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Amazon sues state agency to block release of company records to Bezos-owned Washington Post

Jan. 30, 2025 14:23 PM EST

Amazon is suing a Washington state agency to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post, the newspaper which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In a lawsuit filed this week in King County Superior Court, the Seattle-based company asked the court to step...

Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments

Jan. 30, 2025 14:19 PM EST

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules, as advocates find new ways to challenge them in a legal landscape...

US Supreme Court rejects likely final appeal of South Carolina inmate a day before his execution

Jan. 30, 2025 13:28 PM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Thursday what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled execution for a 2001 killing of a friend found dead in her burning car. Marion Bowman Jr.'s request to stop his execution until a...

Women’s Court may be renewed on Oʻahu and expanded to other islands

Jan. 30, 2025 12:53 PM EST

When the Oʻahu Women’s Court was established in 2022 to offer an alternative to incarceration, officials had a goal of admitting 20 participants a year. As of this month, 33 women were currently enrolled. The pilot project has been a success, say advocates, who are seeking to make...

Daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma arrested on terrorism charges over riots

Jan. 30, 2025 10:07 AM EST

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma was arrested Thursday and appeared in a court on terrorism charges for allegedly inciting violence through social media posts before and during riots that shook the country four years ago and left more than 350 people...

European court finds Italy violated the right to life of Naples residents living in toxic dump area

Jan. 30, 2025 09:49 AM EST

ROME (AP) — A European court on Thursday said Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples, in a scathing ruling that validated a generation of residents' complaints that mafia dumping and burning of waste had led to increased rates of cancer and...

Polish appeals court to rule next month in abortion case which activists say could set a precedent

Jan. 30, 2025 09:03 AM EST

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appeals court in Poland said Thursday that it would rule next month in the case of a women's rights activist convicted in 2023 of providing another woman with abortion pills. The three-judge panel concluded that the case was complicated and adjourned the...

Couple challenging Vatican bank’s ban on workplace marriages invoke pope's pro-family message

Jan. 30, 2025 08:49 AM EST

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. And he has long championed the rights of workers and held up labor itself as the foundation of human dignity. So it has come as something of a surprise to many in the Holy See that the...

Justice Jackson punches out her frustrations with the conservative Supreme Court in the boxing ring

Jan. 30, 2025 06:51 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of three liberals on a Supreme Court dominated by conservatives, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she has found an outlet for the frustration that can result from being in the minority on the nation's highest court: boxing. “I take boxing lessons,”...

Rihanna makes first court appearance at the trial of her partner A$AP Rocky, as accuser testifies

Jan. 30, 2025 06:37 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna appeared for the first time at the trial of her longtime partner A$AP Rocky, on the day of its most important testimony — the description by a former friend of the moment Rocky allegedly fired a gun at him. The singer superstar, who has two toddler sons...