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Federal judge throws out criminal case against Kilmar "brego Garc'a as vindictive prosecution
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (725+ words) Saturday, May 23, 2026 The Obama appointee determined the government only began investigating the Maryland man after a Maryland judge and the Supreme Court ordered his return following his summary removal to El Salvador. (CN) " A federal judge on Friday dismissed the…...
Ice cream creep
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (200+ words) SCRANTON, Penn. " A man's false arrest and malicious prosecution claims against a police officer failed in Pennsylvania court. He repeatedly visited an ice cream shop and allegedly made underage female employees uncomfortable, for example by returning over the course of…...
DOJ targets sue Trump over anti-weaponization 'slush fund"
2+ day, 42+ min ago (720+ words) The plaintiffs claim the tax-dollars-backed fund is wrongly applied only to those who claim to have been the targets of the Justice Department under Democratic administrations. ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) " A collection of individuals and organizations targeted by Donald Trump's Justice…...
Google urges DC Circuit to overturn search monopoly remedies
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (735+ words) The tech giant has vowed to appeal a federal judge's ruling that the company held an illegal monopoly over the internet search market since 2024. WASHINGTON (CN) " Tech giant Google opened the latest chapter in its ongoing legal battle against the…...
Wall Street ignores inflation, consumer sentiment for now
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (538+ words) Wall Street is wondering "how long can it go on" regarding the Iran war and "how low can it go" about consumer sentiment. MANHATTAN (CN) " Markets notched sizeable gains this week, even as gasoline prices, consumer sentiment and inflation concerns…...
Shohei Ohtani for President
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (272+ words) He was born in Japan, so Shohei Ohtani cannot be our president. But what the hell, neither today's Congress, Supreme Court nor 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. give a damn about the Constitution, so why shouldn't we elect Shohei? Here is why Shohei…...
Court records wrongly sealed
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (138+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. " The Tennessee Supreme Court finds the lower courts improperly denied the Nashville Banner's intervention to unseal three judicial records in a criminal prosecution, including two affidavits, that were sealed without a written order. Written orders are necessary, must…...
Red dot recall
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (156+ words) PHILADELPHIA " A federal court in Pennsylvania dismissed a proposed class action against gunmaker Sig Sauer over allegedly defective red dot firearm sights that used easily accessible button cell batteries, which allegedly were an ingestion hazard for children. The suing consumer…...
Maika Monroe, much more than 'Scream Queen,' returns to Cannes
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (719+ words) Monroe's range as an actor far exceeds any neat genre identification. "I was a newbie," recalls Monroe. "I'm pretty sure I spent my 21st birthday here. I was like: "Well isn't that exciting, to turn 21 in a country where I could…...
Trump's repainting of Lincoln Reflecting Pool likely to move forward
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (777+ words) A Trump appointed judge seemed unlikely to accept the Cultural Landscape Foundation's claim that the repairing project would cause irreparable harm and thus require immediate intervention. WASHINGTON (CN) " A federal judge on Thursday didn't seem inclined to halt the ongoing…...