Law
Charlottesville Must Remove Tarps from Confederate Statues, Judge Says
Two statues were covered in the wake of last year’s deadly rallies to mark a period of mourning
Can You Identify the Judge in This Courthouse Portrait?
Officials of the John Adams Courthouse in Boston are asking the public for help in uncovering the identity of the anonymous jurist
What to Know About 5Pointz Graffiti Collective's Big Win at Court
A federal judged ruled Monday on the whitewashing of the internationally known graffiti site by a New York developer
How the “Heart Balm Racket” Convinced America That Women Were Up to No Good
Being engaged carried some legal consequences until the news media got a hold of a sensational story
Gun Control Is as Old as the Old West
Contrary to the popular imagination, bearing arms on the frontier was a heavily regulated business
How Dodge City Became a Symbol of Frontier Lawlessness
Fake news and smoking guns gave the Kansas town its reputation as the ultimate Wild West
Thailand Drops Charges Against Historian Who Questioned the Facts Around Historic 16th-Century Duel
Sulak Sivaraksa cast doubt on whether the legendary King Naresuan had really defeated an adversary while riding an elephant
Why Americans Missed Out on Public Domain Day (Again)
Aleister Crowley, Dorothy Parker, and René Magritte joined the public domain in 2018, but not in the United States
Five Things to Know About the Recently Changed Migratory Bird Act
A new rule prevents industry from being prosecuted for killing birds under the 100-year-old conservation law
Manhattan DA Launches First Antiquities Trafficking Unit
The unit will investigate the uptick in looted artifacts flooding the antiquities market
Federal Court Strikes Down Ban on ‘Scandalous’ Trademarks
The game-changing case centered on a clothing brand with a cheek
The FDA Used to Have People Whose Job Was to Taste Tea
Literally, that was it
Five Things to Know About Net Neutrality
The Dec. 14 vote will decide whether to reverse the landmark 2015 regulations placed on Internet service providers
Ratko Mladic, Known as the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Found Guilty of War Crimes and Genocide
A United Nations court found that Mladic had directed the murders of thousands of Muslims in the 1990s
Rare Photograph of Billy the Kid Found at a Flea Market
The tintype image was purchased for $10 but might be worth millions
Lawsuit Seeks "Personhood" for Three Connecticut Elephants
An animal advocacy group has filed a petition requesting that the elephants be removed from a traveling zoo
California Becomes First State to Introduce Gender-Neutral Birth Certificates
The new law also makes it easier for residents to legally change their sex designation
Why NASA Needs To Establish Martian Law
Future Mars colonists may want to form their own legal system. What would stop them?
Records of Residential School Abuse Can Be Destroyed, Canadian Supreme Court Rules
The federal government wanted to retain the documents, but survivors said they were promised confidentiality
The True Story Behind “Marshall”
What really happened in the trial featured in the new biopic of future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
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