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Tex. judge blocks move to close migrant shelter, calls AG’s actions ‘outrageous’

A judge blocked Texas’s attempt to shutter a decades-old migrant shelter network in a pair of rulings Tuesday, calling Ken Paxton’s actions “intolerable.”

By Anumita Kaur and María Luisa PaúlJuly 3, 2024

Inspired Life

Minneapolis cat tour started as joke, now draws hundreds of admirers

“I love to do weird, goofy stuff like this,” said John Edwards, who organizes the yearly event.

By Sydney PageJuly 3, 2024

The Trump Cases

Atlanta’s favorite reality show, the Young Thug trial, indefinitely halted

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has pursued complicated racketeering cases with multiple defendants. Critics say it’s a drain on an overwhelmed court system.

By Holly BaileyJuly 3, 2024

Justice

She took on a small Mississippi town’s police. Then they arrested her.

How civil rights lawyer Jill Collen Jefferson convinced the Justice Department to investigate allegedly racist and abusive policing in tiny Lexington, Miss.

By Robert KlemkoJuly 3, 2024

What is an ‘official’ act, and how will a judge interpret Trump’s immunity?

What may be considered “official acts” and how will a judge interpret the legal lines drawn by the high court in Donald Trump’s federal criminal election obstruction case in D.C.

By Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel WeinerJuly 2, 2024

Weather

Hurricane Beryl tracker: Map and projected storm path

Beryl is expected to pass near Jamaica on Wednesday.

By N. Kirkpatrick, Dylan Moriarty and Szu Yu ChenJuly 2, 2024

The CritiquePerspective

Madame litigator

Vice President Harris is better at telling other people’s stories rather than her own. That’s not a failing, and it may well be a virtue.

By Robin GivhanJuly 2, 2024

The Trump Cases

Trump’s sentencing in N.Y. hush money case postponed until September

Donald Trump’s lawyers are seeking to vacate his New York hush money conviction based on Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

By Shayna Jacobs and Devlin BarrettJuly 2, 2024

Teddy Roosevelt’s watch, stolen in 1987, turns up at Florida auction house

Theodore Roosevelt’s watch was stolen from a museum in Buffalo. More than 35 years later, an auctioneer found it and fought to prove its authenticity.

By Jonathan EdwardsJuly 2, 2024

How to prepare your family, home and pets for a hurricane

Use this customized guide to help you determine what actions you can take to keep your family, home and pets safe before, during and after a hurricane.

By N. Kirkpatrick, Aaron Steckelberg and Leslie ShapiroJuly 2, 2024

Organizers marched to get googly eyes on Boston trains. Officials listened.

Arielle Lok and John Sanchez led a march in Boston to demand the MBTA add cartoon eyes to the front of trains. The agency agreed.

By Daniel WuJuly 1, 2024

Judge releases Epstein grand jury records from criminal case in Florida

The records from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2006 criminal case show how prosecutors raised doubts about the credibility of teenage victims recruited by the wealthy financier.

By Lori RozsaJuly 1, 2024

Legal Issues

Anxiety, confusion outside SCOTUS as crowd deciphers Trump immunity ruling

The decision was not as clear-cut as the crowd initially believed.

By Emma UberJuly 1, 2024

Mistrial called in Karen Read boyfriend murder trial after jury deadlocks

Read, who was accused of fatally striking John O’Keefe with her car, has insisted she was framed by officers seeking to cover for another suspect.

By Kim Bellware and Adela SulimanJuly 1, 2024

Judge halts Young Thug trial in Georgia amid complaints of misconduct

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville is accused of having a secret, improper meeting with prosecutors and a star witness.

By Holly BaileyJuly 1, 2024

The Trump Cases

In win for Trump, Supreme Court immunity ruling will delay trial. What’s next.

A trial judge will decide which alleged acts in Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of trying to subvert the 2020 election are official, further delaying his federal trial in D.C.

By Spencer S. HsuJuly 1, 2024

Officials probe police shooting of teen who allegedly held replica gun

Nyah Mway, 13, was killed after a brief foot chase Friday, when police allege he brandished what they thought was a handgun.

By Praveena SomasundaramJuly 1, 2024

Former Northeastern employee convicted of staging hoax explosion

Jason Duhaime misled police and the FBI by fabricating a bomb threat at the lab where he worked, the Justice Department said.

By Daniel WuJune 30, 2024

A farm-supply chain vowed to cut DEI roles amid pressure. Outcry followed.

Tractor Supply said it would make changes to its diversity and climate programs after fielding criticism from customers.

By Kyle MelnickJune 30, 2024

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Republican-controlled Texas is the largest state to have banned gender-affirming care.

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Justine McDanielJune 29, 2024

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