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A businessman pleaded guilty Friday to bribing the head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board, the first conviction in a federal investigation into payoffs and other benefits before the panel was disbanded in 2019. John Dalaly appeared in federal court ...

In a split decision, the New York State Court of Appeals has affirmed rape and sex abuse convictions, rejecting the defendant’s appeal based on what he claimed was “new evidence.”

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At long last, New York’s highest court is fully staffed. On Wednesday afternoon, the state Senate confirmed attorney and former U.S. Supreme Court clerk Caitlin Halligan as an associate judge of the Court of Appeals, the state’s top court, by a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect. The court is dealing ...

In the span of six days, four young people across the U.S. have been shot — one fatally — for making one of the most ordinary and unavoidable mistakes in everyday life: showing up at the wrong place. A man ...

A New York appeals court has affirmed murder and robbery convictions even though some of the physical evidence in the case was illegally seized.

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For the more than 34,000 people in New York’s prisons, commissary prices driven higher by inflation can make it impossible to afford the things that make prison bearable.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed should have a chance to argue for testing of crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him. The justices, in a 6-3 decision, sent Reed’s ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Turkish bank’s main arguments for dismissing a lawsuit accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, but the court sent the case back for additional review. Halkbank, a bank owned by Turkey, had ...

A New York appeals court has affirmed drug convictions after a second trial that was necessary because the judge was accused of impropriety.

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Retired New York State Supreme Court Justice Andrew V. Siracuse died April 5 at the age of 94.

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The U.S. Supreme Court says New Jersey can withdraw from a commission created decades ago with New York to combat the mob’s influence at their joint port. The high court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the Garden State doesn’t need New ...