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Mike Tomlin is the longtime head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers , and he’s famous for delivering short, memorable one-liners in press conferences. (Steelers fans call them “ Tomlinisms .”) After the Steelers and Ravens played a chaotic, down-to-the-wire game that ended on a missed last-second field goal that sent the Steelers into the playoffs and ended the Ravens' season, a reporter asked Tomlin to put into words how razor-thin the margin was between season over and kee

Recently, a federal grand jury has twice declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on federal mortgage fraud charges. Before those two grand jury “no” votes, an earlier indictment had already been thrown out because the judge ruled that the lead federal prosecutor was unlawfully appointed. In other words, the original case was dismissed before it ever reached a trial. If you are a Criminal Law or Criminal Procedure student, or studying for the bar exam, you

President Trump recently issued broad, unconditional pardons to dozens of allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election , including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, and several alleged “fake electors,” for any federal offenses arising from those events. The proclamation, posted by the Office of the Pardon Attorney, explicitly states that the pardon does not apply to Trump himself. Set the politics aside for a moment. For bar examinees, this is

A museum. A freight elevator. And a seven-minute getaway. You read that right. This morning, in a scene that could’ve been ripped straight from Ocean’s 11½ , a crew of thieves pulled off a seven-minute heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris . They used a freight elevator bolted to a truck, angle grinders, and chain saws to smash their way into the Apollo Gallery—the home of the French Crown Jewels. They threatened guards, smashed cases, grabbed jewels once worn by queens, and zi

LeBron James recently sent the sports world into a frenzy with what he called “The Second Decision.” Fans and media speculated for days. Was he finally retiring? Changing teams ... again? The buzz built until the reveal: “The Second Decision.” wasn't not a basketball announcement at all, but a new advertising campaign with Hennessy . Some fans felt duped, particularly those who paid premium prices to attend what they believed might be LeBron’s final game. One California resid

When the news broke recently that The Mandalorian actress Gina Carano (who played Cara Dune in the Disney+ series) had settled her...

From time to time, real-world headlines offer a natural opportunity to revisit foundational legal principles. This series draws on those...

Today, we mourn the loss of an absolute icon— Ozzy Osbourne . The world knew him as the frontman of Black Sabbath , the godfather of...

If you’ve been buried in bar prep, or just living under a rock, you might have missed one of the summer’s wildest viral stories. At a...

Yesterday in Anaheim, A’s rookie Denzel Clarke scaled the wall and pulled off what ESPN dubbed a “home-run robbery.” It was an incredible...