Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on a rape charge involving hairstylist and aspiring actor Jessica Mann, whose allegations were part of Weinstein’s 2020 Manhattan conviction. Judge Curtis Farber declared the mistrial after the Manhattan jury twice... Read More »
The Supreme Court on Thursday kept current nationwide access to the abortion medication mifepristone in place, blocking lower court limits that would have required in-person doctor visits and halted distribution through the mail while the case moves forward. Louisiana initially filed a lawsuit seeking to roll back Food and Drug... Read More »
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction and life sentence Wednesday, ruling that improper conduct by a court official undermined the fairness of the widely watched trial and requiring prosecutors to retry the case. In a unanimous decision, the state’s highest court found... Read More »
Netflix is facing a lawsuit from Texas accusing the streaming company of misleading consumers for years about how it collects, analyzes, and profits from subscriber data, including information tied to children using the platform’s Kids profiles. The lawsuit, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Collin County district court,... Read More »
Google has agreed to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by a group of Black employees who accused the company of maintaining disparities in hiring, pay, and promotions. Former Google employee April Curley filed the lawsuit in 2022, alleging the technology company engaged in a “pattern and practice” of discrimination... Read More »
A federal appeals court in Atlanta has rejected a Trump administration immigration policy that denied bond hearings to many undocumented immigrants facing deportation proceedings. In a 2-1 ruling issued Wednesday, a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Department of Homeland Security’s interpretation of federal... Read More »
The Supreme Court has temporarily restored nationwide access to the abortion pill Mifepristone, pausing a lower court ruling that had restricted how patients could obtain the medication. In an order issued May 4, Justice Samuel Alito halted a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that... Read More »
The Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district, ruling that the map relied too heavily on race, in violation of the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. In a 6–3 decision, the justices affirmed a lower court ruling in a decision that limits when states may... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a social media post that officials claim was interpreted as a threat against President Donald Trump, according to multiple reports. The indictment charges Comey with knowingly making a threat to take the life of and inflict bodily... Read More »
A journalist has filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., alleging the U.S. Department of Justice failed to follow a law requiring the release of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein and his network. The case, filed April 27 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, comes from... Read More »
A California man has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump after authorities say he opened fire near a secured area at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was taken into custody after authorities say he tried to... Read More »
A federal appeals court has blocked an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that sought to suspend asylum access at the southern border, ruling that federal immigration law guarantees migrants the right to apply for protection and limits the president’s authority to override that process. In a decision released... Read More »
A federal immigration officer has been charged in Colorado in connection with an October confrontation with a protester outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Durango, where video shows the officer using a neck restraint. The charges, announced Wednesday, identify the officer as Nicholas Rice and include third-degree... Read More »
A Virginia judge has voided a voter-approved redistricting measure and blocked certification of the election results, finding that the amendment violated multiple provisions of the state constitution and was invalid from the start, according to a final judgment entered April 22 in Tazewell County Circuit Court. Judge Jack Hurley ruled... Read More »
A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled April 20 that the state constitution protects a right to abortion, striking down a decades-old law that barred the use of state Medicaid funds to cover the procedure. The decision by a divided panel of the Commonwealth Court addresses whether the state can limit access... Read More »
