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January 06, 2021

Judge drops suit since Corps reconsidering plastics complex

A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a Taiwan-based conglomerate’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in ...

January 06, 2021

Researcher gets time served for lying about vials inside bag

A medical researcher won't serve more time behind bars after pleading guilty to lying to a federal official about 21 vials ...

January 06, 2021

No charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake

A Wisconsin prosecutor declined Tuesday to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in ...

January 06, 2021

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death

The former head of state-owned China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd. was sentenced to death Tuesday for bribe taking in one ...

January 06, 2021

San Francisco DA under fire after pedestrians killed

Chesa Boudin took office as district attorney in San Francisco a year ago, part of a politically progressive wave of ...

January 06, 2021

Vegas newspapers back in court in joint operations dispute

The rival daily newspapers in Nevada’s largest city are trading new broadsides in their years-long legal fight over one of ...

January 06, 2021

Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest

A judge has banned the leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, from the nation’s capital after he was accused ...

January 06, 2021

Regulators get plan for undoing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The developers of the now-canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline have laid out plans for how they want to go about unwinding the ...

January 06, 2021

Self-described American nationalist is held in NYC bomb hoax

A self-described American nationalist suspected of leaving a hoax explosive device in a car at a New York City mall is facing ...

January 05, 2021

Utah man pleads guilty in Yellowstone dig seeking treasure

A Utah man has pleaded guilty after authorities said he was caught digging in a Yellowstone National Park cemetery in search ...

January 05, 2021

After top staff exodus, Texas AG seeks $43M for Google suit

The mass exodus of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top staff over accusations of bribery against their former boss has ...

January 05, 2021

Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe

A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus ...

January 05, 2021

10 people to stand trial over deadly 2016 Brussels attacks

Ten people including the lone known surviving suspect in the 2015 deadly Paris attacks have been ordered to stand trial in ...

January 05, 2021

Ranchers whose case sparked standoff may get grazing rights

The federal government has proposed awarding grazing allotments to an Oregon ranching family whose members were convicted of ...

January 04, 2021

Aquarium agrees to delay beluga whale delivery amid lawsuit

A Connecticut aquarium has agreed to delay its acquisition of five beluga whales for research amid a lawsuit by an animal ...

January 04, 2021

Court upholds life sentence for Iowa coach who abused teens

A federal appeals court upheld a life prison sentence Monday for an influential Iowa youth basketball coach who used his ...

January 03, 2021

After pardon, Blackwater guard defiant: ‘I acted correctly’

Evan Liberty was reading in the top bunk of his cell one evening late last month when a prison supervisor delivered news he ...

January 03, 2021

UK judge to rule on US extradition for WikiLeaks' Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday whether he can be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. to face ...