Published by Nikki Ratay on Sat, 12/26/2020 - 2:00am
Washington – President Donald Trump floated naming lawyer Sidney Powell, who was booted from his campaign’s legal team after pushing unfounded conspiracy theories, as a special counsel investigating allegations of voter fraud as he grasps for straws to stay in power.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Sat, 12/26/2020 - 1:00am
Washington – President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming press secretary said that Biden would not discuss the investigation of his son with any prospective candidates for attorney general.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Fri, 12/25/2020 - 4:00am
New York – Clothing stores and specialty retailers have been offering big discounts and heavily promoting curbside pickup in hopes of rescuing a lackluster holiday shopping season in which surging coronavirus cases have kept many shoppers at home.
For some, it could be their last chance at survival. And even a last-minute sales boost could be too late to save them.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Fri, 12/25/2020 - 3:00am
Richmond, Va. – Frank Pichel’s Christmas trees will probably never be chosen to light up New York’s Rockefeller Center. They look more like the droopy, pitiful tree made famous in the 1965 children’s animated classic, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
Published by Nikki Ratay on Fri, 12/25/2020 - 1:00am
San Ramon, Calif. – The U.S. government’s attempt to prove Google has been using its dominance of online search to stifle competition and innovation at the expense of consumers and advertisers won’t go to trial for nearly three years.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Friday set a tentative trial date of Sept. 12, 2023 for the landmark case that the Justice Department filed two months ago.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 12/24/2020 - 5:00am
New York – An online murder mystery. Law-themed opera arias. A snowman-building competition.
With dancing, drinking and fancy dinners a no-go because of virus concerns, companies are getting creative about their holiday office parties this year. The challenge is how to organize a virtual celebration that doesn’t feel like yet another Zoom meeting.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 12/24/2020 - 3:00am
Washington – Undercutting President Donald Trump on multiple fronts, Attorney General William Barr said Monday he saw no reason to appoint a special counsel to look into the president’s claims about the 2020 election or to name one for the tax investigation of President-elect Joe Biden’s son.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 12/24/2020 - 2:00am
Washington — The Justice Department announced new charges Monday against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 12/24/2020 - 12:00am
Denver – The Colorado Supreme Court approved rules earlier this month governing how criminal trial judges can restrict public access to court records, a direct response to newspaper stories that exposed how thousands of cases have been kept from public view with little to no oversight for how that was done.