Judicial and legal news
South Carolina authorities have indicted 25 people in Lancaster and Chester counties on more than 100 counts of drug and dogfighting charges.
Gov. Josh Stein is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that upheld the transfer of state and local elections board appointments to the state auditor. The post Stein appeals elections board appointment ruling to top NC court appeared first on Carolina Journal.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s emergency request to implement a rule that would terminate gender-affirming care for transgender people incarcerated in federal prisons. It means a lower court order that blocked the policy from going into effect will remain in place for now, and gender-affirming healthcare for transgender inmates […]
New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier entertained guests.
Federal officials have shut down a “pipeline” of guns flowing illegally from North Carolina to the District of Columbia, they announced during a news conference Wednesday in the nation’s capital. The post Feds announce shutdown of illegal gun pipeline from NC to DC appeared first on Carolina Journal.
A Thomasville man faces a death by distribution charge after investigators say he supplied fentanyl that caused a woman's fatal overdose.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration appeal seeking to immediately enforce medical care restrictions for transgender people in prison.
The most common complaint was that stations did not lower prices enough after the tax suspension or charged more than nearby competitors.
Brayan Vazquez-Hernandez, 23, and Guillermo Alfonso Valenzuela Saldan, 34, are charged in connection with the incident.
Plaintiffs are asking a federal judge to expedite their lawsuit over mental health services provided to jail inmates in North Carolina. The post Plaintiffs seek to expedite NC jail mental health services suit appeared first on Carolina Journal.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police made 27 arrests and seized seven illegal guns during 'Operation Nite Shade' along Sugar Creek Road and Reagan Drive.
X'Orion Richmond is charged with possessing a gun on educational property, court records show.
The State of Idaho is seeking the death penalty for a mother charged with murder in the deaths of her twin toddlers. She blamed their deaths on vaccines.
Investigators say records taken from a former Davidson County business were used to create additional fraudulent checks.
Bradey Maske, 56, was driving a truck when he collided with a motorcycle in Monroe, local police say.
Cordarrelle Patterson, 35, is charged with one count of domestic assault on Saturday in Sevier County, Tennessee.
A federal court judge ruled against challengers of new absentee ballot requirements, saying the signature and envelope sealing requirements are not undue burdens. In a ruling late Monday, Federal District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder wrote that the challengers were not likely to win after a trial and denied their request for a preliminary injunction. In […]
The Supreme Court will hear a case that has been percolating in Maryland for a decade over how race plays a factor in deciding who gets in to elite middle schools.
This comes as two newly filed lawsuits raise more questions about the future of the project.
A jury convicted a Canadian tourist of animal cruelty charges for snatching a flamingo named Peachy at a Las Vegas hotel.