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After hearing, judge mulls extending pause on John Oates' sale of stake in business with Daryl Hall
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit by Daryl Hall over John Oates' plan to sell his potentially lucrative share of the Hall & Oates duo's joint venture without the other’s permission headed Thursday to court, where a judge will decide whether to keep pausing the deal. ...
Former ambassador and Republican politician sues to block Tennessee voting law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe sued state election officials on Wednesday over a law he claims is so vague that he could be prosecuted for voting in a Republican primary. The 1972 state law requiring...
North Carolina trial judges block election board changes made by Republican legislature
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina trial judges on Thursday blocked portions of a new law that would transfer Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s authority to pick election board members to the Republican-dominated General Assembly. Following a 90-minute hearing, the three state judges...
An appeals court reinstates gag order that barred Trump from maligning court staff in NY fraud trial
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after the former president repeatedly disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial. The one-sentence decision from a four-judge panel...
Cristiano Ronaldo faces $1B class-action lawsuit after promoting for Binance NFTs
NEW YORK (AP) — Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with class-action lawsuit seeking at least $1 billion in damages for his role in promoting cryptocurrency-related “non-fungible tokens,” or NFTs, issued by the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange Binance. ...
Rights of Dane convicted of murdering a journalist on sub were not violated in prison, court rules
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The human rights of a self-taught Danish engineer who was convicted five years ago of murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine were not violated as he had claimed, a Danish court ruled Thursday. Peter Madsen was sentenced to life in prison...
Daryl Hall accuses John Oates of 'ultimate partnership betrayal' in plan to sell stake in business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daryl Hall has accused his longtime music partner John Oates of committing the “ultimate partnership betrayal” by planning to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo's joint venture without the other's permission, Hall said in a court declaration supporting his...
Virginia state senator seeks dismissal of lawsuit over 'baseless' residency allegations
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia state senator asked a court Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges her qualification to hold office over what her attorneys called “baseless” allegations that she did not meet the state's residency requirements. Democrat Ghazala Hashmi...
Black employees file federal discrimination suit against Chicago utility
CHICAGO (AP) — A group of current and former employees at a Chicago utility have filed a federal lawsuit alleging the company discriminated against them because they're Black. The 11 plaintiffs filed the action Tuesday against Peoples Gas, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. ...
Indiana judge dismisses state's lawsuit against TikTok that alleged child safety, privacy concerns
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform and the security of its consumers' personal information. A pair of lawsuits...
