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Oregon county pays $100K over Blue Lives Matter flag

An Oregon county has agreed to pay $100,000 to a black employee who sued alleging she was harassed after asking that a Blue ...

Arkansas faces new court fight over sedative for executions

A federal lawsuit filed by death row inmates has renewed a court fight over whether the sedative Arkansas uses for lethal ...

Amar Ramasar, Georgina Pazcoguin, Wendy Whelan

NYC Ballet must rehire 2 dancers fired over nude photos

The New York City Ballet must reinstate two male dancers who were fired for sharing nude photos of women and sexually ...

Harvey Weinstein

Judge scales back Weinstein suit, allows sex-traffic claim

A lawsuit seeking to represent any woman with a claim against Harvey Weinstein can proceed on sex-trafficking grounds, a ...

Writers guild sues talent agencies in heated Hollywood fight

The Writers Guild of America sued the entertainment industry's four biggest talent agencies Wednesday in the latest and ...

Trump cracks down on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela

The Trump administration on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, rolling back Obama ...

Richard Suen

Vegas Sands report suggests settlement amount in Macau case

Financial documents suggested Wednesday that Las Vegas Sands Corp. paid $96 million to settle a 15-year breach-of-contract ...

Path cleared for Cuban exiles to sue

The Trump administration is opening the door for lawsuits against foreign firms operating on properties Cuba seized from ...

Appeal focuses on Newtown officials' actions before shooting

Sandy Hook Elementary School officials failed to follow mandated security protocol and order a lockdown that may have saved ...

University freshman dead after suspected fraternity hazing

A university student in upstate New York died Wednesday following suspected hazing that has led to an indefinite suspension ...

Mike Pompeo

The Latest: US sanctions on Venezuelan bank aimed at Maduro

The Latest on the Trump administration's position on Cuba (all times local): 2:15 p.m. The U.S. says it's imposing sanctions ...

For-profit jail, family settle Arkansas inmate death lawsuit

Lawyers reached an undisclosed settlement Tuesday in a federal lawsuit in which the family of an Arkansas man alleged ...

Woman sues Chinese billionaire Liu for alleged rape

A woman who said she was raped by JD.com founder Richard Liu filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the billionaire and his company ...

LA Archdiocese agrees to $8M payment in sex abuse case

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $8 million to a teenager who was sexually abused by the athletic director ...

Trump to allow lawsuits over US properties seized in Cuba

Stepping up pressure on Cuba, the Trump administration will allow lawsuits against foreign companies doing business in ...

Bill Cosby

Cosby's insurer settles LA accuser's suit before deposition

Bill Cosby's insurance company has settled another lawsuit filed by a female accuser a week before the imprisoned comedian ...

Nevada may be forced to reveal marijuana-license criteria

Nevada faces complaints about secrecy in awarding licenses to sell marijuana in the state's booming legal marketplace, ...

Man sues parents for getting rid of his vast porn collection

An Indiana man is suing his parents for getting rid of his vast pornography collection, which he estimates is worth $29,000.

Second federal judge blocks Trump plan to send Haitians home

A second federal judge has blocked the Department of Homeland Security from forcing tens of thousands of Haitians to return ...

Trump adviser to give remarks on Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua

National security adviser John Bolton said Friday that he will travel to Miami next week to outline steps the administration ...