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The United States government agreed on Wednesday to dismiss all fraud charges against former Blue Bell CEO Paul Kruse, with parties agreeing to a misdemeanor fine instead.

"We know now that these chemicals are responsible for the tragic number of users’ reproductive cancer. This litigation will bring justice to these women and their families and hold corporations that put profits over people accountable for their deadly actions," Attorney Crump said.

A transgender woman has for the first time been selected to participate in the Puerto Rico Miss Universe contest held in the largely conservative U.S. territory

A man who spent one month in a coma after what he says was a severe beating at the Harris County Jail is now suing the county, claiming federal civil rights violations.

Houston businessman Jim McIngvale, affectionately known as “Mattress Mack,” announced the filing of a lawsuit Tuesday due to issues with the 2022 midterm elections in Harris County.

The case comes shortly after Shell reported its highest-ever annual profit of nearly $40 billion.

A just-filed federal lawsuit targets two Houston Fire Department employees who are accused of not performing life-saving intervention techniques to save a young man with Cerebral Palsy.

Thirteen women have filed a lawsuit against multiple companies after allegedly contracting an incurable sexually transmitted disease from water bottles that were reportedly infected by a Houston janitor.

Breonna Taylor's boyfriend has settled two lawsuits against the city of Louisville.

A Canadian judge approves legal action by parents who say their children were addicted to the video game.

Rental car giant Hertz Global Holdings announced Monday it would pay $168 million to settle 364 claims that it erroneously filed criminal reports against customers who did not return vehicles on time.

The Florida woman's $5m lawsuit says the company's three-and-a-half minute claim is misleading.

Sherman County Sheriff Brad Lohrey and the Oregon Firearms Federation filed a lawsuit challenging a gun control law that was approved by voters during the midterms.

The families of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie have reached a $3 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed after authorities concluded he strangled her during a cross-country trip in August 2021.

A Minnesota suspect filed a lawsuit against the Saint Paul Police Department after an officer shot him while he was "naked, unarmed, and attempting to surrender."

A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals that have over decades found their way into waterways and human bloodstreams.

The Barker and Addicks dams were designed by the Army Corps of Engineers to protect properties downstream, but during Hurricane Harvey, property owners upstream said the dams caused them to take a hit. A federal judge agreed and said they’re entitled to compensation.

The mother of George Floyd’s daughter has filed a $250 million lawsuit against rapper Kanye West following his recent comments on Floyd’s death.

Alec Baldwin settled a lawsuit filed by loved ones of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who was killed on the set of his movie “Rust,” the actor’s lawyer said Wednesday.

A state district court jury in Houston has awarded $95.5 million to the family of a four-year-old Houston girl left irreversibly brain damaged after a dentist improperly restrained and sedated her during treatment of decayed teeth, according to the family’s attorney James R. Moriarty and co-counsel.

A woman who accused comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears of coercing her and a brother into recording sexually explicit skits when they were children filed a request Tuesday to dismiss the claim.

A Houston area family is suing a fast food chain after they say a worker pulled out a gun and shot at them.

Attorneys for the families of two people who were killed during a botched Houston Police Department raid held a news conference Tuesday, continuing to demand justice in their deaths.

A Black pastor who was arrested by white police officers while watering flowers for a neighbor who was out of town filed a federal lawsuit alleging the ordeal violated his constitutional rights and caused lingering problems, including emotional distress and anxiety.

A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $100 million to a panhandler who fell and broke his neck after a police officer shocked him with a stun gun during a chase.

The family of a toddler who died after a cement truck fell off of a bridge and landed on a vehicle has filed a lawsuit against the cement truck company.

We are getting new details about the deadly golf cart accident in Galveston over the weekend that killed two adults and two children from Rosenberg.

Tuesday’s announcement that both Harris County and the city of Houston each plan to pursue legal action against Union Pacific Railroad over long-standing contamination in Houston’s Fifth Ward was welcome news among residents who have long fought for accountability.

It is part of an escalation in activity in US courts as states seek to impose abortion restrictions.

Try to imagine how you would feel if your 4-year-old son went to the hospital for laparoscopic surgery to solve a hernia problem and instead wound up getting what amounts to a partial vasectomy.

Ten protestors who said they were wrongfully arrested during the George Floyd protest in 2020 are now suing the city of Houston and former Houston Police Department chief Art Acevedo.

A Needville ISD student said he missed prom, cannot participate in extracurricular activities and won’t be able to graduate because of the length of his hair.

A South Florida lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit seeking class-action status alleging that Burger King has misled customers by portraying its food as being much larger compared with what it has served to customers in real life.

Attorneys for some of those killed and injured during last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival alleged in court on Monday that rapper Travis Scott has violated a gag order issued in lawsuits they have filed in an effort to influence possible jurors and rebuild his reputation ahead of a potential trial.

The police routinely offer people who are being questioned about a crime a beverage, a cigarette or chewing gum and then collect DNA, the suit alleges.

A bi-partisan lawsuit was filed Monday against the Harris County Elections Administrator.

The suit claims the mayor used crude language in a meeting about a statue of Christopher Columbus.

The owner of the popular Third Ward nightclub where five people were injured following a shooting last week is responding to the lawsuit filed by the city of Houston.

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee will hold a press conference Friday afternoon to give an update on the preliminary injunction hearing in lawsuit challenging Texas’ voting bill, Senate Bill 1.

A medical doctor has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Chase Bank, alleging staff at a branch in Sugar Land refused her request to open a new account and deposit a check because she is Black.

The state of Texas has reached a $225 million opioid settlement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton.

An Ohio high school football player was forced to eat pepperoni pizza because he missed a training session, he says. He and his family are suing because they say the punishment violated his religious beliefs.

Two former residents claim the Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church and Liberty Ridge Farm violated federal laws against human trafficking, racketeering and forced labor.

A Houston family is suing a non-emergency transport company for wrongful death after a driver dropped off a wheelchair-bound patient at the wrong address and left him in a driveway on a hot summer day.

Two security guards who say they were injured during the deadly Travis Scott Astroworld Festival announced Monday that they have filed a lawsuit against a number of parties, including the security company who hired them.

A federal lawsuit claimed TikTok illegally collected and used personal data from its users.

Houston attorney Tony Buzbee is now adding to the list of lawsuits filed after the Astroworld Festival tragedy that killed 10 people.

Two commissioners have filed a lawsuit against Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. Commissioner Cagle and Ramsey filed a lawsuit against Harris County's new redistricting.

At a special meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court on Monday, the court voted to temporarily pause the lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) I-45 expansion project.

A woman who was at the festival told reporters that said didn't know she was buying a "death ticket".

An electrician alleges negligence in the incident in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died.

A 19-year-old Houston woman has filed a lawsuit against the rideshare service Lyft.

In the lawsuit, which originally claimed that Subway's tuna sandwich was "made from anything but tuna," a federal judge ruled that the plaintiffs did not meet the legal requirement for fraud.

The order responds to the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the state of Texas.

The men said they went to Walmart to return a $300 TV but were racially profiled by employees and detained by police.

Dr. Hasan Gokal is now suing Harris County and Harris County Public Health for $1 million.

According to the lawsuit, the Wisconsin Natural Resource Board approved a 300-wolf quota for a hunt scheduled to begin November 6.

KPRC 2 plans to share a live stream a news conference at 11:30 a.m. with the lawyers of a man who has filed a federal lawsuit against Harris County, the Harris County Constable’s Office, Precinct 4 and three Precinct 4 constables, after a noise call at a home in April 2020.

Emmerick Jacob said he is still recovering from a July 18 crash in north Harris County where he was cut out of his vehicle and taken by Life Flight to the hospital.

A Keller school district student with Down syndrome is among the plaintiffs.

Several Fort Bend County leaders are expected to announce the submission of a lawsuit that will challenge Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order GA-38, which bans local officials from mandating masks.

A couple whose son died last week in a Friendswood neighborhood pool has filed a lawsuit against the facility’s owners and managers.

A worker who says he was severely burned by acid and the family of a worker who died after a chemical leak at the LyondellBasell Complex in La Porte on July 27 have filed a lawsuit.

A $10 million lawsuit has been filed against Holy See and the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and its Cardinal, Daniel N. DiNardo, on behalf of the parents of a child they say was sexually abused by Rev. Phi Thanh Nguyen in November 2018, according to the lawsuit.

A Houston mother of three children injured in Saturday’s chemical spill at Hurricane Harbor Splashtown has filed a lawsuit against the park’s operators.

A fourth lawsuit has been filed stemming from the catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside.

The lawsuit names the suspects in the shooting, the mall, a restaurant and the mall owner.

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State law compels all Virginia delegates to vote "for the candidate receiving the most votes in the primary." But that doesn't sit well with one delegate, who refuses to vote for Donald Trump. Major Garrett has more.

With the start of college basketball’s March Madness less than a month away, Las Vegas is gearing up for some action. Last year, gamblers in Nevada -- where sports betting is legal -- placed an estimated $240 million in bets on the tournaments. A court battle pitting New Jersey against the NCAA and major pro sports leagues could determine whether other states could also soon see a piece of that action. Mike McCarthy, reporter and columnist for "Sporting News" joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" with more on the lawsuit and its potential impact.

Apple faces lawsuit over lost texts A California woman claims the iPhone maker failed to tell its customers that they wouldn't be able to receive iMessages from other iPhone users if they switched to an Android phone. CNET senior editor Jeff Bakalar joins "CBSN" to discuss the lawsuit.