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WEBA federal court in California approves a $100,000 settlement to end farmworkers’ wage-and-hour class action against their former employer, which has gone out of business; that $100,000 is its remaining assets. With attorney fees, administration expenses and a class representative incentive award subtracted out, the net amount for the 4,000 ...
California defends one-gun-a-month law at Ninth Circuit
WEBSAN DIEGO (CN) — The state of California told a Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday that a ban on buying more than one gun in a 30-day period doesn’t violate people’s Second Amendment rights, it just controls the pace they can acquire them to try to prevent criminals from buying guns in bulk. “Do arms traffickers buy two at a time?
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St. Louis Cardinals superfan sentenced to 10 months for Capitol riot
WEBAug 15, 2024 · WASHINGTON (CN) — A Missouri man who was a fixture at St. Louis Cardinal games known for his red face paint and all red outfits was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Thursday for clashing with police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Rally Runner, 44, who legally changed his name from Daniel Donnelly Jr. in …
Alan Dershowitz asks appeals court to revive his defamation suit ...
WEBJun 12, 2024 · (CN) — Retired Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz took to a federal appeals court in Miami on Wednesday, arguing to a three-judge panel that he should be able to pursue his tossed $300 million defamation lawsuit against CNN.. Echoing arguments from his 2020 suit, Dershowitz told the 11th Circuit panel that the news network defamed him when it aired and posted on its website, a ...
San Diego sheriff can’t claim immunity in jail death of …
WEBSAN DIEGO (CN) — The San Diego County sheriff's department can't claim immunity to dodge claims that its failure to train employees led to the death of a schizophrenic detainee in 2022. That's according to U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, a Barack Obama appointee, who in an order Wednesday threw out a motion to dismiss from sheriff's ...
Fourth Circuit upholds Maryland gun licensing law
WEBAug 23, 2024 · RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Fourth Circuit majority on Friday upheld Maryland's extensive handgun licensing process, frustrating gun rights supporters who had brought a challenge. "We believe that holding is contrary to controlling Supreme Court precedent and is plainly wrong as a matter of law," plaintiff and gun rights organization Maryland Shall Issue wrote in a social media post.
Former Milwaukee election official guilty of voter fraud, jury finds
WEBMar 20, 2024 · MILWAUKEE (CN) — The former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission was found guilty of one count of misconduct in public office and three counts of voter fraud at the conclusion of her jury trial on Wednesday. Kimberly Zapata, 47, will be sentenced on May 2 at a hearing before Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Kori Ashley ...
Ninth Circuit finds that convicted felons also have Second …
WEBMay 9, 2024 · LOS ANGELES (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel Thursday ruled that a blanket prohibition on convicted felons possessing firearms violates their Second Amendment rights, at least when it comes to nonviolent offenders who served out their sentence.
Special prosecutor out in Georgia election subversion case
WEBMegan Butler / March 15, 2024. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP) ATLANTA (CN) — The special prosecutor in the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump has bowed out of ...