Pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke settle longstanding legal battle over rape, defamation claims
Pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke have settled nearly a decade of suits and countersuits over her accusation that he drugged and raped her and his claim that she made it up and defamed him.
Writer’s lawyers say Trump is wrong about $5 million sex abuse-defamation jury award
Lawyers for an advice columnist who won a $5 million sex abuse and defamation jury verdict against former President Donald Trump have urged a judge to reject Trump’s efforts to reduce the award to under $1 million.
Past deep sea rescues show the challenges of saving those on board
The desperate search for a submersible that disappeared while taking five people to view the Titanic wreckage has drawn attention to other deep-sea rescues.
YNW Melly on trial: Judge allows gang expert to testify while wearing ski mask
An FBI expert’s analysis of mobile phone data took center stage on Thursday during the trial of Florida rapper YNW Melly for the two murders of his fellow YNW Collective rappers.
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case
The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Billy Crystal and Queen Latifah look marvelous as they headline this year’s Kennedy Center Honors
You know you’ve made a cultural impact when Henry Kissinger quotes your own joke back to you.
Firefighters struggled to identify the toxic freight in fiery Ohio train derailment, chiefs say
Officials say firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled with communications and were unable to quickly identify the hazardous chemicals the train was hauling.
US journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in Moscow court to appeal extended detention
A Wall Street Journal reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia is appearing in court to appeal his extended detention.
Tornadoes tear through northern Texas town, killing 3 people and causing widespread damage
A line of severe storms has produced multiple tornadoes on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing at least three people and causing significant damage around the northern town of Matador.
A nuclear site is on tribes’ ancestral lands. Their voices are being left out on key cleanup talks
Three Native American tribes have devoted decades to returning their ancestral land in Washington to the days before they became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex.