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Supreme Court will hear arguments over the law that could ban TikTok in the US if it's not sold

Dec. 18, 2024 12:10 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear arguments next month over the constitutionality of the federal law that could ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company doesn't sell it. The justices will hear arguments Jan. 10 about whether the...

Supreme Court says it will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over law that could ban TikTok in the US if it's not sold

Dec. 18, 2024 11:18 AM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court says it will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over law that could ban TikTok in the US if it's not sold.

Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years

Dec. 18, 2024 04:44 AM EST

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death early Wednesday, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST...

Man who killed brother and 3 others set to be put to death in Indiana's first execution in 15 years

Dec. 17, 2024 22:44 PM EST

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other men was set to receive a lethal injection by early Wednesday in the state's first execution in 15 years, without any independent witness present under the state's laws shielding information...

Americans' trust in nation's court system hits record low, survey finds

Dec. 17, 2024 06:25 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of heightened political division, Americans' confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll. The United States saw a sharp drop of 24 percentage points over the last...

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

Dec. 16, 2024 20:13 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the overall future of the historic case remains unclear. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan's...

TikTok asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a US ban unless it's sold

Dec. 16, 2024 17:06 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it. Lawyers for the company and China-based ByteDance...

TikTok files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to block a US ban unless it's sold

Dec. 16, 2024 15:31 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to block a US ban unless it's sold.

Supreme Court declines appeal from Peter Navarro; Trump White House aide to return after prison term

Dec. 16, 2024 14:47 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court turned back an appeal Monday from Peter Navarro, the former White House official who is set to return in Donald Trump's second term after serving prison time on contempt of Congress charges. The court declined to hear the appeal in a brief order...

Court denies TikTok's request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review

Dec. 13, 2024 20:15 PM EST

A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a request made by the company to halt enforcement until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge of the statute. Attorneys...