Purdue Pharma asked a bankruptcy judge late Tuesday to consider the latest version of its plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin, a deal ...

The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday in a case that decided whether Oklahoma could provide funding to a religious charter school, the justices’ first tie vote on a major case in nearly a ...

In Barnes v. Felix, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that courts evaluating Fourth Amendment excessive-force claims in Section 1983 lawsuits against law enforcement officers must consider ...

ICE agents were seen taking people into custody outside a downtown Phoenix courthouse on May 21. Protesters lined the entrance, rallying against immigration enforcement. PHOENIX - Several people ...

Steps toward overdose intervention appear to be working. According to The Associated Press, there were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year ...

The judge’s ruling is the latest twist in a three-year battle over changes Vanguard made to target-date funds that investors say stuck them with unnecessary tax bills. A federal judge rejected a ...

The city of Wichita gave developers $2.5 million to purchase and redevelop the Ken-Mar Shopping Center in 2011. What was briefly a Walmart neighborhood market — and later a mattress store — is ...

Wichita City Council rejected $400K settlement for unpaid $1.8M city loan debt. Mayor Wu and majority opposed deal, citing need for financial accountability. Developers repaid $717K; city alleges ...

During a routine traffic stop near Houston in 2016, a police officer killed Ashtian Barnes by blindly firing two shots into his car after jumping onto the doorsill as Barnes began to drive away.

ABC said it’s not clear whether the settlement requires the Justice Department to “amend its public stance on Babbitt’s shooting or admit fault on the part of Lt. Byrd or the Capitol Police.” ...

The top budget-writer for U.S. House Democrats says he’s spotted a weakness in Republican support for President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” And he’s going to exploit it. "They ...

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday rejected Vanguard Group's $40 million settlement with investors who claimed the mutual fund giant stuck them with inflated tax bills in its popular target ...