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National

How Trump is picking his political battles as he tests the judicial branch

6:10pm March 24, 2025

by Franco Ordoñez

President Trump is banking on the public caring more about the politically popular things he is trying to do than how he is going about doing them in his fights with the judicial branch.

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President Trump Meets With Teacher Marc Fogel After Release From Russian Custody

National

What happens if Trump starts ignoring court rulings? We break it down

8:45am February 12, 2025

A court finding that the Trump administration did not comply with an earlier order and a recent statement by Vice President Vance have some experts warning of a potential constitutional crisis.

National

Trump's executive actions are getting challenged as 'arbitrary.' What does that mean?

5:00am February 08, 2025

At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.

Crime

Father of teenage suspect in North Carolina mass shooting pleads guilty to gun storage crime

8:14pm September 25, 2024

by Associated Press

The father of a teenager accused in a 2022 mass shooting in North Carolina's capital city that left five people dead has pleaded guilty to storing improperly a handgun that authorities said was found with his son after the shootings. Media outlets report Alan Thompson entered the plea in Wake County court. He received a suspended jail sentence and some probation. Son Austin Thompson is accused of murder and other charges and faces a 2025 trial. He was 15 when the shootings occurred in Raleigh. His older brother was among those killed. The father's attorney said Alan Thompson saw no warning signs that his son would commit violence.

Climate Activists Rally Outside The Supreme Court Over Their Recent EPA Decision

Why the next president's judicial appointments will impact climate action

1:07pm July 13, 2024

by Nathan Rott

The Supreme Court's recent term illustrates the judiciary's outsized role in government's ability to address climate change. The coming election could shape the judicial landscape for decades to come.

Health & Safety

North Carolina court rules landlord had no repair duty before explosion

10:11am March 24, 2024

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

A tenant severely burned by a natural gas explosion inside his North Carolina rental home can't successfully sue the landlord for negligence or other claims because there is no evidence the owner was made aware of needed house repairs and a possible gas leak inside, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday.

Tulalip Tribes Police arrest a suspect from another Indian tribe on drug charges. One charge — possession of drug paraphernalia — wouldn't apply to non-Native suspects in Washington state

National

Indian courts can't prosecute non-Indian drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

5:09am February 20, 2024

by Martin Kaste

As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want Indian police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers. But they can't without getting permission from Congress.

A photo of Guilford County Board of Commissioners at a work session.

Guilford County Board of Commissioners in favor of new Legal Support Center

3:49pm January 19, 2024

by DJ Simmons

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners showed support for a proposal to establish a Legal Support Center at its meeting Thursday. It could help more people navigate the court system.

Alex Murdaugh, right, talks with his attorneys Dick Harpootlian, left, and Jim Griffin during his sentencing for stealing from 18 clients on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at the Beaufort County Courthouse in Beaufort, S.C.

National

Alex Murdaugh's financial fraud victims confront him in court before his sentencing

5:49pm November 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

The emotional testimony from victims who had been duped by the disgraced lawyer came before a judge accepted a deal sentencing Murdaugh to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.

An image of Molly Corbett at the Davidson County Courthouse in Lexington, N.C

Crime

North Carolina woman and her dad get additional jail time in the beating death of her Irish husband

3:20pm November 09, 2023

by Associated Press

A North Carolina judge sentenced the wife of an Irish businessman and her father to additional prison time Wednesday after their pleas to voluntary manslaughter in her husband’s 2015 beating death.