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ANCHORAGE — A federal appeals court has ruled that the board responsible for managing subsistence hunting on federal lands in Alaska acted legally when it authorized an emergency hunt for the remote village of Kake during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision Monday,

NEW YORK — A trial is underway in Manhattan over billionaire Ronald Perelman’s attempt to recover more than $400 million from insurers after a 2018 fire at his Hamptons estate. The dispute centers on five paintings, including works by Andy Warhol and Cy Twombly, which Perelman claims were damaged in

TOPEKA, K.S. — City officials in Leavenworth, Kansas, are pushing back against a private prison company’s attempt to reopen a detention facility without city approval. CoreCivic, Inc. plans to house immigration detainees at the former Leavenworth Detention Center, now renamed the Midwest Regional Reception Center. However, the city says

CHULA VISTA, C.A. — In a ruling that could reshape public access to surveillance footage across California, a San Diego County judge has ordered the release of 25 police drone videos, concluding a four-year legal dispute over public records. The case began in 2021 when La Prensa publisher Art Castañares

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s second-highest court is set to review a public records lawsuit involving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and its possible connection to the origin of COVID-19. The case centers on records related to Dr. Ralph Baric, a researcher at UNC, and his

LAS VEGAS — A federal court is weighing whether the Nevada Resort Association (NRA) can intervene in a lawsuit that could alter the future of sports betting in the state. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Gordon said he will move quickly to determine if the NRA can join a case