When you were a kid, curfew was when it got dark outside. As a teenager, it was before midnight. But now that you’re an adult, can anyone tell you what time you have to be home? As it turns out, there could be some curfew laws that apply to adults. State and local governments may institute emergency curfews, municipalities can have business curfew ordinances, and some apartment complexes have been trying to enforce curfews on tenants....
I’m sure you want to forget about that DUI. Never think about it, or bring it up again. However, your job or job applications may not allow you to forget. As much as you’d like to leave it in the past, do you have to disclose your DUI to your employer or on a job application? Job Applications You do not want to lie on a job application. However, you may be able to get away with not disclosing a DUI....
“Driving drunk woo … I’ll be dead thanks to you,” is what a Florida woman texted her former boyfriend, moments before she drove through a red light and into an oncoming pickup truck. Mila Dago escaped the crash with bruises, but her friend and passenger Irina Reinoso was killed. According to reports, Dago had been out in Miami drinking to deal with the end of her relationship, and texted her ex some 60 times before the fatal accident....
Back in July, we wondered whether Elon Musk would get sued for calling a British man who assisted in rescuing trapped children from a cave in Thailand “pedo guy.” While Musk initially walked back his accusation, he’s done anything but since then. “I fing hope he sues me,” Musk wrote in a series of emails to Buzzfeed News, adding, “I suggest that you call people you know in Thailand, find out what’s actually going on and stop defending child rapists, you fing a**hole....
A Florida woman was doused with gasoline and set on fire at a 7-Eleven in a horrific crime caught on tape. The woman, who is not being identified, is being treated for severe burns, police in Boynton Beach, Fla., told The Palm Beach Post. Her ex-boyfriend, 59-year-old Roosevelt Mondesir, was arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder. The woman met Mondesir at the 7-Eleven, where they were supposed to exchange custody of their 4-year-old son....
Gretchen Carlson, former Miss America and former host of multiple Fox News programs including Fox & Friends, filed a lawsuit against Fox CEO Roger Ailes, claiming Ailes sexually harassed her, created a hostile work environment, and finally fired her after she objected to his sexual advances. The complaint also names her co-host Steve Doocy, and alleges he “engaged in a pattern and practice of sever and pervasive sexual harassment” against Carlson....
The judge has not decided yet whether to allow audio from the video as well. The video was filmed by the father of the boy. In the audio, Christopher Bizilj, the boy who died, is heard screaming while his father is praying. The judge has said making sure that Fleury receives a fair trial is the most important consideration. Jury selection is scheduled to resume on Wednesday. Video is going to end up in courtrooms with increasing frequency, trial consultant Douglas L....
Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of shooting and killing a police officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania more than 28 years ago. The former Black Panther was sentenced to the death penalty for the 1981 murder. Since then Abu-Jamal has become an activist from prison, arguing that his case was plagued by errors and racial bias. Police widows and supporters of Abu-Jamal listened Tuesday as federal appeals judges debated whether he deserves a new sentencing hearing, The Associated Press reported....
Martin Shkreli became notorious for raising the price of a life-saving medicine by 5,000 percent and was dubbed the ‘Pharma Bro.’ Then, it turned out that he misled investors on one of his funds, which resulted in his conviction of federal fraud charges. Living Up to the “Pharma Bro” Name Shkreli was never apologetic for raising the price of a previously inexpensive HIV drug, and he appeared to be unfazed by the criminal case against him....
After the hatchet attack on NYPD officers in Queens last week, the alleged attacker was shot and killed. But what about the innocent bystander who was accidentally shot by police? A 29-year-old woman was struck in the back by officers’ bullets as she was walking about half a block away, The New York Times reports. The woman remained in the hospital over the weekend. The woman’s ordeal raises questions about what happens when innocent bystanders are accidentally shot by a police officer’s stray bullets....
Plaxico Burress was indicted by a New York City grand jury on two gun possession charges, a ‘violent’ Class C felony under New York law, and another charge of reckless endangerment, the latest embarassing legal chapter in the former N.Y. Giants wide receiver’s fall from Super Bowl stardom less than two years ago. Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau’s office obtained a grand jury indictment against Burress after the Giant accidentally shot himself with a ....
A New Jersey defendant was granted a new trial after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that gangster rap lyrics found in his car cannot be used as evidence to help prove motive for attempted murder. Vonte Skinner was convicted of shooting and paralyzing a drug dealer in 2005 based on rap lyrics that officers had found in Skinner’s car – lyrics which were read to the jury during his trial....
After a three-year legal saga, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a Pennsylvania school district’s ban on “I Heart Boobies” bracelets. The students are now free to bare their “I Heart Boobies! (Keep a Breast)” bracelets at school, since the court held that the bracelet ban was an unconstitutional restriction on students’ freedom of speech, according to The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania. (The bracelets use a “heart” icon instead of the word “Heart....
Convicted murderer Scott Peterson is appealing his death sentence, arguing that excessive publicity and errors before, during, and after his trial should get his conviction reversed. Jurors in 2004 convicted Peterson, now 39, of killing his wife Laci and their unborn son on Christmas Eve 2002. Peterson is currently on death row. Peterson’s 470-page appeal is called an automatic appeal under California law. But it could take months or even years to resolve, The Associated Press reports....
Call it an ingenious idea: Smartphone Breathalyzers are getting ready to hit the market, offering a sobering heads-up to anyone worried about driving home drunk. A pair of inventors recently unveiled their smartphone Breathalyzer, which they promise will allow you to do what those liquor commercials always squawk about: to “drink responsibly.” And they’re not the only ones hoping to cash in on the concept. With a way to make personal alcohol breath tests trendy and more available to consumers, smartphone Breathalyzers may just be the next must-have accessory....
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 Term was full of surprises both in the public and private sectors. After the High Court’s final opinions were released Monday, we had an opportunity to revisit some of this session’s biggest cases. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Supreme Court decisions from the 2013 Term, which began back in October: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. The Supreme Court typically saves the most controversial case for last, and Hobby Lobby was no exception....
Art is a strange business if sometimes very lucrative. But how do you even know when a thing is art rather than graffiti or vandalism? This is a serious question, since vandalism can be a misdemeanor or a felony offense. Some things start out as vandalism and somehow graduate from graffiti to the stuff of fine art auctions. This week, street artist Space Invader arrived in New York from Paris to put up his pixelated mosaics that now sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars and were once considered trash....
A Pokemon Go Fest without Pokemon Go isn’t much of a fest at all, as game creator Niantic quickly learned last summer. The first (and perhaps last) of its kind, the festival was held in Chicago’s Grant Park and attracted over 20,000 of the game’s most ardent fans. But, as attendee Andrew Goldfarb described, “for much of the day, most people couldn’t even get the game to start, leaving them standing in the hot, crowded park with not much to do but wander aimlessly....
Here is an interesting legal issue. Although the original lawsuit by the assault victim stems from a fight on a basketball court, rapper “The Game” wants certain language excluded from trial. And now, The Game has filed with the court a request to prevent certain references to him, or to his music, from being made in court. Specifically, The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, wants to limit any language referring to him as a “gangster rapper” during trial....
This week’s episode of “The Good Wife” was aggressively marketed as an unforgettable, must-see event. It certainly lived up to the hype. Have you picked up your jaw yet? Yeah, neither have we. Here’s a breakdown of this week’s shocking episode, “Dramatics, Your Honor”: So, WILL GARDNER DIES. Meanwhile, Alicia participates in a voluntary deposition by the Office of Public Integrity about the election fraud scandal. But who cares? WILL GARDNER IS DEAD....
