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Country band Lady A files suit against singer with same name

Country group Lady A, which dropped the word “Antebellum,” from their name because of the word's ties to slavery, has filed ...

In UK court, Depp accuses Amber Heard of 'hoax' abuse claims

Johnny Depp denied an allegation by ex-wife Amber Heard that he is a “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” monster who turned violent ...

Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher jailed for raping student, dies

Mary Kay Letourneau, a teacher who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted of raping him in a case ...

Judge dismisses GM's bribery lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler

A federal judge in Detroit has tossed out General Motors’ lawsuit alleging that Fiat Chrysler paid off union leaders to get ...

Editorial Roundup: US

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 7 The Washington Post on a new U.S.

Sabres drop lawsuit after assistant coach granted green card

The Buffalo Sabres dropped their lawsuit against the federal government after immigration officials reversed course by ...

Banned for life by FIFA, soccer officials line up to appeal

The first of a number of appeals by former soccer officials banned for life by FIFA was heard Tuesday at sport's highest ...

Russian space official, ex-journalist, charged with treason

A former journalist who worked as an adviser to the director of Russia's state space corporation was arrested and jailed ...

Breonna Taylor's family argues police had no cause for raid

Louisville police called off a warrant search of Breonna Taylor’s apartment after a drug suspect was located elsewhere, but ...

Former Kasabian frontman pleads guilty to assault

Former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty Tuesday at Leicester ...

Depp arrives at court for libel hearing

Johnny Depp arrived at Britain's High Court on Tuesday to attend a hearing of his claim against The Sun’s publisher, News ...

Red Sox dogged by claims of racism, sexual abuse

Last month, when former Major League All-star Torii Hunter said he’d been called the N-word “a hundred times” at Boston’s ...

Judge blocks auction of so-called Hawaiian princess' things

An auction of a 94-year-old Native Hawaiian heiress' belongings can't go forward until a conservator is named to handle her ...

Maxwell moved to NY for Epstein-related sex abuse charges

Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred Monday to a New York City jail plagued by coronavirus ...

Woman pleads guilty in scheme to offer information to Russia

A West Virginia woman who previously served in the Air Force planned to offer top-secret information from the National ...

South Dakota man linked to Russian spy sentenced for fraud

A former conservative operative who was once romantically linked to a Russian agent was sentenced Monday to seven years in ...

Russian journalist fined in case that drew broad outrage

A Russian journalist on Monday was convicted on charges of condoning terrorism and ordered to pay a fine in a case that has ...

Second executive arrested in Wirecard scandal in Germany

Another executive with bankrupt payment company Wirecard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of aggravated fraud, ...

Germany: 3-year sentence sought for former SS camp guard

German prosecutors say the trial of a 93-year-old former guard at the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp proved he was an ...

French drug company accused of favoring profits over lives

Accused of favoring profits over patients’ lives, French pharmaceutical company Servier Laboratories is facing millions of ...