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A North Dakota law requiring abortion providers to be affiliated with a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic was temporarily blocked by a state court in Fargo. Judge Wickham Corwin granted a request by the Red River Women’s Clinic ...

The law, which includes exceptions for emergencies, abuse and minors accompanied by people entitled to the notice, was passed by the Legislature in 1995 and has been subject to state and federal court litigation since.

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The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal argued to an Illinois judge that laws prohibiting same-sex marriage should be declared unconstitutional.

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The illegal practice has had a negative impact on black applicants since the company started doing it in 2004, according to a complaint filed by the commission in federal court in Chicago.

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Missouri is one of 14 states which filed a lawsuit accusing McGraw Hill Financial Inc. and its Standard & Poor's unit of inflating mortgage-backed securities ratings.

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Coca-Cola Co., the world’s largest soft-drink maker, must face a consumer lawsuit challenging the labeling of its Simply Orange, Minute Maid Premium and Minute Maid Pure Squeezed orange juice brands, a Kansas City judge has ruled.

The American Civil Liberties Union sued Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson for refusing to issue drivers’ licenses and identification cards to illegal immigrants covered by President Barack Obama’s “deferred action” directive.

Raja Lahrasib Khan, a Chicago taxi driver, was sentenced to 7½ years in prison for providing material support to a terrorist group. Khan, 58, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel in Chicago. He pleaded guilty in February, exchanging a potential 30-year sentence if found guilty in a trial for an agreed-on punishment of five to eight years.

KV Pharmaceutical Co. must face an investor lawsuit claiming the company and its executives made misleading statements about its compliance with federal quality-control standards, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.

The U.S. asked a federal judge to dismiss a St. Louis business owner’s lawsuit challenging a requirement that businesses offer employees contraception coverage through health care insurance.

John Edwards lost a bid for dismissal of criminal charges arising from his alleged misuse of presidential campaign funds to hide an extramarital affair.