Tag: State courts
Lawsuits mount for Nevada-based Real Water, amid FDA probe
LAS VEGAS — Lawsuits are mounting against a Las Vegas-based bottled water brand, Real Water, amid a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation and...
Terrorism conviction of German rapper’s wife upheld by court
BERLIN — A top federal appeals court has upheld the terrorism conviction of the wife of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State...
Court tosses $8M verdict in ‘Walking Dead’ stuntman’s death
ATLANTA — An appeals court has thrown out an $8 million jury verdict awarded to the family of a stuntman who was fatally injured...
3 indicted in Vegas in 2-state Thanksgiving shooting rampage
LAS VEGAS — Three people from Texas were indicted Wednesday in Las Vegas on charges including murder and terrorism stemming from a series of...
Breyer mum as some liberals urge him to quit Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Forgive progressives who aren't looking forward to the sequel of their personal “Nightmare on First Street," a Supreme Court succession story.
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Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps US prosecutors
OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Justice Department’s to-do list was already daunting, especially with this year's flood of pandemic-delayed federal cases. And now two...
Ex-judge Cheri Beasley to run for U.S. Senate, advisers say
RALEIGH, N.C. — Coming off a narrow election defeat in 2020, North Carolina’s first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the state...
Court upholds Iowa man’s civil judgment in mother’s death
DES MOINES, Iowa — There was enough evidence for a jury to conclude in a wrongful death lawsuit that an Iowa man shot and...
Court: Defendant in teacher slaying has route to state funds
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia's highest court opened a door Monday for taxpayer funds to help cover the legal defense of a man awaiting trial...
Appeals court upholds conviction in Black partygoer’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court upheld the murder conviction Tuesday of a white man who fired a shotgun at an unarmed...