Courts & Law
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Man charged with hate crime for allegedly breaching 'Today' show studio, confronting Craig Melvin
Police announced the charges late Friday but have not identified the defendant, who is charged with burglary and menacing.
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Third Circuit strikes down New Jersey’s 'assault weapons' ban, large-capacity magazine restrictions
The majority concluded that the firearms and magazines covered by the law are protected by the Second Amendment because they are in common use for lawful purposes, including self-defense.
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Federal appeals court rules NJ’s AR-15, high-capacity magazine bans violate Second Amendment
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 10-5 split that the Second Amendment allows gun owners to have access to all ammunition magazines and not just ones certain states consider "standard capacity."
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North Carolina won’t charge former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows with voter fraud
State DOJ says insufficient evidence to convict former Trump chief of staff.
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Judge declines to return Mark McCloskey's guns, money despite pardon
As part of a July 2021 plea deal, the couple surrendered their AR-15 and .380-caliber pistol and also paid fines.
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Suspect arrested in connection with fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students
The bodies of the victims were found in an off-campus rental home.
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Ex kickboxer Tate detained in Romania on suspicion of rape, human trafficking
Tate and three others detained allegedly created an organized crime group to recruit, house and make women create pornographic website content.
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Oath Keepers founder predicts Trump is next big political figure to face prosecution
Rhodes, a Yale Law School graduate and a former Army paratrooper, said his case has set a dangerous example.
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Virgin Island lawsuit alleges JPMorgan Chase benefited from Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking
"Human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JPMorgan," the filing stated.
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried expected to enter plea next week
Bankman-Fried is currently under house arrest at his parents' California home.
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NY DA opens investigation into Rep.-elect Santos amid revelations he lied about his background
"No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it," she said.
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Kari Lake appeals dismissal of Arizona election lawsuit
"I am standing up for the people of this state," Lake said.
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Border security hawks cheer justices’ order keeping Title 42 in place
Opponents of mass migration have warned of a record-breaking surge in migrant encounters should the order expire.