázquez was arrested on bribery charges related to the financing of her 2020 campaign. She is accused of engaging in a scheme with several people, including a bank owner and a former FBI agent.

August 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A memorial to the victims is seen outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2019, during the one-year anniversary of the school shooting.

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  • National

The Parkland jury gets a rare view of the school massacre site

Jurors in the trial of Nikolas Cruz toured a building at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The scene was deeply unsettling: Large pools of dried blood still stained classroom floors.

August 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A video showing Alex Jones is shown as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on July 12.

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  • National

The Jan. 6 committee is asking for data from Alex Jones' phone, a lawyer says

An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre said the House committee has requested records from Jones' phone.

August 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Federal judge Dabney Friedrich castigated Capitol riot defendant Brandon Straka for making, in her view, "questionable" comments about his case in public since his sentencing.

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  • Investigations

A judge unleashed a tirade on a prominent Jan. 6 defendant for his post-plea comments

Brandon Straka pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for egging on rioters during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The judge in the case said he has since made "questionable" comments about his plea.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
GPB  NPR

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  • Law

The Netflix v. 'Unofficial Bridgerton Musical' lawsuit, explained

Netflix is suing Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, who wrote the Grammy-winning Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, for infringement of intellectual property rights of the streaming service's hit show.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • Deanna Schwartz
Robert E. Crimo III, leaves the courtroom after a hearing Wednesday, in Waukegan, Ill. Accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, Crimo pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

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  • National

Highland Park parade shooting suspect pleads not guilty

The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

August 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Tuesday.

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  • National

Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

August 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an abortion rights supporter who was a Republican and is now a Democrat, reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails.

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  • National

Voters in Kansas decide to keep abortion legal in the state, rejecting an amendment

In the first test of its kind since the Dobbs ruling, Kansas voters have decided not to amend the state constitution, keeping abortion legal in the state — for now.

August 03, 2022
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By:
  • Dylan Lysen,
  • Laura Ziegler,
  • and 1 more
Justice Samuel Alito, seen here in 2007, has emerged as the workhorse of the Supreme Court's conservatives and has spent his time on the court forcefully shaping its opinions.

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  • Law

Samuel Alito, a workhorse on the Supreme Court, shapes its conservative path

The justice has played a key role on the court, often leading the charge not just on abortion, but for expanded religious rights, against LGBTQ rights, against expanded voting rights, and more

August 03, 2022
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
GPB  NPR

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  • National

Katie Hobbs wins Arizona Democratic primary for governor. GOP race too close to call

Katie Hobbs wins the Democratic primary for governor in Arizona, but the Republican race remains too close to call.

August 03, 2022
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  • Ben Giles
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