4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (669+ words) Weeks before the $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles, an electrical contractor seeking $1.9 million in allegedly unpaid bills is challenging how the project was classified under California law. J.E. Snyder Electric argues the museum’s 99-year lease of…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (619+ words) A South Carolina clothing company has agreed to pay Buc-ee’s $850,000 and destroy merchandise featuring a tactical version of the travel center chain’s famous beaver mascot, ending a trademark fight over products marketed under the name “Tac-Bucc.” The consent judgment permanently…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (707+ words) A federal jury in Los Angeles began deliberating Wednesday in Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial after prosecutors accused the Chicago rapper of financing a deadly revenge plot and his attorneys argued the government built its case around cooperating witnesses seeking lighter…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (792+ words) A former Colorado DNA analyst was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for manipulating forensic evidence, misconduct that has forced authorities to review more than 1,000 criminal cases and has already reached the Colorado Supreme Court. Yvonne “Missy” Woods, 66, spent nearly…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (892+ words) A new documentary about convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is renewing interest in one of Silicon Valley’s most closely watched criminal fraud cases more than three years after she reported to federal prison. The renewed attention has placed Holmes and…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (633+ words) A federal appeals court has ruled that clean drinking water is not a constitutional right, rejecting claims from Jackson, Mississippi, residents who alleged city officials exposed them to lead-contaminated water and misled the public about its safety. The full U.S. Court…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (714+ words) Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial told the judge for a second straight day Wednesday that they could not reach a unanimous verdict, prompting a rare jury instruction and moving the case closer to a possible mistrial. The 12-member…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (471+ words) A San Diego jury awarded $105 million to a substance abuse counselor who said she was fired after reporting sexual harassment, a hidden camera in an employee bathroom, and concerns about patient safety at an opioid treatment facility. The verdict is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (373+ words) Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug has received six months of deferred adjudication after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor weapons charge stemming from his 2025 arrest, as he separately faces new DWI, marijuana, and firearm charges. The musician, whose legal name is Xavier…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (415+ words) Starr Manufacturing is seeking more than $25,000 in a defamation lawsuit against an Ohio woman over a one-star Google review that the company claims contained false allegations about its manufacturing and quality record. The family-owned industrial equipment maker, based in Vienna,…...