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• October 30, 2025

  Legal Aid Of NC Shutters 2nd Office Amid $6M Funding Freeze

  Legal Aid of North Carolina has shut down a second office in one of the state's poorest counties in response to a freeze on more than $6 million in grant assistance the nonprofit gets from the North Carolina Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts, or NC IOLTA — its second-largest funding source.

• October 29, 2025

  NYC Sued Over 'Voyeuristic' Police Surveillance System

  A Brooklyn couple has filed a federal lawsuit alleging New York City uses a "voyeuristic" police surveillance system on all visitors and residents, which includes two police cameras that are aimed at the couple's bedroom and living room windows.

• October 28, 2025

  26 AGs Sue USDA Over Suspension Of Nutrition Benefits

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown is an abuse of discretion that threatens to take food away from millions of people, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by 25 states and the District of Columbia.

• October 27, 2025

  Ga. State Judge Wrongly Jailed Woman, Suit Alleges

  An Alabama woman has claimed that a Georgia state judge violated her constitutional rights by improperly jailing her when she was a witness in the judge's courtroom, a move that came as a state commission is seeking the judge's removal from the bench over that and other alleged misconduct.

• October 23, 2025

  Alabama Carries Out 7th Nitrogen Gas Execution

  The state of Alabama executed a man through nitrogen gas suffocation Thursday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene, marking the state's seventh execution using the controversial method that an increasing number of states have adopted in recent years.

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