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  •  Supreme Court greenlights driver rights in rental car case

    Supreme Court greenlights driver rights in rental car case

    Featured Articles 05/16/2018

    The Supreme Court said Monday that people who borrow rental cars from friends or family are generally entitled to the same protections against police searches as the authorized driver.The justices ruled unanimously that as a general rule someone who ...

  •  Suspect in fatal bakery stabbing heads to court

    Suspect in fatal bakery stabbing heads to court

    Breaking Legal News 05/16/2018

    The man suspected of fatally stabbing the co-owner of a Massachusetts bakery is heading to court to face a murder charge.Prosecutors say 47-year-old Franklin Conza is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.The Springfield man was arrested after police resp...

  • High court to hear challenge to Virginia uranium mining ban

    High court to hear challenge to Virginia uranium mining ban

    Legal Compliance 05/16/2018

    The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to Virginia's decades-old ban on uranium mining.The state has had a ban on uranium mining in place since 1982, soon after the discovery of a massive uranium deposit in the state's Pittsylvania Count...

  • Palestinians want international court to investigate Israel

    Palestinians want international court to investigate Israel

    National Court News 05/16/2018

    Calling it a “historic step” toward justice, the Palestinian foreign minister asked the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to open an “immediate investigation” into alleged Israeli crimes committed against the Palestinian...

  • Bitter, expensive fight for Arkansas court seat to drag on

    Bitter, expensive fight for Arkansas court seat to drag on

    Legal Compliance 05/16/2018

    A bitter and expensive fight for an Arkansas Supreme Court seat that drew more than $1 million in outside spending and a flurry of attack ads will drag on for another six months, with an incumbent justice heading into a runoff in November against an ...

  •  The Latest: Lambert, Ballou move to fall Supreme Court race

    The Latest: Lambert, Ballou move to fall Supreme Court race

    Featured Articles 05/16/2018

    A state Court of Appeals judge and a circuit court judge have emerged from a three-way primary and will face off in November for a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court.Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has easily won the Democratic nomination in his pursui...

  • Supreme Court makes sports betting a possibility nationwide

    Supreme Court makes sports betting a possibility nationwide

    Legal Solutions 05/13/2018

    The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states.The justices voted 6-3 to strike...

  • Sanctuary cities could get boost from sports betting ruling

    Sanctuary cities could get boost from sports betting ruling

    Legal Solutions 05/12/2018

    In President Donald Trump's former life as a casino owner, he might have cheered Monday's ruling from the Supreme Court that struck down a federal law that barred every state but Nevada from allowing betting on most sporting events.But the Trump admi...

  • Suspect in serial killings in court amid fight over records

    Suspect in serial killings in court amid fight over records

    Featured Articles 05/12/2018

    A 72-year-old former police officer accused of being one of California's most elusive serial killers appeared in a courtroom cage used for defendants in jail Monday as a judge put off a decision on whether to release search and arrest warrants in the...

  • High court gambling ruling could aid sanctuary cities' fight

    High court gambling ruling could aid sanctuary cities' fight

    National Court News 05/12/2018

    The Supreme Court's decision striking down a federal law over sports betting could signal trouble for the Trump administration in its legal fight against so-called sanctuary states and cities.The justices backed a robust reading of the Constitution's...

  • Suspect charged after California explosion due in court

    Suspect charged after California explosion due in court

    U.S. Court News 05/12/2018

    A Southern California man who was arrested on an explosives charge after a blast killed his former girlfriend last week at her day spa is scheduled to appear in court.Fifty-nine-year-old Stephen Beal is set to appear in federal court in Santa Ana Mon...

  • Supreme Court sends land dispute back to Wash. top court

    Supreme Court sends land dispute back to Wash. top court

    U.S. Court News 05/11/2018

    The Supreme Court is asking Washington state's highest court to take another look at a land dispute between a Native American tribe and its neighbors.The dispute concerns a roughly 40-acre plot of land purchased by the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in 20...