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WASHINGTON — American victims of Middle East terrorist attacks and their families are suing Iran and North Korea in a new lawsuit. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, says Iran and North Korea should be... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — You’d have to be in a cave somewhere, completely shut off from all human contact, to not know that “Wicked,” the big-screen adaption of the iconic Broadway musical, is a really big deal this holiday season. As... Read More
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The mayor and city council of this popular tourist destination are the lead plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit intended to roll back the approval of an 80,000-acre wind energy project to be located about 10.7 miles... Read More
NEW YORK — The two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation lawsuit against former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani last December sued him again Friday to collect their judgment. They said Giuliani lied during a bankruptcy procedure... Read More
LAS VEGAS — Women’s professional basketball standout Dearica Hamby filed a federal lawsuit Monday against her league and former team that alleges discrimination because she was pregnant. She said she was subjected to harassment that resulted in being traded from... Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. — A week after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed legislation mandating the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public schools, the ACLU has made good on its vow to sue the state over the new policy. As... Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Jewish advocacy group sued a United Nations relief agency Wednesday in Delaware for allegedly helping Hamas in its war with Israel and the murders of Israelis and Americans. The National Jewish Advocacy Center says U.N. relief... Read More
HOUSTON — SpaceX sued the National Labor Relations Board Thursday in a lawsuit that seeks to undercut the agency's fundamental authority to rule in workplace disputes. SpaceX hit back with the lawsuit one day after the NLRB filed a labor... Read More
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday cleared the way for the removal of a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery, just one day after a temporary restraining order had halted work to remove it. In his... Read More
WOBURN, Mass. — DraftKings, one of the nation’s most popular sports betting companies, engages in unfair and deceptive practices while taking advantage of the addictive nature of gambling activities, a class action lawsuit filed in Massachusetts claims. The lawsuit, Scanlon... Read More
WASHINGTON — Presidential son Hunter Biden claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani and his former lawyer violated his privacy by publicly revealing personal computer data. The data was taken from a laptop Biden left at a computer... Read More
WASHINGTON — PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry’s largest lobbying group, sued the Biden administration on Wednesday asserting provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act that allow Medicare to start negotiating the prices of certain drugs are unconstitutional. The 59-page complaint, in which... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the U.S. Justice Department, is seeking potentially millions of dollars in civil fines from the Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in connection to the Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying hazardous... Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida election officials have been slapped with a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s 2005 “wet signature” requirement. Since 2005, Florida has required individuals registering to vote to submit their application with an “original signature.” In a lawsuit... Read More
BOISE, Idaho — Students in Idaho are suing the state after Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law that removes student ID cards as an acceptable form of voter identification at polling places. In a complaint filed in... Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state of Ohio filed a 58-count civil lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Tuesday, seeking to hold the Class 1 railroad financially responsible for the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine that caused the release of an estimated... Read More
WASHINGTON — An advice columnist who accused Donald Trump of raping her before he was president plans to refile her defamation lawsuit against him this week and add a new legal claim. The new claim of battery results from the... Read More
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide injunction Monday temporarily barring the Biden administration from moving forward with its student loan debt relief program. In August, President Joe Biden had rolled out a... Read More
MISSOULA, Mont. — An environmental group is suing the U.S. Forest Service for the flame retardant it drops on western wildfires, saying the chemical pollutes waterways and violates the Clean Water Act. The Forest Service dropped more than 761,000 gallons... Read More
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former northern Virginia MinuteClinic nurse practitioner is suing CVS Health after she claims she was fired for refusing to dispense contraceptives for religious reasons. The lawsuit says Paige Casey avoided giving out the contraceptives for 2... Read More
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida's governor announced Wednesday his state is suing the Food and Drug Administration to speed up permission to import drugs from Canada. Canadian drugs for diabetes, hepatitis C and other common illnesses are less expensive than most... Read More
NEW YORK — American lawyers and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London are suing the Central Intelligence Agency for what they call "an extraordinary campaign of illegal spying" against them. They said in... Read More
WASHINGTON — Eleven pro golfers led by six-time major champion Phil Mickelson on Wednesday challenged their suspension from competing in the United States after they participated in the Saudi-financed LIV Golf series. Their antitrust lawsuit filed in San Francisco, California,... Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Green Party sued the state Board of Elections on Thursday, asking a judge to force party candidates onto the 2022 ballot despite an ongoing investigation into allegedly fraudulent signatures in the paperwork of the... Read More
WASHINGTON — Twitter sued Elon Musk Tuesday after the world’s richest man attempted to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company last week. The company calls his attempt to back out part of a... Read More
California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its delivery fleet. Three separate lawsuits, filed Thursday by the... Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. — In a week in which his planned purchase of Twitter is dominating headlines, Elon Musk scored a victory of another sort on Wednesday, prevailing in a shareholder lawsuit over electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla’s purchase of SolarCity, a... Read More
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ruled that a group of Georgia voters can proceed with legal efforts seeking to disqualify U.S Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection to Congress, citing her role in the deadly... Read More
ATLANTA — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., sued Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Friday to block his review of eligibility to run for Congress in light of her alleged involvement and support of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Campaign Legal Center filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for its failure to act on a campaign spending disclosure complaint made against the campaign committee of former President Donald Trump. The CLC filed its complaint... Read More
