Legal proceedings

What to know about Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial

NEW YORK -- Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the former…

3 weeks ago

North Carolina judges consider GOP law shifting election board picks from governor to auditor

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina trial judges heard arguments Monday from attorneys for Republican legislative leaders who insist their latest…

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Retrial opens for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times

NEW YORK -- A retrial is set to begin Monday for Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit claiming The New York Times…

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Court drops charges against 3 people tied to the death of singer Liam Payne

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted…

2 months ago

What’s next for NYC Mayor Eric Adams as a judge weighs dismissing his corruption case?

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in a state of legal and political purgatory.The first-term Democrat…

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New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettes

New York on Thursday sued some of the country’s biggest distributors of electronic cigarettes, accusing the companies of violating state…

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South Korea’s Yoon is in court for a hearing in his criminal trial

SEOUL, South Korea -- SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in court Thursday for…

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Marian Turski, Auschwitz survivor who warned of danger of indifference, dies at 98

WARSAW, Poland -- Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and historian in postwar Poland and co-founded Warsaw's…

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Nevada judge reschedules trial for the suspect in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing for next year

LAS VEGAS -- A Nevada judge on Tuesday postponed the murder trial of the only suspect ever charged in the…

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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Republican had no right to bring lawsuit challenging mobile voting

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a…

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