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Murdaugh sues ex-court clerk whose alleged jury tampering led to murder conviction being overturned
The lawsuit, which claims Murdaugh suffered $600,000 in monetary damages, also seeks to recover attorney's fees and costs.
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'Star Wars' voice actor Tom Kane dead at 64
Kane representative Zach McGinnis told TMZ that he died from complications related to a 2020 stroke.
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Judge rules Mangione 'manifesto' and gun can be used as evidence in United Healthcare murder trial
Judge Gregory Carro ruled that prosecutors can not admit other items police found during a search of Mangione's backpack when he was arrested at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania in 2024.
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California transgender convict pulled from female prison for alleged rape
Under Senate Bill 132, prisons must use prisoners’ requested pronouns, house prisoners in facilities of the gender they request, and use officers of a gender requested by prisoners in physical searches of prisoners’ bodies for contraband or other materials.
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Preliminary injunction sought for teen suing NC school district over saying 'illegal aliens'
The lawsuit filed May 7 seeks full clearance and removal of the mark on the student’s record, and Tuesday’s filing asks the court to order the school to reverse the suspension.
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Georgia AG to FCC: Let jails, prisons use cell phone jammers
Georgia officials confiscated 8,074 contraband cell phones in 2023 and 5,482 to date in 2024.
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MLB slaps lifetime ban on player Tucupita Marcano for gambling including bets on own team
He is the first player since Pete Rose to receive a lifetime ban
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21 attorneys general fight race-based American Bar Association rule
The ABA is the accrediting body for law schools in the U.S. and has a current rule being considered for revision as the state attorneys general say it compels law schools to consider race in both the admissions and employment contexts.
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Rubio’s closing 48 California locations due to 'rising cost of doing business'
California’s $20 per hour fast food minimum wage took effect on April 1, and is blamed for 9,500 lost jobs through the end of April
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Texas Supreme Court rules state's abortion ban laws are legal
After Roe v Wade was overturned in June 2022, all Texas laws banning most abortions, with exceptions, went into effect in August 2022.
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Dallas-Fort Worth permitted more housing than all of California in April
There is an estimated 20,000 unit home shortage in Dallas compared to 4.5 million in California.
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Minnesota allows for permanent absentee voting
This will allow voting as early as 46 days before an election.
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Foreign national campaign ban, ballot extension now law in Ohio
Secretary of State Frank LaRose called the new law necessary to close a campaign finance loophole in state law. Foreign money was banned from individual campaigns but wasn't banned for potential ballot issues.