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Trump loses legal battle to shield financial records from New York criminal probe

After a years-long legal battle, former president Donald Trump finally surrendered his tax and financial records to a New York state criminal probe. The Supreme Court rejected his Hail-Mary pass

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The forgotten architects of the Civil Rights Movement

Many heroes of the Civil Rights Movement are household names: Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcom X, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, to name a few. We learn their names

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Border searches: Can the police search the contents of your cell phone?

Most of us have seen some television rendition of a border search-multiple lines of cars lined up to cross the border, border patrol agents and drug-sniffing dogs strewn about, and

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What You Need to Know Before Flying Your Drone

As of January 2021, there are almost 1.8 million drones registered in the United States. Of those drones, 71% of registrations were for recreational purposes. As technology continues to advance, making drones

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Black History Month: 6 Trailblazing Attorneys Who Have Fought For Racial Justice

February presents a valuable opportunity to step back and celebrate the many pioneers in Black History. In the legal profession, those pioneers are numerous. From the first Black attorneys to the first

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Roundup: Top 11 “Florida man” encounters with the law

Spend any amount of time on the internet, and you’re bound to come across the infamous “Florida Man.” He’s usually drunk or high (or both). He makes clickbait headlines around

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Black History Month: Celebrating The First Black Attorneys In America

It’s Black history month, and with all that has happened in the past year, now is a better time than ever to explore some of the pioneers who made waves

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LAPD’s downsizing raises bigger question: Is defunding police the right move?

The tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers spurred a nationwide reckoning. Police violence – and the systemic racial injustice that plagues so many police

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Why are murder rates spiking in North Carolina?

It’s been a tough year all around, what with the pandemic, contentious election, racial injustices, riots. As if it couldn’t get any worse, violent crime is on the rise. Homicides

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Do Trump’s tax-avoiding tactics cross the line?

Aggressive tax strategies, questionable deductions and mountains of debt: These are just a few of the revelations that came to light in a recent New York Times exposé of Trump’s

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