Kobe Bryant memorial planned at Lakers’ home arena: report
Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, killed with eight others in a helicopter crash last month, will be honored at a public memorial service planned for Feb. 24 at the Staples Center, the team’s home arena and scene of many of his greatest basketball …
Jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $750 million in New Jersey talc case
Johnson & Johnson was ordered on Thursday by a New Jersey state jury to pay punitive damages of $750 million to four plaintiffs who allege that the company’s Baby Powder caused their cancer, a ruling that will be reduced to around $185 million because of state laws, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs and the company.
Trump administration limits New Yorkers’ access to travel passes
The Trump administration has restricted New Yorkers’ access to several programs that allow faster security checks when they enter the United States, widening a dispute over a New York state law limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement….
U.S. House Democrats propose electric vehicle charging network
Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday unveiled legislation that would create a nationwide electric vehicle (EV) charging network to promote the shift from gasoline-powered vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
R. Kelly’s sexual abuse trial in New York delayed to July
A federal judge on Thursday delayed R. Kelly’s racketeering, sexual abuse and bribery trial in Brooklyn, New York to July 7, so it would not conflict with the singer’s upcoming trial in a separate Chicago case.
Forty-three percent of Americans back Trump acquittal, 41 percent opposed: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Americans are evenly split, mostly along party lines, over the U.S. Senate’s acquittal of President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, even though more respondents than not think he probably did something wrong, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll re…
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $750 million in New Jersey talc case: lawyer
Johnson & Johnson was ordered on Thursday by a jury in a New Jersey court to pay punitive damages of $750 million to four plaintiffs who allege that the company’s Baby Powder caused their cancer, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
Violence in Mississippi prisons poses urgent threat, rights groups say
Civil rights advocates on Thursday called for urgent changes at Mississippi’s state prison system, where 15 people have died in gang violence since December, after the U.S. Justice Department launched a probe into the unrest.
U.S. moves ahead on development plans for Utah monuments Trump shrank
The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday finalized land use plans for two Utah national monuments that President Donald Trump shrank soon after taking office, a move environmental groups said would leave cultural sites vulnerable to destruction and boo…
Accused El Paso mass shooter to face federal hate crime charges: source
A Texas man accused of deliberately targeting Mexicans in a shooting spree that killed 22 people at an El Paso Walmart store last year will be charged later Thursday with hate crimes, a source with direct knowledge of the case said.
