Supreme Court sides with Trump in immigration judges’ speech restrictions dispute

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump’s administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions for immigration judges that touched on the rights of federal workers. The justices overturned a lower-court ruling that had allowed the case to proceed and raised questions about whether a complaint system for … Read more

Social media influencer charged in murder-for-hire plot to kill child’s father during custody dispute

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday charged social media influencer Gabriela Gonzalez, her father and her former boyfriend with a plot to kill former boy band singer Jack Avery — the father of her 7-year-old daughter — during a 2020 custody dispute.  Gabriela Gonzalez, 24, her father Francisco Gonzalez, 59, and her … Read more

‘Somebody stole from me’: Mom mourns after 2 fatally shot in kids’ soccer dispute

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A young man appeared in a Michigan court on murder charges Friday, three days after police say a dispute outside a school about who could play an informal game of soccer escalated into a fatal shooting that killed a teenager and a woman trying to help him. Grand Rapids police also … Read more

Teen boy, woman shot and killed in Michigan after dispute over soccer game

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A young man who was turned away from an informal soccer game in Michigan fatally shot a 14-year-old boy and killed a woman who tried to help the victim, all in the presence of other kids, police said. “There was at least seven or eight kids that are out here, juveniles, … Read more

Judge in dispute over Washington golf course tells Trump officials not to cut trees without notice

WASHINGTON — A federal judge told the U.S. government Monday not to cut down more than 10 trees without first providing notice amid a legal dispute at a historic Washington golf course that President Donald Trump plans to renovate. U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes said during a remote hearing that she wasn’t going to … Read more

Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Julie Davis stepping down, but officials deny reports of dispute with Trump

Kyiv — Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Julie Davis will leave her post in June, U.S. officials have confirmed to CBS News.  U.S. officials told CBS News that Davis, who has held the post in Kyiv for almost a year, during a period of abrupt shifts in American policy on Ukraine, is resigning for professional … Read more

Supreme Court turns away another parental rights dispute on gender-identity policies in schools

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from a Florida couple who alleged that their parental rights were violated by a now-revised school board policy that kept their daughter’s school from informing them about her request to use a different name and pronouns. In rejecting the case, the high court again … Read more

Mother in custody dispute accused of killing her children

A Massachusetts woman who had been seeking custody of her two young children in a divorce is accused of killing them in their home, according to authorities and court records. Massachusetts State Police issued an arrest warrant Saturday charging Janette MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, with two counts of murder in the deaths of her children, … Read more

Supreme Court turns away parental rights dispute involving child’s gender transition in school

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a legal battle testing whether a public school violates parents’ rights when it encourages their child’s social gender transition without their knowledge or consent. In declining the appeal from Massachusetts parents who sued their child’s school district, the high court left untouched a lower court ruling … Read more

Roommates of man accused of killing 2 say dispute preceded the Atlanta-area attacks

DECATUR, Ga. — A U.S. Navy veteran accused of killing two people and critically injuring another in a series of attacks in the Atlanta area had, shortly before the shootings, stormed out of his communal house after getting into an intense argument over the air conditioning in the home, according to his roommates. Authorities have … Read more