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News Articles: Law

Ghost guns are unassembled and unmarked guns that can be bought online, and then assembled into fully operative guns. In August 2022, ATF issued regulations that required any such disassembled gun parts to carry serial numbers and required anyone buying them to pass a background check.

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  • Law

Supreme Court tells 5th Circuit to stop its defiance in ghost gun case

The order voids the lower court orders and allows ATF regulations to go into effect pending further litigation.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Prosecutors are seeking a partial gag order against former President Donald Trump.

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  • Law

Judge imposes partial gag order against Trump in election-interference case

The limited gag order bars the former president from making statements targeting prosecutors and court personnel as well as inflammatory statements about likely witnesses.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson and
  • Ryan Lucas
A person identified as a family member of the slain 6-year-old boy holds prayer beads at a news conference at the Muslim Community Center on Chicago's northwest side on Sunday.

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  • National

The fatal stabbing of a Palestinian American boy is being investigated as hate crime

The 71-year-old man accused in the fatal stabbing of the 6-year-old boy in Illinois, which also seriously wounded his mother, was motivated by the Israel-Hamas war, officials say.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
John Grisham at his office in Charlottesville, Va. His new book is a sequel to <em>The Firm</em>, the book that turned him into a star.

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  • Author Interviews

What is certain in life? Death, taxes — and a new book by John Grisham

The Firm was the book that turned John Grisham into a writing superstar. Now three decades later, he's returned to the characters that made him, with his follow up book The Exchange.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the courthouse following his arraignment in New York City on Dec. 22, 2022. Bankman-Fried's trial just concluded its second week, with explosive testimony from former girlfriend Caroline Ellison.

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  • Business

Criminal mastermind or hapless dude? A look into Sam Bankman-Fried's trial so far

The trial of the former FTX CEO concluded its second week, featuring explosive testimony from Caroline Ellison, a former girlfriend of Bankman-Fried.

October 15, 2023
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By:
  • David Gura
A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. The amount of tax money owed but not paid to the IRS is set to keep growing, according to projections published by the federal tax collection agency.

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  • National

Gap between U.S. income taxes owed and paid is set to keep growing, the IRS says

For tax years 2021 and 2020, the latest to receive such IRS estimates, the projected gross "tax gap" soared to $688 billion and $601 billion, respectively. That is a significant jump from the past.

October 13, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Former president and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Oct. 11. He did not appear in nearby Fort Pierce for a court hearing the next day.

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  • Law

Donald Trump's classified documents case gets new questions from judge and attorneys

At a hearing Thursday, prosecutors asked a U.S. district judge to decide whether a lawyer representing one of Trump's co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case has a conflict of interest.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen
In a series of letters to tech executives, European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton warned that financial penalties could be issued against social media platforms that do not follow new EU laws governing hate speech and disinformation.

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  • Europe

'Walk the talk' or face fines: EU boss tells Musk, Zuckerberg and TikTok chief

As Hamas-Israel misinformation spreads, EU digital chief says social media platforms have to quickly remove content featuring hate speech and disinformation or face big fines under new laws.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Darryl George will be sent to an alternative school program, from Oct. 12 through Nov. 29 for "failure to comply" with multiple campus and classroom regulations, the Barbers Hill High School principal said in a letter.

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  • National

A Black Texas student suspended for his hairstyle is shifted to an alternative school

Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School, who was suspended for wearing a natural hairstyle, will be placed in a disciplinary alternative education program through Nov. 29.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Nearly 100 sexual assault cases filed against Uber will be centralized under one judge.

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  • Business

The sexual assault victims suing Uber notch a legal victory in their long battle

In a landmark decision, a panel of judges has ruled that dozens of sexual assault cases filed against Uber can be consolidated.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
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  • National

Carlee Russell, accused of kidnapping hoax, will appeal after guilty verdict

A municipal judge on Wednesday found Russell guilty of two misdemeanor charges. The ruling came after Russell's attorneys agreed to "stipulate and appeal" the case, moving the case to circuit court.

October 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The U.S. Supreme Court considers a redistricting case from South Carolina.

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  • Law

South Carolina redistricting case could add Democratic House seats

At issue is the way the Republican-dominated state legislature equalized the population of its congressional districts.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court conservatives not likely to rule for Democrats in S.C. redistricting

The six conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed likely to dash Democratic hopes for a chance to win a second congressional seat in South Carolina.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Caroline Ellison leaves federal court in Manhattan after testifying during the trial of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on Oct. 10. Ellison said Bankman-Fried was the main decision-maker and steered her to transfer funds from cryptocurrency exchange FTX to Alameda Research, a financial firm she headed.

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  • Business

She's the star witness against Sam Bankman-Fried. Her testimony was explosive

Caroline Ellison accused Bankman-Fried of being the mastermind behind illegal activity at FTX. Her words carry weight: She worked with him and also once dated him.

October 11, 2023
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By:
  • David Gura
Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders members Suzette Shaw, left, holding photos of 10 victims, and Margaret Prescod, at podium, join relatives of victims speaking after the sentencing for Lonnie Franklin Jr., a convicted serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper," in Los Angeles Superior Court in August 2016.

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  • Race

California creates nation's first 'Ebony Alert' to find missing Black children

The alert system will use electronic highway signs and encourage the use of TV, radio, social media and other platforms to spread information about the missing person.

October 11, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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