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A New York City photographer is suing Jennifer Lopez and her company for allegedly ripping off one of his photos and posting it to her Instagram, according to a new court filing. Shutterbug Steve Stands claims that Lopez and her company, Nuyorican Productions, put his photo of her on the social media site, where it …

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that defendants in criminal trials must be convicted by unanimous consent of the jury, outlawing a practice that has already been prohibited in all states except Oregon. The 6-3 ruling in the case, Ramos v Louisiana, was delivered with an unusual alignment in which conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence …

Democrat Laura Kelly talks to her supporters after winning the governor’s race at her election night party in Topeka, Kansas, November 6, 2018. A federal judge on Saturday blocked Kansas governor Laura Kelly’s executive order banning religious gatherings of over ten people, allowing churches and other institutions to congregate as long as worshippers maintain social …

Congratulations are in order for Iskra Lawrence. The model, 29, announced that she gave birth to her first child with boyfriend Philip Payne on Sunday. “Baby P has arrived and Me and daddy @philipapayne are taking time to be in awe that we are now a family of three,” she wrote on Instagram Sunday, sharing …

A Florida photographer is suing singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb for posting his picture on social media without permission. Loeb allegedly uploaded the shot of her clutching a guitar and wearing her hair in rainbow-ribboned buns on Instagram, which has garnered 992 likes. The photo, posted in October of 2019, appears beside the message “I stand with …

Blac Chyna is out to clear her name in her ongoing legal battle against Rob Kardashian. In new legal documents obtained by The Blast, Chyna claims she has “bombshell evidence” that will prove she never abused her ex-fiancé. The Lashed Cosmetics founder, 31, claims she has obtained a 2016 report from the Los Angeles Department …

Pro-life members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to keep measures in place intended to protect unborn life and the dignity of fetal remains as abortion advocates push for them to be loosened during the coronavirus health crisis. Representative Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Republican, and Senator Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, led two letters …

Former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden depart after a pre-inauguration church service in Washington, D.C., January 18, 2009. Business records show that Hunter Biden is still listed as a board member of Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners, despite his lawyer saying in November that Biden had resigned from the position. …

It ain’t me. That’s the message from pop superstar Selena Gomez, who has filed a $10 million lawsuit against a the makers of a mobile game, slamming the app’s developers for using her likeness. The 27-year-old singer alleges that the game “Clothes Forever — Styling Game” based one of its characters on her without ever …

A federal appeals court on Monday halted Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s temporary ban on abortions as a nonessential medical procedure during the coronavirus pandemic, potentially staving off a Supreme Court battle over the issue. The three-judge panel on the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Texas cannot temporarily block abortions in which a …