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JACKSON, Miss. — A Republican state lawmaker filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Democratic mayor’s temporary ban on the open carry of guns in Mississippi’s capital city during part of the coronavirus pandemic. The city of Jackson and Mayor Chokwe ...

A man convicted of federal drug charges in 2009 will have part of his sentence reconsidered because of a 2010 law that revamped sentencing guidelines after he was convicted. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday ...

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As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers and customers infected by the coronavirus. They appear to have the White House’s ear. President Donald Trump has floated shielding ...

WASHINGTON — She never thought her husband’s punishment for selling drugs would be a death sentence. But as the new coronavirus rips through the U.S. prison system and into the facility where he is serving eight years, she fears it ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Logan Stiner was just days from high school graduation when his brother found him unresponsive in their family’s home southwest of Cleveland in May 2014. Stiner, 18, died of cardiac arrhythmia and seizure from acute caffeine ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A judge has ruled in favor of tribal nations in their bid to keep Alaska Native corporations from getting a share of $8 billion in coronavirus relief funding — at least for now. In a decision ...

A state appeals court has ordered a case of menacing police and criminal mischief back to Monroe County Court for a hearing on alleged jury misconduct. In May 2015, a Monroe County Court jury convicted Ryan J. Newman of two ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City’s former ban on transporting guns. The justices threw out a challenge from gun rights groups, including the National Rifle Association’s ...

NEW YORK — The billions of dollars in coronavirus relief targeted at small businesses may not prevent many of them from ending up in bankruptcy court. Business filings under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy law rose sharply in March, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Betty Riddle took her place at the head of the line at a Sarasota community center early one morning in March, butterflies rising in her stomach. In and out of prison for much of her life, she ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia gun range must be allowed to open to customers despite a statewide executive order requiring nonessential businesses to close to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a judge ruled Monday. The order issued ...

On May 1, the legal community will celebrate Law Day with the theme: Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100. The Monroe County Bar Association will kick off its celebration of Law Day with an online ...

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