MADISON, Wis. , The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether the swing state’s top elections officialwho has been the target of disproven Republican election conspiracy theories, will remain in her post. Republicans who control the state Senate tried to fire Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe last…
PHOENIX — The Arizona Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a decision by a lower court that required the Secretary of State’s office to release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly classified as having access to Arizona’s full ballot because of a coding glitch. The court rejected an appeal by…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not US citizens from voting, The high court, over the dissents of the three liberal justices, granted an emergency appeal from Virginia’s Republican administration led by…
PARIS– A criminal court in Paris on Monday postponed French actor Gérard Depardieu’s trial on charges of sexually assaulting two woman on a film set because of concerns about his health, shifting the start of the proceedings to March. Depardieu, who has denied any wrongdoing, is accused of using “violence, coercion, surprise or threat” in…
HELENA, Mont. , A state judicial panel is recommending that Montana’s Republican attorney general be suspended from practicing law for 90 days for openly defying court orders and repeatedly attacking the integrity of justices in his defense of a law permitting the state’s Republican governor to directly fill judicial vacancies. The law at issue was…
NEW YORK — It is official. Lana Del Rey and alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene did marry in Louisiana last month. After a few weeks of speculation about the status of their relationship, Del Rey and Dufrene’s marriage license was signed and returned to the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court, where it was filed…
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is due back in court in New York on Wednesday for a hearing ahead of his retrial on sex crimes charges stemming from his landmark #MeToo case. Among other things, Judge Curtis Farber is expected to address a prosecution request to consolidate that case and a…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. , Miami’s 2 Live Crew helped redraw the legal landscape around what hip-hop could be, pushing the boundaries of free speech and taste with their provocative and sexually explicit recordings that led to landmark court decisions protecting the rights of artists. But for decades the hip-hop legends haven’t had legal control over their…
OMAHA, Neb. , Thousands of Nebraska residents with felony records will learn Wednesday whether they’ll be able to vote in next month’s hotly-contested elections after the Nebraska Supreme Court issues its ruling on a lawsuit seeking to restore their voting rights. The state’s high court heard arguments in August on a lawsuit challenging a decision…
MAYVILLE, NY — The attempted murder trial of the man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack was put on hold Friday while judges consider a request to move it to another county. Jury selection had been scheduled to start on Tuesday. Late Friday, an appellate judge in Rochester halted…
