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Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 30 years ago, Donald Trump bought a franchise in the upstart United States Football League. He then led his fellow owners to sue the NFL in a high-stakes antitrust case. The head-on challenge and his ownership of the New Jersey Generals was an early testing ground
terrorism
If Islamic State and its supporters use Twitter to facilitate terrorist action or merely spread propaganda, is the social network liable?
Massachusetts
LOWELL – A student from Cameroon claims in a lawsuit that he was robbed of due process by University of Massachusetts-Lowell administrators and was unfairly expelled over domestic kidnapping charges that his lawyer says were dismissed in district court. The case offers an extreme example of how romantic relationships on campus
Maura Healey
A video in which a former textbook publishing executive defends the controversial federal Common Core educational standards and says that its creators aim to marginalize teachings of America's founding principles became public last week, just days before Common Core supporters filed suit in Massachusetts court to stop voters
Maura Healey
BOSTON – Supporters of Common Core sued Friday to prevent Massachusetts voters from having an opportunity to weigh in on whether the Commonwealth should keep or scrap the controversial federal standards. The 10 plaintiffs – including a former education commissioner, business leaders, parents and one teacher – filed suit against Attorney General Maura
Pro-life
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco judge is set to hear arguments Thursday over whether to require a Catholic hospital to perform a contraceptive procedure known as tubal ligation. Attorneys for Rebecca Chamorro, the woman seeking the procedure, say Mercy Medical Center in Redding denied her the procedure. Chamorro wants
lawsuit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Thursday became the second state to sue the U.S. government over refugee resettlement, accusing the Obama administration of failing to consult with states on placement of those who have fled their home countries. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Birmingham, said
lawsuit
HOUSTON (AP) — The Canadian company that proposed the Keystone XL oil pipeline filed a lawsuit over the U.S. government's rejection of the project and announced it plans to file a second legal challenge that will seek more than $15 billion in damages. TransCanada filed a federal lawsuit
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