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News Articles: Law

A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from a runway at Denver International Airport on June 10, 2020, in Denver. Two United Airlines flight attendants have filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging they were excluded from working charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers because of their race, age, religion and appearance.

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  • Race

2 flight attendants sue United Airlines for discrimination on Dodgers charter flights

Dawn Todd and Darby Quezada had spent more than a decade trying to join the airline's program that staffs the Los Angeles Dodgers' flights.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on Nov. 15, 2022.

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  • Law

Wray warns of increased terrorist threat, says U.S. is in a 'dangerous period'

Senior American officials say Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel has created a new dynamic with dangerous implications at home and abroad.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on Jan. 14, 2022. Cornell University administrators dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements appeared on a discussion board Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.

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  • National

Cornell student arrested in connection with antisemitic threats on New York campus

The charges against 21-year-old Patrick Dai, a junior, come as tensions have risen on college campuses across the U.S. Dai hasn't yet entered a plea and is expected in federal court on Wednesday.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Then-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on Jan. 23, 2018.

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  • National

Prosecutors say court decision forces the end of criminal cases in Flint water scandal

The Michigan attorney general's office said the state prosecution of former Gov. Rick Snyder and other officials for their roles in the Flint water scandal has ended.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case where two local school board members in Poway, Calif., blocked two persistently critical parents from their social media pages.

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  • Law

At the Supreme Court, 'First Amendment interests all over the place'

At issue were cases that test the ability of public officials to block critics from their "personal" social medial pages, a practice that Donald Trump often engaged in when he was president.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Telegram has removed popular Hamas-linked accounts from the messaging service after a pro-Israel advocacy organization sent letters to Apple and Google asking the tech companies to pressure Telegram to take down the channels.

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  • Technology

The Telegram app has been a key platform for Hamas. Now it's being restricted there

The popular messaging app became one of the only major social media platforms that permitted accounts with ties to Hamas.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday that test the ability of public officials to block critics from their personal social media pages.

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  • Law

Can public officials block you on social media? It's up to the Supreme Court

The cases — from Michigan and California — echo issues raised in a now-defunct suit against then-President Donald Trump for blocking his critics on Twitter.

October 31, 2023
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  • Nina Totenberg
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's federal election interference case has reinstated a gag order on the former president.

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  • Law

Judge reimposes gag order on Trump in federal election interference case

The ruling puts back in place the restrictions that bar Trump from making public statements targeting prosecutors, court staff and likely witnesses.

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Police crime photos of assault rifles and handguns are displayed during a news conference near the site of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2015.

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  • Law

California's ban on assault weapons will remain in effect after judges grant a stay

By a 2-1 margin, an appeals court ruled that the law will remain in place until after it hears arguments on a lower court's ruling that struck down the law.

October 29, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is set to testify in major antitrust trial brought by the Department of Justice.

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  • Business

Google to present its star witness, the company's CEO, in landmark monopoly trial

The Justice Department has wrapped its side of the case, alleging Google used its dominance to quash rivals. Now Google's CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stand.

October 29, 2023
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 20: DJ Envy visits SiriusXM Studio on April 20, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

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  • Pop Culture

'Breakfast Club' host DJ Envy is being sued for alleged investment fraud

The popular Power 105.1 FM radio personality had partnered with investor Cesar Pina to host real estate seminars across the country. The feds now say Pina was running a Ponzi scheme.

October 28, 2023
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  • Alana Wise
U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., on Friday after pleading not guilty to charges in a revised indictment.

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  • Politics

Scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to latest charges

The New York congressman entered his plea to a growing list of charges in federal court and a trial was set for Sept. 9, 2024. He also faces an effort by fellow Republicans to oust him from the House.

October 27, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
Achiya Schatz runs an organization in Israel called FakeReporter that authenticates images and videos that appear online in order to combat fake news. The group was founded three years ago. Before the war, it was focused on trying to help people who were targeted with online harassment for speaking out against corruption.

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  • Technology

Is it true or not? Israeli group FakeReporter fact checks while seeking shelter

A former Israeli combat soldier runs a nonprofit out of his in-laws' front yard that fact-checks posts on social media about the Israel-Hamas war in real time.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Washington County Circuit Court Clerk Kevin Tucker (right) swears in Andrew Wilkinson as a circuit court judge on Jan. 10, 2020, as Wilkinson's wife, Stephanie, watches.

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  • National

Suspect in killing of a Maryland judge who presided over divorce case is found dead

The suspect in the shooting death of Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson was found dead in a wooded area not far from where the shooting unfolded, ending a weeklong manhunt.

October 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he exits the courtroom of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court on Wednesday.

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  • Law

Special counsel urges court to reimpose Trump gag order in election interference case

Special counsel Jack Smith is arguing that the former president continues to try to intimidate witnesses on social media and in his public statements.

October 26, 2023
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  • Ryan Lucas
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