The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a temporary hold on the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion bankruptcy settlement for victims of sex abuse within the organization. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. last week temporarily paused the bankruptcy settlement, giving the court more time to fully consider the matter. The move came after a group […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Republican state lawmakers can no longer try to enforce a subpoena for election records they issued in 2021 in a quest inspired by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The court, in a brief order, dismissed three appeals in […]
NEW YORK — A foot-tapping FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried made a brief appearance in a New York courtroom Wednesday to switch lawyers before his sentencing next month. His stint in Manhattan federal court came before Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who will decide how long the 31-year-old must remain behind bars. Kaplan also presided over the […]
BOSTON — Appeals Court Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian, a former romantic partner of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, testified Wednesday before the Governor’s Council on her nomination to the state’s highest court. Healey has said her past relationship with Wolohojian shouldn’t deny the state the benefit of having her serve on the state Supreme Judicial […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday as a government lawyer argued that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution “good neighbor” rule in 11 states while separate legal challenges continue around the country. The rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other […]
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday said former President Donald Trump is “completely distracted” by his legal woes and the GOP cannot win in November if its presidential nominee is sitting in a courtroom. Ms. Haley said Mr. Trump is on course for failure in the general election because court cases are draining […]
One of two adult men who have been charged with murder and other crimes for opening fire at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade last week told police his actions were “stupid,” according to a charging document. Lyndell Mays and Dominic Miller were both charged this week with second-degree murder, two counts of armed […]
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being held in a Russian prison on the charge of espionage. Today his latest request to appeal his detention was denied. A Russian court upheld Evan’s detention. The U.S. government has deemed him as wrongfully detained. He has been in the news recently because of remarks made by […]
Fani Willis may have blown it in court on Thursday if you’re using the pro-boxing point system, and you can read about that in Matt’s story nearby, but don’t be surprised if the fulsome Fulton County, Ga., DA doesn’t get reelected later this year for her witness stand performance. Willis was telegraphing an entirely […]
Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor in the Georgia racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, testified Thursday that he was reimbursed with cash for vacations he took with his boss, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis—with whom he admitted having an affair. “It was cash,” Wade said. “She didn’t give me any checks.” In a […]
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