An Australian appeals court on Friday ordered triple-murderer Erin Patterson to never be released from prison because of the “shocking criminality” involved in poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms. The three judges of the Victoria state Court of Appeal dismissed Patterson’s appeal of her convictions and upheld prosecutors’ challenge to…
A short interruption in the Maine senate debate from Oct. 15 is still relevant a week before Election Day. Democratic nominee Troy Jackson told five-term incumbent Sen. Susan Collins to “shut up,” after she said a protester was “obviously one of Troy’s supporters.” Jackson has since been asked to apologize, which he declined to do,…
Washington — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to require California election officials to separate out mail ballots received from roughly 20,000 people it claims are not U.S. citizens. The decision from U.S. District Judge David Carter is the latest setback for the Trump administration in its efforts to exert more…
Jury selection begins today in Los Angeles for a trial against Meta and Snap brought by two plaintiffs who claim the companies’ platforms were designed to be addictive — the latest in a wave of cases focusing on social media’s impact on young people’s mental health. The plaintiffs sued in 2023, alleging that endless scrolling,…
Washington — A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed the Justice Department’s effort to force California election officials to set aside thousands of ballots that the Trump administration claims may have been cast by alleged noncitizens. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said in a 2-1 decision that it lacked jurisdiction over…
The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections. The justices granted a Republican-backed emergency appeal and blocked the use of student IDs as a backup method of identification. New Hampshire passed a law this year that said student IDs…
The Trump administration has halted its efforts to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, ending a plan that could have blocked some U.S. workers from tapping the popular lending program. In a filing on Wednesday, the Trump administration said it was dropping its appeal of a June 30 federal court ruling that found the…
A federal judge ruled late Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s practice of knocking on doors and asking people about their immigration status — and whether they have voted in recent elections — likely violates the Voting Rights Act. The ruling took aim at an operation that was documented by a CBS News…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday left intact a lower court decision that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new Bureau of Prisons policy that would end certain medical interventions for transgender inmates. In an unsigned, one-line order, the high court rejected an emergency appeal from the Justice Department asking it to freeze the…
Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen who was jailed in Russia for more than four years after being accused of fighting for Ukraine, has been released from custody, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed Wednesday during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. Trump administration officials, including Witkoff, were in St. Petersburg Wednesday for talks…
