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Demonstrators gather outside the Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals ahead of an asylum hearing on Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif. (AP photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Nov 8, 2023

Administration urges court to maintain border asylum rules

The Biden administration on Tuesday urged an appeals court to allow sweeping new asylum restrictions to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border.

A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. A family has filed a lawsuit against the Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were found, alleging the owners allowed remains of their loved ones to “rot” away. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)
Nov 8, 2023

Two arrested in Oklahoma, charged with mishandling bodies

The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday after the decaying remains of at least 189 people were recently found at the facility.

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh watches against Purdue in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP photo/Paul Sancya)
Nov 8, 2023

If punished, Michigan prepared to take Big Ten to court

Michigan is preparing to take possible legal action if the Big Ten Conference punishes the Wolverines' football program before a full investigation into allegations of an impermissible scouting and sign-stealing scheme, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

Sasha Skochilenko, a 33-year-old artist and musician, walks escorted by officers to court in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP file photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Nov 8, 2023

Russian artist, musician faces prison for war protest

Russian authorities on Wednesday demanded an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after speaking out against Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Nov 8, 2023

Pennsylvania nurse accused of killing patients with insulin

A registered nurse in Pennsylvania faces charges that she administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients – including a 104-year-old – at health care facilities over the past three years, prosecutors announced Thursday.

Gun safety and domestic violence prevention organizations gather outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday in Washington. (AP photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Nov 8, 2023

Court considers gun law to protect domestic violence victims

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.

Former President Donald Trump motions a zipped lip as he walks out of the courtroom during a break in proceedings Monday at his trial in New York Supreme Court. In a media statement later, Trump referred to the proceedings as a “scam.” (AP photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Nov 8, 2023

Witness Trump lashes out at judge, fraud trial prosecutor

Former President Donald Trump defended his wealth and business on Monday, tangling from the witness stand with the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial and denouncing as a “political witch hunt” a lawsuit accusing him of dramatically inflating his net worth.

A sign hangs over a former Big Red vehicle dealership site in Norman. The former owner of Big Red Dealerships has been sentenced to federal prison for fraud, and two former executives of the business are awaiting sentencing. (File photo)
Nov 7, 2023

Norman fraud case ends in lengthy federal prison term

A sprawling scheme perpetrated at a Norman car dealership to scam customers and banks involved in vehicle purchases has resulted in the former owner of the business being sentenced to prison.

University of Oklahoma President Joseph Harroz Jr. updates members of the Oklahoma Red River Boundary Commission about a border dispute with Texas during a meeting at the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City on Oct. 31. (Photo by Paul Monies/Oklahoma Watch)
Nov 7, 2023

Texas water district offers to pay for experts in boundary dispute

A Texas water district has offered to pay attorneys, engineers and surveyors for advice to resolve a boundary dispute along the Red River at Lake Texoma.

Nov 7, 2023

Former Edmond business owner sentenced for fraud

A former Edmond business owner who used federal pandemic relief money to build a home for herself and buy a luxury SUV rather than sustaining her employees has been sentenced to prison.

A rig and supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico off the cost of Louisiana. (AP file photo/Gerald Herbert)
Nov 7, 2023

Sale of federal oil, gas leases off again pending hearings

An upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed Thursday amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species of whale.

The Conemaugh Generation Station emits steam in New Florence, Pa. Pennsylvania cannot enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, a state court has ruled. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via AP, File)
Nov 7, 2023

Court blocks effort to make power plants pay for emissions

Pennsylvania cannot enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, a state court has ruled, dealing another setback to the centerpiece of former Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to fight global warming.