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RALEIGH, N.C. — A legal battle over $12 million from a decades-old settlement with Smithfield Foods has reached North Carolina’s Court of Appeals, raising questions about the attorney general’s authority and how state funds should be spent. The dispute stems from a 2000 agreement between Smithfield Foods and

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court is reviewing a case that could shift how responsibility is assigned for visual obstructions at rural intersections. The case stems from a 2021 crash in Miami County, where Yerano Martinez collided with another vehicle at a four-way stop. Martinez claims that an overgrown bush on

SAN DIEGO — A California appeals court has ruled that state officials violated environmental law when they approved a wildfire prevention program. The plan allows native shrublands to be cleared, which can lead to more flammable grasses taking over and increasing fire risk In a unanimous decision filed May 30, the

SACRAMENTO — A California appeals court ruled this week that drivers are breaking the law if they hold a cellphone to look at a navigation app while driving, even if they aren’t tapping or swiping the screen. The decision, issued Tuesday by the California Court of Appeal for the Sixth

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