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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

HILO, H.I. — Honua Ola Bioenergy has filed a lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric, accusing the state’s largest utility of monopolistic practices that have prevented the renewable energy company from operating its biomass plant on Hawai‘i Island. The suit, filed May 19 in the 1st District Court on O‘

DAYTONA BEACH, F.L. — A Florida appeals court has ruled that a law allowing minors to obtain abortions without their parents' consent through a court waiver process is unconstitutional, citing violations of parental rights. The decision, handed down May 14 by a three-judge panel from the 5th District Court