Recent Updates
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Man accused of stalking Caitlin Clark proclaims himself ‘guilty as charged’
U.S. Court Watch 01/23/2025One day after Michael Thomas Lewis was charged with felony stalking of Indiana Fever star and WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark, the 55-year-old Texas man shouted “guilty as charged” as soon as he sat down in a courtroom Tuesday.Lewis...
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
U.S. Court Watch 01/18/2025Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.Elected as the state’s top law enforcemen...
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Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
Legal Events 01/15/2025At a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll.The United States saw a sharp drop of 24 percentage p...
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Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that could ban TikTok in the US
U.S. Court Watch 01/11/2025The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and n...
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Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it ‘despicable’
Breaking Stories 01/09/2025President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment in his historic hush money case, a judgment that lets him return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.With Trump appearing by video from his Florida ...
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Apple to pay $95 million to settle claims it used Siri to eavesdrop on customers
Legal Events 01/04/2025Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a civil lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oak...
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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
Legal Compliance 01/01/2025A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said.The decision puts back on track...
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Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield’s rape conviction
U.S. Court Watch 12/27/2024A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man’s trial.The retired football player was sent...
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and weapons charges
Breaking Stories 12/24/2024The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to state murder and terror charges while his attorney complained that comments coming from New York’s mayor would make it tough to receive a fair trial...
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Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract
Legal Compliance 12/21/2024Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period.The Teamsters say the workers, who authorized strikes in the past few days, a...
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TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block law that could ban site in U.S.
National News 12/16/2024TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it.Lawyers for the company and China-base...
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Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
U.S. Court Watch 12/13/2024The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students.The justices, acting in a case from Eau Claire, left in place an appellate ruling dis...