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A federal court in Colorado issued a serve-by-publication order as requested by U.S. attorneys who were unable for weeks to serve, by email or phone call, people who call themselves the “Free Land Holders” and who erected a mile-long fence inside San Juan National Forest against the wishes of government officials and locals who use the land for recreational activities.
Federal judge dismisses malicious prosecution claims brought by ...
DENVER (CN) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a widower's claims against a local sheriff's department and prosecutors who pursued murder charges against him after his wife disappeared in 2020. "For all its infuriating flaws then, the prosecution of plaintiff was not unlawful," wrote U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico in a 33-page order.
Witness recounts secret affair with Georgia woman accused of …
Oct 15, 2024 · Outside of the Cherokee County Courthouse in Canton, Georgia where Melody Farris is on trial for fatally shooting her husband and burning his body on October 15, 2024 (Megan Butler/Courthouse News)
Donald Trump loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay $5 million
May 9, 2023 · MANHATTAN (CN) — A jury of New Yorkers found Donald Trump liable Tuesday in a stunning end to the former president's federal trial on civil claims that he raped writer E. Jean Carroll in 1996.
Rudy Giuliani in hot water over repeated false claims of election …
Nov 20, 2024 · Rudy Giuliani walking outside the E. Barrett Prettman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., after a jury determined he owed $148 million in a defamation case brought by former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
Details of voting equipment breach emerge in Dominion security …
Jan 12, 2024 · Ballot-counting machines from Dominion Voting are lined up at a Torrance County warehouse during a testing of election equipment in Estancia, N.M., on Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File) ATLANTA (CN) — During the fourth day of trial Friday in the lawsuit over the security of Dominion ...
Plaintiff in ‘forced marriage’ lawsuit against Church of Scientology ...
Oct 10, 2024 · LOS ANGELES (CN) — A woman suing the Church of Scientology on claims of sexual abuse that occurred when she was a minor will remain unnamed, after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a motion to publicly name her.
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Backpage executives acquitted of previous prostitution, money ...
PHOENIX (CN) — Five months after a jury convicted them on dozens of prostitution and money laundering charges, a federal judge acquitted former executives of the controversial classified advertising website Backpage.com on most of the counts lodged against them.. Backpage founder Michael Lacey and two executives Scott Spear and John Brunst were convicted in November after five years of ...
Trump stuns Harris to become 47th president of the United States
Nov 5, 2024 · (CN) — Former President Donald Trump will return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States. After a grueling election season that included two assassination attempts and a historic last-minute candidate change, the race was called for the Republican just before midnight Pacific Time on Tuesday.