Recent Updates
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Court: Florida Docs Allowed to Ask Patients About Guns
Headline News 02/22/2017A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Florida doctors to talk with patients about whether they own guns. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that key provisions of a 2011 law that restricted such speech violate the First A...
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Court: Police executing 'no-knock' warrant before shooting
Headline News 02/14/2017Court documents show Hickory police were executing a "no knock" search warrant when a police officer was shot in the arm by a suspect who was shot and killed. WSOC-TV in Charlotte reports documents showed that police were concerned that one of their ...
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DC gun law gets hearing before Washington appeals court
Headline News 09/22/2016An appeals court will hear challenges to a District of Columbia law that places tough requirements for gun owners to get concealed carry permits. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is hearing arguments Tuesday in tw...
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Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
Headline News 09/16/2016A Michigan man who can't buy a gun because he was briefly treated for mental health problems in the 1980s has won a key decision from a federal appeals court, which says the burden is on the government to justify a lifetime ban against him. The Secon...
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Appeals court refuses to reconsider Wisconsin voter ID cases
Headline News 08/27/2016A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a pair of rulings affecting Wisconsin's voter ID law, meaning no more changes to the requirement are likely before the November election. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday unanimously de...
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Egyptian lawyer, journalist released after prison sentence
Headline News 08/06/2016Egyptian authorities have released two prominent human rights activists who had been jailed for over a year for demonstrating against police brutality. Lawyer Mahienour el-Masry and journalist Youssef Shabaan were freed Saturday after serving 15 mont...
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NY court: Case against ex-AIG execs can continue
Headline News 06/01/2016New York's attorney general can continue his legal effort to bar two former American International Group Inc. executives from the securities industry and forfeit any improperly gained profits, the state's highest court ruled Thursday. The Court of Ap...
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Court upholds $3M judgment against Gerber Products Co.
Headline News 05/29/2016A sharply divided Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a baby food manufacturer must pay more than $3 million to workers for the time they spent dressing and undressing into uniforms and protective gear. In a 4-3 ruling, the high court upheld a lo...
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High court seems poised to overturn McDonnell conviction
Headline News 05/03/2016The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to overturn the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on political corruption charges and place new limits on the reach of federal bribery laws. Justices across the ideological spectrum expresse...
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Man recounts harrowing Uber ride with Kalamazoo suspect
Headline News 02/20/2016An Uber passenger says he called the police to report an erratic driver more than an hour before authorities allege the driver began shooting people at random, killing six and wounding two others before being arrested. Matt Mellen told WWMT-TV in Kal...
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High court raises doubts over Puerto Rico sovereignty
Headline News 01/14/2016The Supreme Court on Wednesday raised doubts about whether Puerto Rico should be treated as a sovereign state with powers that go beyond its status as a territory of the United States. The justices considered the question during arguments in a...
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Finland court jails Iraqi twins suspected of IS killing
Headline News 12/14/2015A Finnish court on Friday jailed 23-year-old twin brothers from Iraq for four months pending trial on suspicions they were Islamic State militants who fatally shot 11 unarmed soldiers in Iraq in June 2014. Friday's custody hearing was held behind clo...