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This image provided by the U.S. Army shows Col. Gail Curley. When Gail Curley began her job as Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected to work mostly behind the scenes: overseeing the court’s police force and the operations of the marble-columned building where the justices work. Earlier this month, however, Curley was handed a bombshell of an assignment, overseeing an investigation into the leak of a draft opinion and apparent votes in a major abortion case. People who know Curley described the former Army colonel, a military lawyer by training, as the right kind of person to be tasked with investigating a highly-charged leak: smart and unlikely to be intimidated but also apolitical and private. (U.S. Army via AP)
Search for Supreme Court Leaker Falls to Former Army Colonel
  • 24 May 2022
Her most public role was supposed to be in the courtroom, where the Marshal bangs...
Search for Supreme Court Leaker Falls to Former Army Colonel
FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018 file photo, Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" strolls inside the zoo's Asia Habitat in New York. A legal fight to release Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo after 45 years will be argued Wednesday, May 18, 2022, before New York's highest court in a closely watched case over whether a basic right for people can be extended to an animal. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Happy is an Asian Elephant. But is She Also a Person?
  • 19 May 2022
Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But can she also be considered a person?
Happy is an Asian Elephant. But is She Also a Person?
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary. Trump's legal team wants to void a contempt ruling and $10,000-per-day fine against the former president over a subpoena for documents related to a New York civil investigation into his business dealings, saying they’ve conducted a detailed search for the relevant files. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)
Judge: Trump Must Pay $110K, Meet Conditions to End Contempt
  • 11 May 2022
A New York judge said he will lift his contempt of court order issued against...
Judge: Trump Must Pay $110K, Meet Conditions to End Contempt
Actor Amber Heard testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Wednesday May 4, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Elizabeth Frantz/Pool Photo via AP)
Amber Heard Testifies She Was Assaulted by Johnny Depp
  • 4 May 2022
Depp, 58, is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote...
Amber Heard Testifies She Was Assaulted by Johnny Depp
FILE - This photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court Building, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 in Washington. A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that a majority of high court has thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night, May 2, 2022 in Politico. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Report: Draft Opinion Suggests High Court Will Overturn Roe
  • 2 May 2022
The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft Politico posted, which...
Report: Draft Opinion Suggests High Court Will Overturn Roe
Melissa Lucio
Melissa Lucio’s Execution Delayed by Texas Appeals Court
  • 25 April 2022
A Texas appeals court delayed the execution of a woman amid growing doubts about whether...
Melissa Lucio’s Execution Delayed by Texas Appeals Court
FILE - An American flag blows in the wind in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Court Upholds Puerto Ricans’ Exclusion from Benefits Program
  • 21 April 2022
The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico.
Court Upholds Puerto Ricans’ Exclusion from Benefits Program
FILE - Travelers walk through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday, April 1, 2022 in Seattle. On Monday, April 18, 2022, a federal judge in Florida voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation saying it exceeded the authority of U.S. health officials. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Cheers, Fear As Judge Strikes Down US Transit Mask Mandate
  • 19 April 2022
A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers...
Cheers, Fear As Judge Strikes Down US Transit Mask Mandate
FILE - A W-4 form on Feb. 5, 2020, in New York. Monday is Tax Day, the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments. The IRS will receive tens of millions of filings electronically and through paper forms. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
On Tax Day, an Extension May Be Better Than Rushing a Return
  • 18 April 2022
The IRS expected to receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper...
On Tax Day, an Extension May Be Better Than Rushing a Return
New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin leaves the courthouse in New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Benjamin has been arrested in a federal corruption investigation. Authorities said the Democrat was arrested Tuesday on charges including bribery and falsification of records. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NY Lieutenant Governor Resigns After Arrest in Federal Probe
  • 13 April 2022
New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned in the wake of his arrest in a...
NY Lieutenant Governor Resigns After Arrest in Federal Probe
FILE - People march at a rally for Amir Locke on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Minneapolis. Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday, April 6, 2022, against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in a downtown apartment in February. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa File)
No Charges Filed in No-Knock Warrant Killing of Amir Locke
  • 6 April 2022
Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges against a police SWAT team officer who fatally shot...
No Charges Filed in No-Knock Warrant Killing of Amir Locke
FILE - This Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, file photo shows radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones at Capitol Hill in Washington. Infowars host Jones has offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened, according to court filings Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Alex Jones Faces Fines for Skipping Sandy Hook Deposition
  • 31 March 2022
His testimony is being sought ahead of a trial to determine how much he should...
Alex Jones Faces Fines for Skipping Sandy Hook Deposition
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