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Karen Read seeks delay in wrongful death lawsuit until her trial on murder and other charges is done

Oct. 04, 2024 19:21 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read is seeking to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her Boston police officer boyfriend until her criminal trial in connection with his death is done. The lawsuit filed last month blames the death of John O’Keefe on Read, and also on what...

Advocates urge Ohio to restore voter registrations removed in alleged violations of federal law

Oct. 04, 2024 15:53 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voter advocacy organizations have put Ohio's Republican elections chief on notice that voters are being systematically removed from the rolls in several counties in alleged violation of federal law. A letter sent Thursday to Secretary of State Frank LaRose,...

Ken Paxton sues TikTok for violating new Texas social media law

Oct. 04, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations that the company denied hours later. The Securing Children Online...

Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist

Oct. 04, 2024 14:26 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019. The woman does not use her name and goes by Jane Roe in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior...

Supreme Court will weigh Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers

Oct. 04, 2024 12:13 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against leading U.S. gun manufacturers over allegations their commercial practices have helped caused much bloodshed there. The gun makers asked the justices to undo...

Supreme Court will hear an Ohio woman's claim she lost out on jobs because she is straight

Oct. 04, 2024 11:27 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up the case of an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight. The justices on Friday agreed to review an appellate ruling that upheld the dismissal of the discrimination lawsuit filed...

Collapse of national security elites' cyber firm leaves bitter wake

Oct. 04, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked with elite members of the U.S. intelligence establishment, IronNet promised it was going to revolutionize the way governments and corporations combat...

US nuclear weapon production sites violated environmental rules, federal judge decides

Oct. 03, 2024 19:36 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at sites in South Carolina and New Mexico in violation of environmental regulations, a federal judge has ruled. Plaintiffs challenged a plan...

Judge refuses to dismiss Alabama lawsuit over solar panel fees

Oct. 03, 2024 18:56 PM EDT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Alabama Public Service Commission over fees it allows Alabama Power to charge customers who use solar panels to generate some of their own electricity. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled...

Black man details alleged beating at the hands of a white supremacist group in Boston

Oct. 03, 2024 17:53 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A Black teacher and musician told a federal court Thursday that members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with metal shields during a march through downtown Boston two years ago. Charles Murrell III, of Boston, was in federal court...