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News Articles: Law

Amazon faces a landmark federal lawsuit that accuses it of squeezing independent sellers like this Michigan company, Top Shelf Brands, which used to sell hair and beauty products on the platform. In 2022, the company stopped operating and filed for bankruptcy.

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  • Business

Amazon sellers say they made a good living — until Amazon figured it out

The federal government has sued Amazon for allegedly using its monopoly power to stamp out rivals. Now, some small businesses that sell on the marketplace reveal what it's like to depend on Amazon.

October 11, 2023
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  • Dara Kerr
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Former Trump executive Allan Weisselberg testifies in the Trump civil trial

Allan Weisselberg testified Tuesday as a defendant in an ongoing civil trial targeting Trump's business practices. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 10, 2023.)

October 11, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Jedidiah Murphy.

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  • National

Texas executes man who questioned evidence in deadly carjacking of elderly woman

A Texas man who unsuccessfully challenged the safety of the state's lethal injection drugs and raised questions about evidence used to persuade a jury to sentence him to death was executed Tuesday.

October 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
President Biden in New York City on Sept. 19, 2023.

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  • Politics

Biden was interviewed this weekend in special counsel probe into classified documents

An investigation was launched after Biden's lawyers found classified documents in multiple areas in his Delaware residence and in an office in Washington, D.C.

October 10, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
An image from security camera footage shows alleged thieves breaking into a P.C. Richard & Son appliance store in Philadelphia in late September.

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  • National

Videos of 'flash mob' thefts are everywhere, but are the incidents increasing?

Retailers are implementing new strategies to thwart thieves, such as locking up merchandise and limiting the number of customers. Companies say thefts are on the rise across the U.S.

October 09, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Robert Wayne Lee — known as "Boopac Shakur" — would pose as a teenage girl online to lure and expose alleged pedophiles. Lee was shot and killed Sept. 29 in the Pontiac, Mich. area. A GoFundMe has been created to help the family with funeral expenses.

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  • National

Police investigate the shooting death of man who often confronted alleged pedophiles

Robert Wayne Lee, known online as "Boopac Shakur," was killed during an argument in a Michigan restaurant. So far, there is no evidence the confrontation was a planned sting by Lee, police said.

October 07, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building is seen in Washington in June.

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  • Law

Ex-U.S. Army sergeant charged with trying to pass secrets to China

Joseph Schmidt, who worked in military intelligence, faces two charges for allegedly trying to hand national defense information to China. One alleged document was entitled "High Level Secrets."

October 06, 2023
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  • Ryan Lucas
Then-Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald stands on the sideline during a game against Michigan on Oct. 23, 2021, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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  • Sports

Ex-coach sues Northwestern for $130M for wrongful termination in hazing scandal

Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school, saying it wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department.

October 05, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A woman has sued Walt Disney Parks and Resorts for negligence, claiming a ride down a water slide at Florida's Disney World left her severely injured.

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  • National

A woman sues Disney World over severe injuries on a water slide

A woman was hospitalized after a ride down Typhoon Lagoon's tallest water slide left her with severe vaginal lacerations and internal organ damage, according to the lawsuit.

October 05, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
McIntosh County Manager Patrick Zoucks sits at a meeting of county commissioners at the McIntosh County Courthouse on Sept. 12, 2023.

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  • Politics

McIntosh County cancels next board meeting, one month after violating Georgia's open meetings law

Commissioners plan to no longer hold public meetings at the McIntosh County Courthouse.

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Elon Musk is pictured in May in Paris. A California man says he was harassed after Musk amplified posts on X that falsely said he was involved in a confrontation between far-right protesters.

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  • Law

Elon Musk is being sued for libel for accusing a man of having neo-Nazi links

A picture of Ben Brody, 22, began circulating on social media, accusing him of being involved in a brawl between right-wing extremist groups. Brody says he made several attempts to clear his name.

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Former President Donald Trump appears in court for a civil fraud case at a Manhattan courthouse, in New York on Tuesday.

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  • Law

Judge issues gag order on Trump in business fraud case

Judge Arthur Engoron issued the order on former President Donald Trump and his legal team on Tuesday as a result of a social media post featuring one of the judge's staffers.

October 03, 2023
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  • Ximena Bustillo
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in Washington, D.C., the first day of its new term.

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  • Law

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of a challenge to consumer agency

The case before the high court Tuesday examined how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is funded. A ruling in favor of payday lenders could gut the agency.

October 03, 2023
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  • Nina Totenberg
Frederick Moorefield Jr., deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was charged last month with dogfighting. If convicted, he could face up to five years in a federal prison.

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  • Law

A Department of Defense official faces up to 5 years in prison in dogfighting case

Frederick Moorefield Jr., a deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, allegedly used an encrypted messaging app to discuss dogfighting with people across the U.S.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Edward Blum, a longtime opponent of affirmative action and founder of the American Alliance for Equal Rights, at the U.S. Supreme Court last year. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled in Blum's favor against a venture capital fund that awards grants to Black female entrepreneurs.

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  • Law

A federal appeals court blocks a grant program for Black female entrepreneurs

The suit was brought by Edward Blum, the man behind the case against Harvard College that led to the Supreme Court dismantling affirmative action in higher education in June.

October 03, 2023
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  • Kristin Wright
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