U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante in New Hampshire had paused his own decision to allow for the Trump administration to appeal, but with no appeal filed in the last week his order went into effect.

Paulette Jiles, a horse-riding poet and historical novelist who evoked the grit and grandeur of the American West in “News of the World,” died at 82. A fossil of a young carnivorous dinosaur fetched over $30 million at Sotheby’s. The auction house had estimated its value at $4 million to $6 million.

The Supreme Court cleared the way for mass Education Department layoffs, bolstering President Donald Trump’s federal workforce cuts while legal battles continue.

Justices, in a 5-1 decision, said an alternative requested by voting-rights groups for a North Florida district would violate the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause because it would involve racial gerrymandering.

The case centers around fees students paid for services that were not provided during the COVID-19 campus shutdown in 2020.

The Indiana Supreme Court will once again hear a misconduct charge against Attorney General Todd Rokita -- also tied to his 2022 abortion comments.

"The 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court will decide what they want and then try to rationalize it," one First Amendment advocate told Newsweek.

The chief judge cited a litany of examples, including docket errors in felony cases that led to the unlawful arrest of one woman and the unlawful release of another.