A divided federal appeals court on Thursday said California's first-of-its-kind law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks to buy ammunition is unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the state’s efforts to combat gun violence.

Robert Roberson asked Texas’ highest criminal appeals court to thwart his October execution date so the panel can weigh new evidence in the “shaken baby” case,

The news outlet wanted the court to overturn a three-judge panel's June 6 ruling not to let AP back into the events until merits of the news organization's lawsuit against Trump was decided. But the court on Tuesday declined to hear that appeal.

Former Trump attorney Emil Bove's appeals court nomination moved forward Tuesday, despite Democratic concerns and one Republican breaking ranks in the Senate vote.

A state appeals court says Dallas still can't enforce City Council-approved restrictions on where short-term rental properties listed on Airbnb, Vrbo