Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the U.S. will give Alabama full custody of a convicted package bomber who killed a federal judge so the state can execute him on Thursday. In a Monday court filing, the Justice Department said it would waive its right to custody of Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. The filing came after Moody argued he should be…
President Donald Trump takes the cap off a pen before signing executive order for immigration actions to build border wall during a visit to the Homeland Security Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked a Trump administration order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration…
A federal judge has rejected health insurer Aetna’s plan to buy rival Humana for about $34 billion and become a major player in the market for Medicare Advantage coverage. U.S. District Judge John Bates says in an opinion filed Monday that he largely agrees with federal regulators who contended that such a combination would hurt competition. An Aetna spokesman says…
A federal judge has dismissed an effort by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore to overturn his suspension. U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton threw out Moore’s lawsuit against the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission in an order Thursday. The Alabama Court of the Judiciary is considering judicial ethics charges that could lead to Moore’s ouster, and Albritton writes that the state process…
A federal judge in Montgomery says he will decide Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s lawsuit against state judicial investigators without a hearing. U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton issued an order Wednesday saying his eventual decision will be based on legal documents alone. Albritton canceled a hearing set for Thursday in the same order. The decision came after the judge conferred…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of new Alabama abortion restrictions banning clinics near schools and outlawing a common second trimester abortion procedure. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson on Wednesday issued an order to delay enforcement of the laws that were set to take effect Aug. 1. Thompson scheduled an Oct. 4 hearing on a…
