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Texas can keep a 1,000-foot (300-meter) floating barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings by migrants, a U.S. appeals court ruled, rejecting a challenge by President Joe Biden’s administration. On Wednesday, the full New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a preliminary injunction granted by a lower court, which had…
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California’s Golden Gate University School of Law will not be forced to reopen this fall—at least not yet. On Tuesday, a state judge in San Francisco dismissed a lawsuit brought by Golden Gate students and alumni seeking to stop its impending closure and denied their request for an injunction to keep the school open for…
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Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr created security risks by deploying unprepared federal law enforcement officers to respond to racial justice protests near the White House in 2020, according to a Justice Department review released on Wednesday. The report highlights Barr’s actions in responding to protests in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd…
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A Kansas woman sued the University of Kansas Health System on Tuesday for refusing to give her a medically necessary abortion in 2022, accusing the hospital of violating federal emergency room treatment laws. Mylissa Farmer’s lawsuit, filed in federal court in Kansas City, marks the first case against a hospital for withholding an abortion under…
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Iowa enforced a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy on Monday, making it the 22nd state to impose broad restrictions on ending pregnancies since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights in 2022. Iowa’s state Supreme Court ruled against a challenge by Planned Parenthood last month, allowing the law to take effect.…
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A U.S. appeals court upheld the decision to end J&J’s second attempt to resolve tens of thousands of cancer lawsuits through a shell company’s bankruptcy. J&J, meanwhile, is pressing forward with its third bankruptcy strategy. On Thursday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the company’s second effort, like its first, failed because…
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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug charges on Friday after authorities arrested him and a son of a Mexican drug lord in Texas. This significant achievement for U.S. law enforcement could lead to a major shift in Mexico’s criminal landscape. Court records show that…
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District Judge Reed O’Connor should reject the “sweetheart” plea deal the Justice Department struck with Boeing, relatives of 15 of the 346 people killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Boeing finalized an agreement to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and pay at least $243.6 million after…
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Manhattan prosecutors who secured Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction asserted that the verdict should stand, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents cannot face criminal charges over official acts. In a court filing dated July 24 and made public on Thursday, prosecutors urged a judge to reject Trump’s bid to overturn the verdict due…
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Federal authorities have charged the man accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in New York two years ago with federal terrorism charges for his alleged support for Hezbollah, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. The grand-jury indictment charges Hadi Matar, the New Jersey man already facing state charges of attempted murder and…
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