FLINT, Mich. — The Flint City Council on Tuesday signed off on its portion of a $641 million settlement with residents of the poor, majority-Black city who were exposed to lead-tainted water. The city’s insurer would kick in $20 million ...
Read More »AP source: Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The civil complaint ...
Read More »Federal judge denies petition
A federal judge has denied a writ of habeas corpus filed by a man challenging his state conviction for burglary and the sentence of 16 years to life. The petition filed by defendant Franklin Rupert challenging his second-degree burglary conviction ...
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Read More »Businesses, lacking legal immunity, fear COVID-19 lawsuits
PORTLAND, Maine — Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give ...
Read More »Justice Dept. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced new charges Monday against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground. The ...
Read More »Barr undercuts Trump on election and Hunter Biden inquiries
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr used his final public appearance to undercut President Donald Trump on multiple fronts Monday, saying he saw no reason to appoint a special counsel to look into the president’s claims about the 2020 election ...
Read More »Cohen says he has earned early release from home confinement
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, says he has earned early release from home confinement but federal authorities refuse to credit him for good behavior and hundreds of hours of work and prison courses completed ...
Read More »Law firm wants hearings held remotely
A law firm representing clients with claims against the city of Rochester is going to court because city attorneys are insisting on in-person meetings despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The New York City law firm Roth & Roth LLP has ...
Read More »High court rules challenge to Trump census plan is premature
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the House of Representatives. The ...
Read More »1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19; 1,700 have died
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half ...
Read More »Google’s antitrust case won’t go to trial until Sept. 2023
SAN RAMON, Calif. — The U.S. government’s attempt to prove Google has been using its dominance of online search to stifle competition and innovation at the expense of consumers and advertisers won’t go to trial for nearly three years. U.S. ...
Read More »Kobe Bryant’s widow slams lawsuit from mom seeking support
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow has denounced a lawsuit from her mother claiming she is owed years of pay for working as an unpaid assistant and support promised by the basketball legend, who was killed in a helicopter ...
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