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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham introduced legislation on Tuesday that would ban most abortions nationwide after the 15th week of pregnancy.The South Carolina senator introduced the bill less than three months after the Supreme Court…

The owner of Geronimo - a plump, soft, highly divisive 8-year-old alpaca - lost her last legal effort on Wednesday to save him from execution.A UK high court rejected Helen Macdonald's attempt to halt the warrant for Geronimo, who is…

WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday blocked planning permission for a major oil drilling project on the state's North Slope that is expected to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day for the next 30 years.The…

Tushar Pania, a spokesman for Reliance, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.In Indian legal circles, the ruling was seen as a further sign of the independence of the country's judiciary, which in the past has been criticized…

SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past 18 months, Chris Cox, Facebook’s top product executive, watched with surprise as Instagram came alive in ways he hadn’t seen before.As young people looked for ways to express themselves digitally in the…

WASHINGTON - The Affordable Care Act weathered a third major challenge on Thursday when the Supreme Court voted 7-2 in favor of Republicans' recent efforts to kill the health bill.Legislation, President Barack Obama's defining domestic…

In the BP PLC v Baltimore Mayor and Councilor, No. 19-1189, the fossil fuel companies sought a full review of the issues in the decision to take the case to a state court. The city called for a strict interpretation of the rules of appeal…

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes ahead of a hearing in her criminal trial on May 4, 2021.CNBCA pregnant Elizabeth Holmes appeared in court for the first time in 15 months for three days to pave the way for her fraud trial.At Tuesday's…

On a Friday last August, Tim Sweeney, a billionaire game developer, emailed a contact at Microsoft: "You're going to enjoy the upcoming fireworks show."A week later, Mr. Sweeney's game Fortnite delivered good news to players on iPhones:…

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Judges Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh supported the majority opinion. Judge Amy Coney Barrett did not participate in the case, which was discussed prior to joining…