Recent Updates
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Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
National News 02/13/2025Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.”Spared from jail as part of a plea...
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Man accused of stalking Caitlin Clark proclaims himself ‘guilty as charged’
National News 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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Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
National News 01/14/2025At 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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Apple to pay $95 million to settle claims it used Siri to eavesdrop on customers
National News 01/06/2025Apple 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
National News 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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Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
National News 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...
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
National News 12/03/2024Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious jail...
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Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors
National News 12/02/2024Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Wednesday to block Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect simila...
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Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care
National News 11/29/2024Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people.The justices on Wednesday are taking up...
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
National News 11/19/2024The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaz...
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Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump’s 2020 election case after his presidential win
National News 11/08/2024The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” in light of the Republican’s presidential vi...
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High court won’t review Kari Lake’s appeal over 2022 governor’s race defeat
National News 11/03/2024The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear Republican Kari Lake’s latest appeal over her defeat in the 2022 governor’s race, marking yet another loss in her attempt to overturn the race’s outcome.The court made its refusal to ta...