A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the arson case against Jonathan Rinderknecht and set an Oct. 19 retrial after jurors deadlocked over whether prosecutors proved he started a New Year’s fire that later became the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles.U.S. District Judge Anne Hwang ordered Rinderknecht held... Read More »
The Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear Mackenzie Shirilla’s latest appeal Tuesday, leaving in place a ruling that barred her postconviction challenge because it was filed one day late.A brief entry from the state’s high court said the justices declined to accept jurisdiction in State of Ohio v. Mackenzie Shirilla... Read More »
A federal judge in Boston permanently blocked most of President Donald Trump’s 2025 election executive order, ruling that the president cannot use executive power to impose voter registration and mail ballot rules assigned to states and Congress.U.S. District Judge Denise Casper’s order bars the administration from enforcing major parts of... Read More »
A coalition of 17 states and a national wholesalers trade group sued California in federal court Monday to block a packaging recycling law they say unlawfully forces companies across the country to follow California’s environmental rules.The lawsuit, led by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, was filed in the U.S. District... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Louisiana prison officers cannot be sued personally for money damages under a federal religious liberty law by a Rastafarian man who says they forcibly shaved his head in violation of his faith.In a six-to-three decision, the Court affirmed a ruling by the U.S.... Read More »
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is trying to contain backlash from guitar makers, players, and online music commentators after sending cease-and-desist letters to companies it says are making guitars that too closely copy the Stratocaster design.The dispute, which began after Fender won a copyright ruling in Germany earlier this year, has... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated Pedro Hernandez’s 2017 murder and kidnapping conviction Monday in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, reversing a federal appeals court ruling that had ordered New York to retry or release him.In an unsigned decision, the justices ruled six to three that the U.S. Court... Read More »
A Missouri judge struck down a broad set of abortion restrictions, ruling that many of the state’s older abortion laws conflict with a voter-approved constitutional amendment protecting reproductive freedom.In a June 18 ruling in Jackson County Circuit Court, Judge Jerri Zhang issued a final judgment after a 10-day bench trial... Read More »
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued TikTok, ByteDance, and related entities, accusing the company of violating a new state law that restricts minors’ social media accounts and misleading parents about the app’s safety for young users.The complaint, filed June 15 in St. Lucie County Circuit Court, claims TikTok continues... Read More »
D4vd appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, where a judge granted a request to postpone a key hearing in the criminal case accusing him of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.The singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, agreed to move his probable cause hearing from June 29... Read More »
