A grisly series of hyper-realistic "skin" sculptures depict fallen gangsters and the horrors of gang violence. These images of "flayed animal skins turned into rugs" are the work of Mexican artist Renato Garza Cervera. He calls the project .....»»

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- One of New Jersey's top pork roll makers is being sued by the wife of an employee who she says was fired for passing too much gas in the office.........»»

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge has thrown out a baseball fan's $10 million defamation lawsuit claiming that ESPN announcers poked fun at him after he dozed off during a New York Yankees game against the Boston Red Sox......»»

(Reuters) - A rare crested macaque monkey who snapped a well-known, grinning "selfie" should be declared the photo's owner and receive damages for copyright infringement after it was used in a wildlife book, animal rights activists argued in a federal law.....»»

A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists contend in a novel lawsuit filed Tuesday. A macaque mon.....»»

A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists contend in a novel lawsuit filed Tuesday.........»»

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio church has filed a federal lawsuit against a strip club citing a statute used by abortion clinics against demonstrators, in the latest in a decade of protests, counter protests, suits and countersuits between the church and t.....»»

A Days Inn employee said her boss instructed her to flip a mattress rather than replace it after she reported a guest died in the bed, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit.  The suit, filed July 30 by a dozen former motel employees against Ta.....»»

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The lyrics of a more than 40-year-old strip-mining protest song still amount to fighting words in Wyoming, where a lawsuit pits environmentalists against one of the nation's largest coal mining companies.........»»

VICTORY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Here's a way to boost interest in local government: potato salad.........»»

MONTREAL (Reuters) - An industrial contamination lawsuit brought a quarter century ago has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada, bringing an end to a case dating as far back as 1924 that involved black tar so sticky that horses caught in its grip.....»»

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A lawyer for Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil says the rocker got back his social media passwords after suing a consultant he hired and accusing her of posting online without his consent.........»»

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katy Perry is caught in a property dispute between a group of elderly nuns and the Los Angeles Archdiocese over who owns a hilltop convent overlooking Hollywood. The singer is named in a recent lawsuit over the scenic property in the .....»»

A mysterious and malicious potato saboteur has terrified the farmers of Prince Edward Island, Canada, by placing pins, needles and nails into their prized tubers. As PEI spends millions on metal detectors, the PEI Potato Board is offering 500,000 Canadi.....»»

The Salvation Army's charitable image is being challenged in a big way. A woman in Roanoke, Virginia, is suing the organization in federal court for sexual harassment, claiming she was told that she was too attractive to work there. Lisa McKinley told l.....»»

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he walked into an unlocked home, stole car keys and stunned a resident who found him baking a potato and raking leaves.........»»

The West Virginia parent of an aspiring veterinarian filed a lawsuit on May 12 alleging local, state and federal officials propagated a "religious faith" by teaching his daughter evolution. In the lawsuit, the man petitions the U.S. district court to decl.....»»

NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City man whose first name is God has settled a lawsuit with a credit reporting agency that had refused to recognize his name as legitimate. Under the agreement reached in Brooklyn federal court this week, Equifax will enter Go.....»»

NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City man whose first name is God has settled a lawsuit with a credit reporting agency that had refused to recognize his name as legitimate.........»»

Chronic migraines and a concussion were among the injuries sustained by a Calgary woman who was struck by a wayward umbrella, a $570,000 lawsuit claims. Chronic migraines and a concussion were among the injuries sustained by a Calgary woman who was str.....»»