18 California children are suing the EPA over climate change
A new climate lawsuit file against the EPA claims the agency violated the rights of 18 California children by allowing greenhouse gas emissions.
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High Court, in declining to weigh conversion therapy ban, allows law to stand
In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence."
Trump will not testify in his civil fraud trial
Former President Donald Trump says he will not testify in his civil fraud trial, in which prosecutors accuse him, two of his sons and their company of a decade-long loans and insurance scheme.
Trump says he won't testify as planned in his civil fraud trial
In a post on his social media site, former President Donald Trump said he had no more to say about the case, and lashed out at New York's attorney general and the judge presiding over his case.
Seeking redemption for aged and infirm prisoners amid Alabama's high bar for parole
A former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice runs a legal nonprofit, Redemption Earned, that helps aging and sick inmates win release from prison. Last year, 10% of Alabama prisoners received parole.
Trump's legal team tries to delay his election interference trial — and get it on TV
Former President Donald Trump and some media organizations are pushing for the Jan. 6 federal election interference trial to be televised.
Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole
A Michigan judge hands down a life without parole sentence for the teenager who shot and killed fellow students and wounded others at Oxford High School in 2021.
Trump gag order is partially upheld in Jan. 6 case
The appeals court ruling would allow Trump to make public statements about the special counsel in the case, Jack Smith, but not other prosecutors, court staffers or their family members.
A Texas judge grants permission for woman's abortion
The judge granted the pregnant woman, whose fetus has a condition that is almost always fatal, permission to get an abortion. It's the first legal challenge of its kind to state abortion bans.
President Biden's son Hunter faces a second federal indictment
A federal grand jury in the Central District of California returned the indictment charging Hunter Biden with three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses.