Jury deliberates after closing arguments in Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times
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Jury deliberations are resuming Monday in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. The jury met for two hours Friday before adjourning for the weekend, CBS New York reported.
Palin's lawyer said in closing arguments Friday that a widely circulated New York Times editorial falsely linking Palin to a mass shooting was a libelous display of arrogance and unchecked power.
A Times lawyer conceded the newspaper had made a mistake, but argued there was no evidence it had set out to damage Palin's reputation.
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies.
A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens on Friday called on President Joe Biden to designate nearly 140,000 acres of rugged, scenic Badlands as North Dakota's first national monument, a proposal several tribal nations say would preserve the area's indigenous and cultural heritage.
A city in New Mexico has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a woman who was shot and killed by a police officer now charged with second-degree murder.
A sorority at Dartmouth College and two members of a fraternity are facing charges related to the death of a student who drowned after attending an off-campus party this summer.
A drunken driver who was traveling the wrong way on a Wisconsin highway was sentenced Friday to more than 35 years in prison for a crash that killed four siblings in another vehicle.
President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO have met for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday.
"Wicked: Part 1," arguably the most highly anticipated movie of the holiday season, has prompted debate over expectations of how audiences should behave during screenings of the musical, which hit theaters this weekend.
Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie's deadpan Thanksgiving standard, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree," has died at age 83.
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Marty Makary Friday to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who opposed vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the coronavirus pandemic.
Near Atlanta — Cheryl Johnson and her TNT sportscaster husband, Ernie, say they've had a blessed life, due in no small part to a decision they made back in 1991.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his nominee to lead the Labor Department.