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    US court unseals Epstein-linked names

    The list includes associates, as well as witnesses and victims, of the convicted sex trafficker
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    John Roberts weighs in on AI, ignores looming Trump cases

    In his year-end report, the chief justice stuck to an anodyne topic.

    Chief Justice John Roberts, seen here in 2018, used his 2023 year-end report to discuss the increasingly prominent role of artificial intelligence in legal practice. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

    Supreme Court Leaves Arguments on Trump Immunity to Appeals Court

    Justices deny special counsel Jack Smith’s request, raising chances former president’s trial will be delayed

    Many cases related to former President Donald Trump could reach the Supreme Court in the coming months. PHOTO: GODOFREDO A. VÁSQUEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Pornhub to pay more than $1.8M to resolve GirlsDoPorn sex trafficking probe: feds

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    Texas woman who sought court order to get an abortion says she will leave the state for the procedure

    A district judge granted the request Thursday, but the Texas Supreme Court paused the lower court’s order Friday. That left Kate Cox in limbo at around 20 weeks pregnant.

    Kate Cox/AFP Handout. Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother-of-two from Dallas-Fort Worth, sued the state of Texas on December 5, 2023, in order to get an abortion for a pregnancy that she and her doctors say threatens her life and future fertility.

    POLITICS U.S. charges Russian soldiers with war crimes for allegedly torturing American in Ukraine

    Prosecutors alleged Mkrtchyan and his soldiers abducted the unnamed victim from the village of Mylove in the Kherson Oblast region in southern Ukraine in April 2022.

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    Trump can be sued for Capitol riot, court rules

    Presidential immunity will not protect the former leader from lawsuits over the January 6, 2021 riot

    Former U.S. President Donald Trump. © Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images

    Adult Survivors Act: Diddy, Mike Tyson, Jamie Foxx, Jimmy Iovine, and More Sued for Sexual Offenses

    In 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Adult Survivors Act, which put in motion a year-long lookback window at alleged sexual offenses.

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    Pro-Trump ‘shaman’ to run for US congress

    The costumed man had served time in prison for being present at the January 6 Capitol riot

    FILE PHOTO: Jacob Chansley during the 'Stop the Steal' rally on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. © Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images

    Merrick Garland faces down Republican attacks over Hunter Biden inquiry

    Attorney general questioned by House judiciary committee members in hearing that White House called a ‘circus’

    Merrick Garland: ‘Our job is to pursue justice, without fear or favor. Our job is not to do what is politically convenient.’ Photograph: Gripas Yuri/Abaca/Shutterstock

    Senate moving ahead on three key military nominations stalled by Tuberville delays

    Schumer said earlier that Tuberville declined the opportunity because he knows he won’t get a majority to vote with him.

    Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) during a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
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