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Bad Bunny's ex-girlfriend files lawsuit seeking $40M
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Bad Bunny’s ex–girlfriend is suing the superstar for at least $40 million over a well-known voice recording she provided the singer before he became famous. Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, whose breathy “Bad Bunny, baby” recording was included in...
City pays $750K after police accused of painting swastika
TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — The Southern California city of Torrance has paid a man $750,000 after two police officers were accused of spray-painting a swastika inside his car three years ago. The investigation into that incident led to the discovery of a trove of racist and...
Attorneys make divergent closings in trial of Haitian mayor
BOSTON (AP) — An attorney for three Haitian men who claimed in a U.S. lawsuit that the former mayor of their small hometown subjected his political opponents to violence and terror called the defendant “a small, petty tyrant” during closing arguments Monday. But an attorney for...
Biden issues first veto, taking on new Republican Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday in an early sign of shifting White House relations with the new Congress since Republicans took control in January. He's seeking to kill a Republican measure that bans the government from considering...
Source: Lawyer invited to testify before Trump grand jury
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer who previously advised Michael Cohen, the key government witness in the hush money payment investigation into Donald Trump, has been invited to appear Monday before a Manhattan grand jury that is considering potential charges against the former president, according to a...
Judge won't toss lawsuit over ivermectin in Arkansas jail
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that says detainees at an Arkansas jail were given the drug ivermectin to fight COVID-19 without their knowledge. The lawsuit contends detainees at the Washington County Jail in Fayetteville were given...
District responds to student's Pledge of Allegiance lawsuit
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina school district said a ninth grader walking in a hallway was stopped during a moment of silence and not the Pledge of Allegiance, as the student had said in a lawsuit filed last month. Marissa Barnwell said she was pushed against the wall by a...
Republican legislator Johnson sued for medical malpractice
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Republican legislator who doubles as an emergency room doctor is being sued for medical malpractice in a patient’s death. The Indianapolis Star reported Thursday that the lawsuit against Sen. Tyler Johnson of Leo was filed in May 2022 after a woman...
Detective files discrimination claim against Seattle police
SEATTLE (AP) — A Black woman who has worked for decades as a Seattle police officer filed a $10 million claim with the city against its Police Department on Friday, alleging racial and gender discrimination. Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin says in the claim that she has...
Kansas appeals court reinstates lawsuit over voting law
The Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday reinstated a lawsuit that challenged provisions of a voting law enacted in 2021 that opponents argue is unconstitutional and limits voting rights. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by Loud Light, the League of Women Voters of Kansas, the Topeka...
