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Giuliani's lawyers seek to withdraw from legal fight over $148M defamation judgment against him

Nov. 14, 2024 18:58 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Two lawyers say they can no longer represent Rudy Giuliani in a legal fight over property he's been ordered to give up to satisfy part of a $148 million defamation judgment against him. They asked a judge to remove them from the case, citing disagreements with the former New York...

Businesses at struggling corner where George Floyd was killed sue Minneapolis

Nov. 14, 2024 17:54 PM EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several business owners at the struggling corner where George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 are suing the city to demand it take over their properties and compensate them. The owners of the Cup Foods convenience store and other...

Ex-Phoenix Suns employee files racial discrimination, retaliation lawsuit against the team

Nov. 14, 2024 17:48 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — A former Phoenix Suns employee is suing the team, alleging racial discrimination and unlawful retaliation that led to her termination, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona. Andrea Trischan, the team's former manager of diversity, equity and...

Judge weighs the merits of a lawsuit alleging 'Real Housewives' creators abused a cast member

Nov. 14, 2024 17:38 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” told a federal judge Thursday that the First Amendment cannot shield the show’s creators from a lawsuit alleging that the show’s participants were subjected to a “rotted workplace culture.” ...

Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation

Nov. 14, 2024 17:34 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Enbridge's contentious plan to reroute an aging pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribal reservation moved closer to reality Thursday after the company won its first permits from state regulators. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials...

How Alex Jones' Infowars wound up in the hands of The Onion

Nov. 14, 2024 17:31 PM EST

The purchase of Alex Jones ' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga between the far-right conspiracy theorist and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims. The sale was ordered after...

Tennessee suspect in dozens of rapes is convicted of producing images of child sex abuse

Nov. 14, 2024 16:01 PM EST

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who is accused in lawsuits of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women while police deliberately botched investigations into him was convicted Thursday of producing images of child sexual abuse. Sean Williams, 53, faces a minimum...

New York nursing home operator accused of neglect settles with state for $45M

Nov. 14, 2024 15:42 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The operators of four nursing homes in New York will pay $45 million to settle claims that they neglected and mistreated residents, including some who were forced to sit in their own urine and feces for hours, state Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. ...

Advocacy group sues Tennessee over racial requirements for medical boards

Nov. 14, 2024 12:39 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A nonprofit dedicated to opposing diversity initiatives in medicine has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the requirements surrounding the racial makeup of key medical boards in Tennessee. The Virginia-based Do No Harm filed the lawsuit earlier this month,...

Infowars auction could determine whether Alex Jones is kicked off its platforms

Nov. 13, 2024 20:41 PM EST

Conspiracy theory purveyor Infowars and most of its assets went on the auction block Wednesday, with Alex Jones waiting to see if he will be allowed to stay or if he will get kicked off its online platforms. The private auction was being held as part of Jones' personal bankruptcy,...