Judge approves $800M Las Vegas shooting settlement

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Nevada has approved a total of $800 million in payouts from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting that was the deadliest in recent U.S. history. Clark County District Court Judge Linda...

Satanic Temple sues company that rejected group's billboards

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by the Satanic Temple alleges that an advertising company unfairly refused to display some billboards promoting a ritual offered by the group to help people bypass abortion rules in some states. The group, based in Salem, Massachusetts, announced Wednesday that it has...

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Sept. 29 The Greensboro News & Record on former President George H.W. Bush's election loss in 1992: Having lost a tough election in 1992 to Democrat Bill Clinton, President George Herbert Walker Bush, who had seemed unbeatable after the first Persian Gulf...

Judge rejects candidate's challenge to Minnesota virus rules

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a challenge by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis to Minnesota's coronavirus restrictions, turning aside the former congressman's arguments that the rules unconstitutionally limit his freedom to campaign. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank...

Prosecutor: Breonna Taylor jury recordings delayed to Friday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge delayed until Friday the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by police, according to the state attorney general's office. Audio recordings of the proceedings were originally supposed to be released Wednesday. Attorney General...

Trump campaign threatens to sue over Philly election offices

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign has threatened a lawsuit by Wednesday afternoon if it does not gain access soon for its campaign officials to observe activity inside newly opened satellite election offices in Philadelphia, where people can register to vote, apply for mail-in...

Competency exam set for man in Vegas body-in-concrete case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Las Vegas has ordered a competency evaluation to determine if a man accused of killing a 24-year-old model and encasing her body in concrete can stand trial next year. Attorneys for Christopher Santo Prestipino have said he reported hearing voices while he was quarantined at the...

Former New Mexico pub owners forced to pay $1.4 settlement

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The former owners of a New Mexico restaurant and pub have been ordered to pay almost $1.4 million one year after a judge ruled that they violated a minimum wage ordinance. Former owners Dennis Bonfantine and Janice Bonfantine will pay $1,375,000 to servers who worked at the Kellys...

Prosecutor: Judge approves 2-day delay in release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor case

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Prosecutor: Judge approves 2-day delay in release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor case.

Trump is urged to intervene in trial of US-Saudi national

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The trial of a U.S. citizen who is also a Saudi national began Wednesday in Saudi Arabia in a counter-terrorism court that has been used to imprison rights activists in a case that could spark further tensions in already uneasy U.S.-Saudi relations. The case of Salah...