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News Articles: Law

A proposed map of Georgia's 180 state House districts sits outside the chamber before lawmakers approved it on a mostly-party line vote.

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  • News

Judge orders new maps after finding Georgia redistricting 'dilutes Black voting power'

Judge Steve Jones ordered Georgia lawmakers to create new legislative redistricting maps by Dec. 8 that add more majority-Black districts.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A United States Postal Service mailbox stands along Bonnie Brae Boulevard Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in southeast Denver.

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  • National

U.S. Postal Service touts crackdown on postal crime with hundreds of arrests

Law enforcement officials have made more than 600 arrests since May in a crackdown launched to address crime, the Postal Service announced Wednesday.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump during a trial in New York on Tuesday. A judge in a different case — happening in Washington, D.C. — issued a limited gag order that the ACLU said sweeps too broadly in restraining Trump's speech.

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  • Law

Siding with Trump, the ACLU says a judge's gag order in Jan. 6 case is too sweeping

The ACLU says a judge's gag order against former President Trump restricts too much of his speech on matters of public importance.

October 25, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Government watchdog Accountable.US launches a campaign to call for recusals from allegedly conflicted Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas on Oct. 2, 2023.

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  • Law

New Clarence Thomas ethics questions about forgiveness on luxury RV loan

In August, The New York Times reported that Anthony Welters, a wealthy friend of Thomas's, loaned him $267,000 to buy the RV.

October 25, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Jonathan Majors, pictured at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 12, 2023.

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  • Law

Jonathan Majors' trial for assault and harassment charges rescheduled again

Jonathan Majors was arrested after an alleged domestic dispute in March. The Creed III actor pleaded not guilty to four counts. His trial has been rescheduled.

October 25, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby and
  • Chloe Veltman
The Alexandria Police Department in Virginia says it's investigating a display of a pig wearing an "I Can't Breathe" shirt inside one of its police cruisers. The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDs1CTkmKN8">video</a>, posted to YouTube, shows the discovery of the police cruiser and the materials inside.

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  • National

Va. police investigate after pig mask, 'I Can't Breathe' shirt found in police car

The three words "I Can't Breathe" refer to what some police brutality victims, like George Floyd, Eric Garner and Manuel Ellis, said before their untimely deaths at the hands of law enforcement.

October 25, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
More than 40 states are suing Meta for allegedly harming young people's mental health by creating features on Facebook and Instagram that intentionally addict children.

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  • Technology

States sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook fueled youth mental health crisis

More than 40 states filed legal actions against Meta on Tuesday, alleging that the company intentionally designed features that hooked a generation of young people.

October 24, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump boards his plane at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Monday.

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  • Law

Trump's lawyers urge judge to dismiss federal election interference case

The former president's lawyers are arguing that the Justice Department is criminalizing "core political speech" protected by the First Amendment and selectively targeting him for prosecution.

October 24, 2023
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  • Carrie Johnson
Jenna Ellis, a former member of then-President Donald Trump's legal team, speaks during a news conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19, 2020.

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  • Law

Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case

Attorney Jenna Ellis has entered a guilty plea in the Georgia election interference case. The former Trump lawyer is now the fourth co-defendant to plead guilty.

October 24, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Three of Sam Bankman-Fried's closest former associates have turned against him, and their testimony could help send the former FTX CEO to prison for life. Pictured from left to right are: Nishad Singh, Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, and Gary Wang.

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  • Business

They were Sam Bankman-Fried's friends. Now they could send him to prison for life

Bankman-Fried built a multibillion crypto business spearheaded by FTX with the help of a group of young colleagues. Now three of his closest associates have turned against him.

October 22, 2023
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By:
  • David Gura
Kayleigh Butler, a hair stylist, stands for a portrait at her studio in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. "Relaxers have taken an extreme decline ... as we became more knowledgeable about the effects of the relaxer on your hair and what it can do to your hair," says Butler, who remembers getting relaxers when she was 5 years old.

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  • National

The FDA is proposing a ban on hair relaxers with formaldehyde due to cancer concerns

The federal agency says it is proposing a ban on the use of formaldehyde in hair straighteners and smoothers, which have been linked to increased cancer risks.

October 21, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom with his legal team before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in New York.

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  • National

Judge fines Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer found on campaign website

Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding Trump in contempt for now, but reserved the right to do so if he again violates a limited gag order barring case participants from personal attacks on court staff.

October 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Walt Nauta (left), an aide to former President Donald Trump, arrives with defense attorney Stanley Woodward for a July hearing in federal court in Fort Pierce, Fla.

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  • Law

Judge says Trump aide can keep his lawyer in Mar-a-Lago documents case

Stanley Woodward represents aide Walt Nauta and once represented another Trump employee who is now cooperating with the government. Federal prosecutors had argued there was a conflict of interest.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen

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  • Law

Supreme Court to hear court ban on government contact with social media companies

The case has profound implications for almost every aspect of American life, especially at a time when there are great national security concerns about false information online.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
States and counties nationwide are using opioid settlement funds for law enforcement efforts, including buying new squad cars. This draws criticism that the funds should be invested in treatment instead.

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  • Health

Law enforcement eyes opioid settlement cash for squad cars and body scanners

Some state and local governments have started tapping in to opioid settlement funds for law enforcement expenses. Many argue it should go toward treating addiction instead.

October 20, 2023
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  • Aneri Pattani
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