Legal proceedings

Washington, DC, sues StubHub, saying the resale platform inflates ticket prices with deceptive fees

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Washington, DC, sues StubHub, saying the resale platform inflates ticket prices with deceptive fees

WASHINGTON — The attorney general for Washington, D.C., sued StubHub on Wednesday, accusing the ticket resale platform of advertising deceptively low prices and then ramping up prices with extra fees. The practice known as “drip pricing” violates consumer protection laws in the nation’s capital, Attorney General Brian Schwalb said. “StubHub intentionally hides the true price … Read more

Families seek answers after inmates’ bodies returned without internal organs

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Families seek answers after inmates’ bodies returned without internal organs

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Agolia Moore was shocked to get a call telling her that her son was found dead in an Alabama prison of a suspected drug overdose. She had spoken to him to earlier that evening and he was doing fine, talking about his hope to move into the prison’s honor dorm, Moore said. … Read more

Prosecutor opposes ‘Rust’ armorer’s request for release as she seeks new trial for set shooting

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Families seek answers after inmates’ bodies returned without internal organs

SANTA FE, N.M. — A special prosecutor is opposing a request by a former movie armorer that she be released from prison while seeking a new trial and appeal of her involuntary manslaughter conviction in a 2021 shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” Kari Morrissey wrote in a response brief filed Friday that … Read more

Trial canceled in North Dakota abortion ban lawsuit as judge ponders dismissal

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Trial canceled in North Dakota abortion ban lawsuit as judge ponders dismissal

BISMARCK, N.D. — A trial looming in a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s abortion ban was canceled Monday as the judge in the case weighs whether to throw out the lawsuit. It was not immediately clear why the trial was canceled. State District Judge Bruce Romanick issued a notice to parties regarding trial saying the Aug. … Read more

Warner Bros. Discovery sues NBA for not accepting its matching offer

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Warner Bros. Discovery sues NBA for not accepting its matching offer

Warner Bros. Discovery has sued the NBA after the league did not accept the company’s matching offer for one of the packages in its upcoming 11-year media rights deal. The lawsuit was filed on Friday in New York state court in Manhattan. WBD, the parent company of TNT Sports, is seeking a judgement that it … Read more

Arkansas court orders state to count signatures collected by volunteers for abortion-rights measure

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Arkansas court orders state to count signatures collected by volunteers for abortion-rights measure

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday night ordered the state to begin counting signatures submitted in favor of putting an abortion-rights measure on the ballot — but only ones collected by volunteers for the proposal’s campaign. The one-page order from the majority-conservative court left uncertainty about the future of the proposed … Read more

Prince Harry says his crusade against British tabloids has contributed to royal family rift

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Prince Harry says his crusade against British tabloids has contributed to royal family rift

LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry said his crusade against the British tabloids has contributed to his royal family rift, according to a documentary airing Thursday. In his most extensive comments since he won a major victory last year when a judge found phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at the U.K.’s Mirror Group … Read more

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

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Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards on horseback. He said breaks were short and infrequent, with nothing to protect workers from the heat. “I saw guys collapse,” Gross said of his … Read more

Tennessee woman gets over 3 years in prison for blocking clinic access during protest

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Families seek answers after inmates’ bodies returned without internal organs

NEW YORK — A Tennessee woman was sentenced Wednesday to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere with the operation of a New York City reproductive health center in the early days of the pandemic in 2020. Bevelyn Beatty Williams, 33, of Ooltewah, Tennessee, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court … Read more

Texas woman’s lawsuit after being jailed on murder charge over abortion can proceed, judge rules

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Families seek answers after inmates’ bodies returned without internal organs

McALLEN, Texas — A Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder after self-managing an abortion in 2022 can move forward with her lawsuit against the local sheriff and prosecutors over the case that drew national outrage before the charges were quickly dropped, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton … Read more