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Trump must pay $ 83.3 MILLION to E. Jean Carroll for defamation, a federal jury has ruled

BILLINGS, Mont. — A judge blocked oil and gas drilling across almost 500 square miles in Wyoming and said the U.S. government must consider climate change impacts more broadly as it leases huge swaths of public land for energy exploration. The order marks the latest in a string of court rulings over the past decade - including one last month in Montana - that have faulted the U.S. for inadequate consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when approving oil, gas and coal projects on federal land. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington appeared to go a step further than other...

The Supreme Court sent a case concerning a death row inmate, who claims he can no longer remember his crimes because of several strokes he had while in prison, back down to the lower courts to take a second look. The court had already stayed the inmate Vernon Madison's execution last January. In a 5-3 vote, Chief Justice John Roberts sided Wednesday with the liberals on the court in favor of Madison. Only eight justices had heard the case because Justice Brett Kavanaugh had not been confirmed by the time the case was argued.

LITTLE ROCK — A judge on Monday ordered presidential candidate Ralph Nader stricken from the Nov. 2 ballot, ruling that Nader backers failed to properly disclose his party affiliation while collecting signatures. Nader's supporters should have disclosed that Nader would run for the Populist Party. No specific party was listed as canvassers collected 1,286 signatures. State law requires it, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy Fox ruled. Nader's campaign said it would appeal to the state Supreme Court. "We'll continue to fight in Arkansas. We think this is a mistaken decision and we'll appeal it to ensure that voters of...