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Judge won't delay Wisconsin election but extends voting

A federal judge on Thursday declined to postpone Wisconsin's presidential primary as the coronavirus spreads, but he ordered ...

Federal judge signals he won't postpone Wisconsin election

A federal judge signaled Wednesday that he won't postpone or make any major changes to Wisconsin's presidential primary to ...

Judge dismisses pharmacies' lawsuit against physicians

A federal judge in Cleveland has dismissed an effort by pharmacy companies to shift their liability for the opioid crisis to ...

Facebook joins resistance to Bolsonaro virus claims

Major social media companies are taking aim at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's dismissal of social distancing, joining ...

Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds

At a former open pit copper mine filled with billions of gallons of toxic water, sirens and loud pops from propane cannons ...

Idaho governor signs into law anti-transgender legislation

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Monday signed into law two anti-transgender bills, making Idaho the first among states that ...

Ex-Blackfeet chairman gets 10 months prison in fraud case

A former Blackfeet Nation chairman who defrauded a tribal Head Start early education program through an overtime pay scheme ...

New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort

President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging ...

Court: Grand jury records from lynching can't be released

The grand jury records from the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Georgia cannot be released despite their great ...

Coronavirus roils every segment of US child welfare system

Child welfare agencies across the U.S., often beleaguered in the best of times, are scrambling to confront new challenges ...

Judge rejects appeal from man convicted in al-Qaida plot

A judge again rejected a request from a northern Virginia man who sought to overturn his life sentence for joining al-Qaida ...

US indicts Venezuela's Maduro on narcoterrorism charges

Nicolás Maduro effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist ...

R Kelly seeks release from jail, cites coronavirus risk

R&B singer R. Kelly cited the novel coronavirus in asking a federal judge Thursday to free him from a federal jail in Chicago ...

Internet firm restricts virus-themed website registrations

An internet firm is ending the automated registration of website names that include words or phrases related to the COVID-19 ...

Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus

Immigration attorneys have sported swim goggles and masks borrowed from friends to meet with clients in detention centers.

Brazil's governors rise up against Bolsonaro's virus stance

Brazil's governors are defying President Jair Bolsonaro over his call to reopen schools and businesses, dismissing his ...

Joe Biden's inner circle: No longer a boys club

Weeks before Joe Biden launched his 2020 presidential campaign, he released a social media video to address allegations from ...

Trump administration urged to free migrants as virus surges

Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at ...

Virus has Brazil's Bolsonaro facing governor ‘insurrection’

Brazil's governors on Wednesday rebelled against President Jair Bolsonaro’s call for life to return to pre-coronavirus ...

Judge: Tekashi 6ix9ine probably belongs at home, not jail

The judge who sentenced the rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine to prison said Wednesday he would have ordered home confinement instead ...