In a story published Dec. 3, 2024, about a settlement with the defunct SmileDirectClub, The Associated Press erroneously reported the deadline for consumers to submit a refund request.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the state's progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency.

A New York appeals court panel appeared receptive Thursday to potentially overturning or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to cost Donald Trump nearly $500 million.

A New York appeals court is set to hear arguments in former President Donald Trump’s fight to overturn a civil fraud judgment that could cost him close to half a billion dollars.

New York state lawyers are urging an appeals court to uphold Donald Trump’s nearly $500 million civil fraud judgment.

A New York judge declined to appoint an outside monitor to oversee the finances and internal policies of the National Rifle Association.

Donald Trump is pressing a New York appellate court to overturn the nearly $500 million New York civil fraud judgment that threatens to upend his real estate empire and drain his cash reserves as he campaigns to retake the White House.

The second phase of the trial in a civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and its top executives is underway in New York.

A county legislature outside New York City has voted to to bar transgender female athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams at county-owned facilities after a bid to restrict trans athletes by executive order was thrown out in court.

New York's governor has signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are addictive.

The New York state Legislature has passed a bill that would allow parents to block their kids from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm — a regulation that tries to curtail feeds that critics argue are addicting to children.

New York lawmakers say they are finalizing legislation aimed at giving parents more control over what their kids see on social media.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing questions about his commitment to a suite of reforms required by a federal settlement aimed at changing how the NYPD polices protests.

New York state lawyers are demanding more information on the bona fides of the $175 million bond that former President Donald Trump posted to block the imminent collection of a huge civil fraud judgment.

Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals.

Former President Donald Trump got a break this week when an appeals court cut down the amount of money he needs to put up in order to pause collection of a huge judgment in his New York civil fraud case.

A New York appeals court has agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s more than $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days.

Donald Trump says he has almost a half-billion dollars in cash but would rather spend it on his presidential run than the $454 million civil fraud judgment against him in New York.

New York state lawyers are urging an appeals court not to buy former President Donald Trump’s claims that it’s impossible to post a bond fully covering a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals.

Donald Trump is hurtling toward a critical deadline in his most costly legal battle to date.

A federal judge has banned a Florida gun retailer from selling certain gun parts in New York that officials say can be used to assemble untraceable ghost guns and sold without background checks.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued a cash-advance operation based in the state, claiming it exploited struggling small businesses across the country by issuing fraudulent loans.

Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that he lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency.

Donald Trump could be at risk of losing some of his prized properties if he can’t pay his staggering New York civil fraud penalty.

On the witness stand last year, Donald Trump proclaimed: “I have a lot of cash.”.

Donald Trump’s legal debts might now exceed a half-billion dollars.

Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president and his companies to pay $355 million in penalties for what the judge described as a scheme to deceive banks and insurers by exaggerating his wealth on his annual financial statements.

A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump and his companies to pay $355 million in penalties.

A New York state lawyer said in closing arguments at a civil trial claiming a former National Rifle Association executive wildly misspent millions of dollars on private flights and other lavish perks that the group and its ex-CEO were caught “with their hands in the cookie jar.”.

A judge has rejected a challenge to New York state's licensing program to sell legal marijuana.

A company that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other opioids has agreed to a $350 million settlement with U.S. states over the toll of the powerful prescription painkillers.

The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with the state of New York to resolve a sexual harassment investigation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Months before Donald Trump’s defiant turn as a witness at his New York civil fraud trial, the former president came face-to-face with the state attorney general who is suing him when he sat for a deposition last year at her Manhattan office.

With his civil fraud trial drawing to a close, Donald Trump has leveled unsupported claims of collusion against New York's Attorney General Letitia James for visits she made to the White House.

Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump wrested an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial.

Donald Trump plans to deliver his own closing argument Thursday in his New York civil business fraud trial, in addition to the ones made by his legal team.

A lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office says the longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA.”.

New York state lawyers are increasing their request for penalties to $370 million in former President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial.

Former President Donald Trump has lost his latest bid to end the business fraud lawsuit he faces in New York as he campaigns to reclaim the White House.

After more than 10 weeks, 40 witnesses and a few bursts of courtroom fireworks, testimony has wrapped up in former President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial.

Donald Trump’s lawyers have rested his defense and have sought again to immediately end the New York civil fraud trial that threatens the former president’s real estate empire.

Donald Trump says he's decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial.

Former President Donald Trump has returned to his New York civil business fraud trial, renewing his complaints that it is an injustice.

Former President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial has turned to one of the topics that has vexed him most — the disputed value of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

In wide-ranging interviews with The Associated Press, six sitting Black attorneys general discussed the challenges and opportunities of serving as the top law enforcement officer in their respective states.

The American legal system has never faced greater challenges or demands for reform from people of all races and across the political spectrum.

A New York appeals court has reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial.

Deutsche Bank viewed Donald Trump as a “whale” of a client, wanted to land him and eagerly cultivated a relationship that grew from $13,000 worth of revenue to $6 million in two years.

A Deutsche Bank executive says the bank followed its own guidelines — which include independently verifying information — when deciding to lend Donald Trump’s company hundreds of millions of dollars.

Donald Trump’s former corporate controller has teared up while testifying that he “gave up” on his longtime job because he was worn out by the company’s legal woes.

Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked for a mistrial in the New York civil fraud case that threatens the former president’s real estate empire.

New York state has sued PepsiCo in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water that supply the city of Buffalo with drinking water.

Donald Trump’s lawyers are digging into an outside accounting firm’s role in preparing financial statements at the heart of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit.

Donald Trump’s lawyers have been thwarted in their longshot bid to put an immediate end to the New York civil fraud trial that threatens the former president’s real estate empire.

Ivanka Trump has testified that her family's business has “overdelivered,” though she can't shed light on the financial documents central to her father's civil fraud trial.

Donald Trump went off.

The judge in Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial has ordered attorneys in the case not to comment on “confidential communications” between him and his staff.

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle complaints that they improperly saddled their New York drivers with taxes and fees that should have been been paid by passengers.

Internal emails shown at Donald Trump's civil fraud trial reveal that when he tried to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014, investment bankers doubted the NFL would allow it but encouraged him to stay in the running.

Efforts to hold Donald Trump accountable are testing the legal system in unprecedented ways.

Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen faced off with him at the former president’s civil fraud trial.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide during the onset of the pandemic and the sexual harassment scandal that forced Cuomo from office in 2021 has written a memoir.

Donald Trump has been fined $5,000 after his disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud trial lingered on his campaign website for weeks after the judge ordered it deleted.

Donald Trump is settling into a new role: defendant.

The spotlight at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial has turned to the former president’s son Eric.

Former President Donald Trump has returned to the New York civil fraud trial that imperils his real estate empire.

Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with as he moves further into the 2024 presidential campaign.

Donald Trump will be back in court next week for his New York civil fraud trial.

New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users.

Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial will roll ahead next week after he lost a bid to postpone it.

The trial that could block former President Donald Trump from doing business in New York is drilling down on a major question: Was it his company or was it hired accountants that bore responsibility for financial statements that the state calls fraudulent.

A New York judge has imposed a limited gag order with a stern warning after Donald Trump disparaged a key court staffer during his civil business fraud trial.

Donald Trump’s court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to return to the White House.

Donald Trump has spent a day in court for the sometimes testy start of a trial in a fraud lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties.

The judge deciding the future of former President Donald Trump’s real estate empire has driven a taxi cab, played in a band and protested the Vietnam War.

An appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay a civil trial in a lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is no stranger to picking fights with powerful targets.

Does a judge’s fraud finding spell the end of Donald Trump’s real estate empire.

A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.

A New York judge has continued arguments over whether an October trial to determine if former President Donald Trump committed fraud will go on as scheduled.

A last-minute legal challenge by Donald Trump’s lawyers could disrupt a trial scheduled for next month in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ business fraud lawsuit against the former president and his company.

An upcoming civil trial over allegations that former president Donald Trump lied about his wealth could last as long as three months.

In newly public testimony, Donald Trump boasts about building a multibillion-dollar brand and saving “millions of lives” as president.

Newly released testimony shows Donald Trump defending his real estate empire and his presidency in a face-to-face clash with the New York attorney general suing him for fraud.

Family members of an armed Utah man who was killed by FBI agents after making threats against President Joe Biden are describing him as a gun enthusiast who was worried about “a corrupt and overreaching government.”.

An armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president landed in the state Wednesday, authorities say.

New York's attorney general is suing a gun accessory manufacturer for selling a magazine lock that can be easily removed to attach high-capacity magazines.

This year’s Global Citizen NOW conference was packed with calls to action and urgent requests for involvement because climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a global debt crisis have erased decades of progress, pushing hundreds of millions of people back into extreme poverty.

Former President Donald Trump has visited the offices of New York’s attorney general for his second deposition in a legal battle over his company’s business practices, answering questions for around seven hours instead of invoking his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.

Embattled electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia.

Donald Trump is scheduled to return to New York City for a deposition Thursday in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ business fraud lawsuit against him and his company, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Former President Donald Trump has abandoned efforts to revive his federal lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

New York Attorney General Letitia James says the state will receive up to $524 million from drugmaker Teva to settle claims that the company contributed to the U.S. opioid epidemic.

The New York attorney general’s office has tightened rules on gun buybacks after a critic of the policy boasted online about receiving $21,000 in gift cards for weapon parts made on a 3D printer.

New York’s attorney general isn’t arresting former President Donald Trump even though she says her three-year investigation uncovered potential crimes in the way he ran his real estate empire.

New York's inspector general says a state trooper should have been disciplined for being romantically involved with a daughter of Andrew Cuomo while he served on the former governor’s security detail.

A New York judge says the state attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt.”.

A federal judge on Friday dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, allowing her civil investigation into his business practices to continue.

A lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office says evidence found in a three-year probe into Donald Trump's business practices could support legal action against the former president, his company, or both.

An appeals court in New York has dismissed New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against Amazon.