FTC adopts rule to make it easier for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions
The Federal Trade Commission adopted a final rule Wednesday that will require businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships.
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The Biden administration has canceled student loans for more than 1 million in public service jobs
A student loan cancellation program for public service workers has granted relief to more than 1 million Americans — up from just 7,000 who were approved before it was updated by the Biden administration two years ago.
People with felony records can now vote in Nebraska — and it could help tip the balance in November
Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could add hundreds of new voters to the rolls and potentially help tip the balance on Nov. 5.
New Hampshire Supreme Court justice indicted for allegedly interfering with probe of husband
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi was indicted by a Merrimack County grand jury for two felonies and five misdemeanors, Formella said in a statement. Marconi has been on administrative leave since July.
Supreme Court allows rule limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in effect
The justices rejected a push from Republican-led states and industry groups to block the Environmental Protection Agency rule, marking the third time this month the conservative majority has left an environmental regulation in place for now.
Microsoft settles video gamers’ lawsuit over Activision takeover
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The two parties agreed to the dismissal of the lawsuit and will cover their own costs and fees, according to a court filing dated Monday.
Hunter Biden revives lawsuit against Fox News over explicit images used in streaming series
The president’s son first sued Fox in New York in July over images used in the Fox Nation series “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” a “mock trial” of Hunter Biden on charges he has not faced.
Jury seated for Delphi double-murder trial
The jurors will be sworn in Thursday for the trial in Delphi, a community of about 3,000 some 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Opening statements are set for Friday morning.
Supreme Court tosses out decision letting 18-year-olds carry guns during emergencies in Pennsylvania
The case comes amid major shifts in the firearm legal landscape following an influential Supreme Court decision in 2022 that expanded gun rights. The high court said any firearm restrictions must have a strong basis in history.
US Supreme Court opens door to Texas online journalist’s lawsuit over her 2017 arrest
The justices tossed out the ruling of a divided federal appeals court that found journalist Priscilla Villarreal, known online as La Gordiloca, could not sue police officers and other officials over her arrest for seeking and obtaining nonpublic information from police.
Jury selection underway in Delphi double-murder trial
Eight women and six men have been selected so far to a jury in the trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls during a winter hike in 2017.
Victims of Maine’s deadliest shooting start process of suing the Army
The individual notices of claim say the Army was aware of the shooter’s mental health decline that left the reservist paranoid, delusional and expressing homicidal ideations, producing a “hit list” of those he wanted to attack.
Rulings signal US courts may be more open to lawsuits accusing foreign officials of abuses
A U.S. court has given two top associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman until early November to start turning over any evidence in a lawsuit from a former senior Saudi intelligence official who says he survived a plot by the kingdom to silence him.
6 people accuse Diddy of sexual assault in new lawsuits, including man who was 16 at the time
Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit Monday with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy. It is the first time he’s been sued by a person alleging they were abused as a minor.
This could have been a year of court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas
A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Trump will end without any chance of a trial, leaving voters without the finality of an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the Republican presidential nominee.
Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump’s weekend rally in Southern California
The suspect, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, was driving a black SUV that was stopped by deputies assigned to the rally in Coachella, east of Los Angeles, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
Immigrants brought to the US as children ask judges to keep protections against deportation
At stake in the long legal battle playing out at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the future of about 535,000 people who have long-established lives in the U.S., even though they don’t hold citizenship or legal residency status and they could eventually be deported. The case is likely to wind up at the Supreme Court.
Federal judge rejects call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene
U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross rejected arguments that the state should reopen registration through next Monday. The registration deadline was last Monday, and she ruled from the bench Thursday afternoon that there would be no extension.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial set for May
A May 5 trial date was set Thursday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’sex trafficking case, and a prosecutor argued that the jailed hip-hop mogul’s lawyers were trying to exclude a “damning piece of evidence” by claiming it was leaked by the government.
Jury selection begins in corruption trial of former Illinois House speaker
The case against Madigan, who resigned in 2021, is one of Illinois’ largest corruption trials in years. The 82-year-old is charged in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme that included the state’s largest utility, ComEd.