Recent News About Associated Press
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An Elegy for the Boy Scouts
The news over the past few years has offered little to cheer about, but a recent story reporting an unprecedented 43 percent decline in membership in the Boy Scouts of America from 2019 to 2020—from 1.97 million Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts to 1.12 million—was especially dispiriting. -
Fifth Circuit to determine if Texas anti-SLAPP applies in federal court, dozens of media orgs file brief in support
NEW ORLEANS – Dozens of media organizations, including the American Society of News Editors, have filed a friend of the court brief in a case before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that could determine whether state anti-SLAPP statutes apply in federal court. -
Corn case attorney says $150 million fee is justified
SAN ANTONIO – Texas attorney Mikal C. Watts said his attempt to garner at least $150 million in attorney fees from a $1.5 billion court settlement against Switzerland-based Syngenta AG, a global agribusiness chemical company accused of damaging U.S. farmers with genetically altered corn, is justified. -
Houston Texans label former player's turf injury complaint unique
HOUSTON – The Houston Texans formally responded to an ex-player’s motion to send his lawsuit alleging poor field conditions at NRG Stadium back to state district court. -
Former Texans linebacker DeMeco Ryans sues team over field conditions at NRG Stadium
HOUSTON – Former Houston Texans linebacker DeMeco Ryans has sued the team over the playing surface at NRG Stadium, alleging that its “dangerous” condition caused him to sustain an injury during a game in 2014. -
Donor subject of Medicaid fraud probe gives to Paxton campaign for his legal defense
DALLAS – When Texas' embattled attorney general accepted a $100,000 gift from a businessman allegedly without knowing the donor faced allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, it raised questions similar to those endured by another Southern attorney general this summer. -
FEMA denies additional funds to aid town of West after explosion
When the West Fertilizer Co. exploded in April, it leveled the facility and left a hole 93 feet deep, destroyed a school and a nursing home, damaged 150 buildings, killed 15 people and injured hundreds. But the federal government has failed to declare it a disaster. -
La. U.S. Senate race: Cassidy criticizes Landrieu for aiding keg stand
BATON ROUGE – A widely circulated photo of Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu assisting a Louisiana State University fan with a keg stand has prompted her chief rival to openly criticize her. -
Deepwater Horizon special master Louis Freeh recuperating from car accident
NEW ORLEANS – Former FBI director Louis Freeh, who has investigated claims of fraud in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill claims process, released a statement days after he was seriously injured in a single car accident in Vermont. -
BP denies defamation charges brought by New Orleans attorney
NEW ORLEANS – After being hit with a defamation lawsuit by a New Orleans area attorney who claims his law firm was mistaken with that of his brother’s in BP advertisements and an Associated Press story regarding the Deepwater Horizon claims process, a BP spokesman has said the lawsuit is baseless. -
Last settlement brings A&M bonfire litigation to a close
It has taken almost 15 years, but the last of the lawsuits over the collapse of the Texas A&M University bonfire that killed 12 students has concluded. -
Texas jury awards $1.2M for woman's injuries from J&J mesh sling
A Texas jury recently ordered that Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon unit must pay $1.2 million to a former nurse who was injured by one of the manufacturer’s mesh slings used to treat incontinence. -
Texas actress indicted for sending ricin letters to president, others
A Texas woman has been charged with federal violations for allegedly sending ricin-laced letters to the president. -
Cornyn: Is this America or China?
U.S. Senator John Cornyn authored the following column on National Review Online, May 15, 2013: -
State Rep. Reynolds charged with 7 others in barratry scheme
A Texas lawyer and lawmaker has been charged with participating in an ambulance-chasing scheme with at least seven other attorneys. -
Watts quits steering committee in middle of BP trial
Following a recent government investigation into how he got his spot on the Plaintiffs Steering Committee, Texas attorney Mikal Watts abruptly resigned from his role in the middle of the BP oil spill trial. -
Facts, facts, who’s got the facts?
“I was so unhappy with the way that some people refused to accept the facts,” Hillary Clinton confided in an interview with The Associated Press last week. -
State's turn to present arguments in Texas school funding trial
AUSTIN – After nearly two months of testimony from plaintiffs, the state of Texas began its arguments in the ongoing trial over the state’s school funding system. -
NFL concussion litigation sparks widespread changes on the field
Two months before the first lawsuit was filed in what has become a multi-district case docket titled the "National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation," Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law a bill dubbed the “Safety in Youth Sports Act.”
