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The conservative wing of the Supreme Court reportedly declined to take up a case dealing with Second Amendment rights after Chief Justice John Roberts indicated that he would vote with the court’s liberal justices. In June, the justices rejected petitions from 10 challenges relating to state restrictions on firearms after Roberts signaled he would not …

Minneapolis residents have begun forming neighborhood watches and armed security groups to protect their neighborhoods in the wake of unrest sparked by the killing of George Floyd in May, according to a new report. While officers are still patrolling the streets of Minneapolis, some citizens have taken security concerns into their own hands, as was …

At least six federal agents were injured during demonstrations in Portland Friday night when protesters launched fireworks at them and shone lasers at their eyes. Protests have been nearly constant in Oregon’s largest city since the police custody death of George Floyd in May. Local officials have called for federal law enforcement agents deployed by …

Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) said Sunday he would not support any Supreme Court nominee unless they had publicly acknowledged that Roe v. Wade was “wrongly decided” prior to their nomination. “I will vote only for those Supreme Court nominees who have explicitly acknowledged that Roe v. Wade is wrongly decided,” Hawley told the Washington …

In a 5-4 decision Friday, the Supreme Court denied a request from a Nevada church to block enforcement of state restrictions on attendance at religious services due to the coronavirus pandemic. The church argued that the policy, which limited in-person church attendance to 50 people, violated the constitution by treating church services differently than other …

A lawyer in an art world case has stepped down after a dispute with the gallery he was representing. We reported that hot artist Derek Fordjour — whose work is collected by Jay-Z and Drake — is being sued by his former gallerist Robert Blumenthal for $1.45 million. The gallery alleges it paid Fordjour a …

Carlos Ghosn’s son sent about $500,000 in bitcoin earlier this year to one of the Americans accused of helping the ex-Nissan CEO flee house arrest, according to the feds. Anthony Ghosn made the cryptocurrency payments over about four months to Peter Taylor after he and his father — former Green Beret Michael Taylor — allegedly …

Blac Chyna has one fewer legal problem. Page Six has learned that a judge has dismissed a $2 million defamation lawsuit against Blac Chyna leveled by her ex, Pilot Jones. Jones formally requested to dismiss his lawsuit against Chyna on Thursday. He originally sued Chyna, 32, in 2017 for cyberbullying and defamation after she and …

Megxit hasn’t been the smooth transition to private life Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle were hoping for. The couple is now in the process of suing an unnamed defendant for invasion of privacy, according to documents shared by Hollywood Reporter Senior Editor Eriq Garner. Throughout the filing, Meghan and Harry detail their distress over …

Amber Heard’s sister “begged” the actress not go through with her wedding to Johnny Depp, a UK court heard Thursday — as the younger sibling revealed that she witnessed him punch her “really hard” during a heated row. Whitney Henriquez, 31, said she “felt sick” when Heard called to tell her she was engaged in …