Survivors and victims’ relatives are marking the second anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting with a remembrance ceremony, a run, art exhibits and litigation. Ahead of Tuesday’s commemoration of the massacre of 49 people at the gay nightclub, some survivors ...
Read More »Supreme Court allows Ohio, other state voter purges
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can clean up their voting rolls by targeting people who haven’t cast ballots in a while. The justices rejected, by a 5-4 vote Monday, arguments in a case from Ohio that the practice ...
Read More »Death row inquiry on hold after Greitens’ resignation
The fate of a Missouri death row inmate whose execution was halted last year after DNA evidence raised questions about his case is on hold as a result of former Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation. Marcellus Williams, 49, was hours away ...
Read More »Lawyers for Trump, ‘Apprentice’ contestant argue in court
Lawyers for President Donald Trump argued in court Tuesday that a former “Apprentice” contestant should not be able to obtain information on his campaign’s discussions of other women who have also accused him of sexual misconduct. The court hearing was ...
Read More »State attorney general races gain attention in Trump era
The top priority for Democrats pushing back against President Donald Trump is gaining control of at least one branch of Congress this year, however, they’re also focused on a pivotal seat lower on the ballot — state attorney general. The ...
Read More »Disbarred disability lawyer pleads guilty to fleeing US
An eastern Kentucky attorney ran away last year because he did not want to go to prison for defrauding the government of more than $600 million in Social Security disability benefits. Instead, he was caught at a Pizza Hut in ...
Read More »Jungerman seeks preservation of police notes, 911 tapes
A Raytown man accused of fatally shooting Kansas City attorney Thomas Pickert is asking for a court order to ensure the preservation of all police notes and 911 recordings tied to Pickert’s death. David Jungerman, 80, appeared in court Monday ...
Read More »Lawyer fights for Harvey Weinstein, in court and out
A powerful public figure is accused of sexual assault in a Manhattan hotel room. There’s media frenzy. Enter go-to defense attorney Ben Brafman. Brafman, 69, was on the winning end of that scenario in 2011 when he helped former International ...
Read More »Justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake
The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in a limited decision that leaves for another day the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to ...
Read More »Greitens enacts law against his alleged actions
Missouri’s outgoing Gov. Eric Greitens signed a bill Friday to make it a crime to threaten to share sexual photos of people without their consent — something Greitens has been accused of doing. The Republican was scheduled to resign Friday ...
Read More »Trump mulls commuting Blagojevich’s term, pardoning Stewart
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle maven Martha Stewart, who did a stint in federal prison after she was convicted of ...
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