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February 13, 2019

Settlement over USC doctor abuse requires school reforms

Attorneys for women who said they were sexually abused by a longtime gynecologist at the University of Southern California ...

February 13, 2019

San Diego will sue US for releasing asylum-seeking families

San Diego County supervisors say they plan to sue the Trump administration over the widespread releases of asylum-seeking ...

February 13, 2019

Raiders have talks about returning to Coliseum for 2019

The Raiders have had their first talks about returning for one final season in Oakland since the city filed suit over the ...

February 13, 2019

Judge: US must reconsider climate impacts of Montana mine

U.S. officials have again been faulted by a federal judge for failing to adequately consider the potential climate change ...

February 12, 2019

'Fortnite' maker asks judge to toss rapper's dance lawsuit

The makers of "Fortnite" have asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from a rapper who says the video game is illegally ...

February 12, 2019

Police defend officers who used stun gun on handcuffed man

Officials at a police department in suburban Phoenix defended officers who were captured on body-camera video repeatedly ...

February 12, 2019

Virginia sex allegations are latest against state officials

Virginia's lieutenant governor has denied newly publicized allegations that he sexually assaulted two women years ago and has ...

February 11, 2019

More immigrants sue US over end to protected status

Immigrants from Honduras and Nepal have filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration unfairly ended a program that lets ...

February 11, 2019

Some Washington sheriffs refuse to enforce new gun laws

Sheriffs in a dozen Washington counties say they won't enforce the state's sweeping new restrictions on semi-automatic rifles ...

February 08, 2019

Indicted political operative popped up in unlikely places

Paul Erickson, the boyfriend of admitted Russian covert agent Maria Butina accused this week of fraud, has turned up in the ...

February 08, 2019

Meeting in USA Gymnastics bankruptcy called 'frustrating'

Three women suing USA Gymnastics over alleged sexual abuse by sports doctor Larry Nassar expressed frustration with its chief ...

February 07, 2019

Woody Allen sues Amazon for ending movie deal

Filmmaker Woody Allen is suing Amazon for at least $68 million, saying that the company ended a four-picture movie deal last ...

February 07, 2019

Wave of concussion lawsuits to test NCAA's liability

The NCAA is facing more than 300 lawsuits from former college football players who claim their concussions were mistreated, ...

February 07, 2019

Man choked by LA firefighter to get $7.4 million

A man who was choked unconscious by an off-duty Los Angeles firefighter who saw him handing out Halloween candy to children ...

February 06, 2019

US attorney in Philadelphia sues over safe injection site

The top federal prosecutor in Philadelphia has filed suit to stop a nonprofit from opening a first-in-the-nation supervised ...

February 05, 2019

Twitter critic site gone after Nebraska school district sues

The Twitter account that has been criticizing a southeast Nebraska school district since last fall disappeared shortly after ...

February 05, 2019

Lawsuit: Power failure at federal jail a humanitarian crisis

A weeklong power failure at a federal detention center in New York City spawned a humanitarian crisis that left inmates ...

February 04, 2019

Idaho judge urged to force disclosure of execution drugs

Idaho's attempt to withhold information about the source of its lethal injection drugs is similar to hiding the type of ...

February 04, 2019

Unions, senator file 3rd lame-duck lawsuit in Wisconsin

A coalition of labor unions and a Democratic lawmaker filed another lawsuit Monday challenging last-minute measures Wisconsin ...