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Former President Donald Trump speaks with the media at the end of the day's proceedings in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York on April 26, 2024. (Curtis Means/DailyMail.com via AP)
May 2, 2024

Prosecutions seek more sanctions for Trump in hush money case as key witness resumes testimony

Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial sought additional sanctions over his out-of-court comments.

Kelsey Juliana, of Eugene, Oregon, a lead plaintiff who is part of a lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future, greets supporters outside a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on June 4, 2019. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on May 1, 2024, rejected the long-running lawsuit. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)
May 2, 2024

Appeals court rejects climate change lawsuit by young Oregon activists

An appeals court rejected a lawsuit from climate activists who argued that the U.S. government's role in climate change violated their constitutional rights.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is shown in 2017. (U.S. General Services Administration file photo)
May 1, 2024

4th Circuit upholds conviction of MD man for killing woman, child after narcotics theft

A Maryland man convicted of murdering a woman and her 7-year-old son after robbing her of narcotics had his conviction upheld by the 4th Circuit.

May 1, 2024

2024 Reader Rankings nominations now open

Nominations for The Daily Record's 2024 Reader Rankings are open. Nominate your favorite companies, products, etc. through May 31.

Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic spokesperson Emily Thompson announces a $10 million investment into a state voter engagement campaign at a press conference in Bicentennial Plaza in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 25, 2024. The campaign will focus on canvassing, mailers, digital ads and phone banking to block a GOP legislative supermajority and Republican governor in the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)
May 1, 2024

Some NC abortion pill restrictions are unlawful, federal judge says

Some of North Carolina government's restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful, a judge ruled.

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, enters the Federal Courthouse in Seattle on April 30, 2024. (Ellen M. Banner /The Seattle Times via AP)
Apr 30, 2024

Founder of crypto exchange Binance sentenced for allowing money laundering

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao was sentenced for allowing rampant money laundering on the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore City state's attorney, staff and his executive team announce the office's first-ever strategic plan in Baltimore on April 30, 2024. (The Daily Record/Rachel Konieczny)
Apr 30, 2024

Baltimore state’s attorney’s strategic plan to focus on victims and witnesses, modernization of office

The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office published its first-ever strategic plan aimed at modernization and creating tools for victims and witnesses.

The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington on March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
Apr 30, 2024

Supreme Court leaves in place Texas law requiring porn websites to verify users’ ages

The Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users.

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York on April 30, 2024. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)
Apr 30, 2024

Judge holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 and raises threat of jail in hush money trial

Donald Trump was held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order in his New York hush money case.

The Supreme Court is seen behind flowers on June 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Apr 30, 2024

Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker fired

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a CBD hemp oil maker fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using its product.

Protesters hold signs outside the doors of the legislative chamber in the Nebraska Capitol in response to a bill that would have restricted students to bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams that correspond with the gender they were assigned at birth, April 5, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. In a lawsuit filed April 29, four Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions. (AP Photo/Margery Beck, File)
Apr 30, 2024

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students

Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in schools.

Police tape cordons off the scene of a crime in Levittown, Pennsylvania, on March 16, 2024. Police departments reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers in 2023 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd spurred nationwide protests and increased scrutiny of police, according to a survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Apr 30, 2024

Police officer hiring increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows

Police departments across the U.S. are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey shows.

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