At Supreme Court, charter schools trapped in tug-of-war between church and state
WASHINGTON (CN) — Next week, the most pro-religion Supreme Court in history will consider if the Catholic Church can open the nation’s first religious charter school in Oklahoma. St. Isidore of...
View ArticleJustice Department to resume issuing subpoenas to journalists as part of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is poised to crack down on leaks of information to the news media, authorizing prosecutors to issue subpoenas to news organizations as part of leak...
View ArticleTampering with air monitoring devices
ERIE, Penn. — A federal court in Pennsylvania denied an industrial coke facility’s efforts to dismiss the federal government’s indictment alleging the corporation violated the Clean Air Act. The feds...
View ArticleGrill shocker
CHICAGO — The manufacturer of Char-Broil smoker grills couldn’t dodge class fraud and warranty claims brought by customers who said their grills were shocking them. The customers brought enough...
View ArticleThousands gather in New Mexico for the largest powwow in North America
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of people are gathering in New Mexico for a celebration showcasing Native American and Indigenous dancers, musicians and artisans from around the world. Billed by...
View Article‘Yellowjackets’ creators beat copyright lawsuit by makers of soccer survival...
LOS ANGELES (CN) — The producers and creators of Showtime’s hit series “Yellowjackets” have prevailed in a copyright lawsuit brought by the makers of “Eden,” a survival thriller about a U.S. men’s...
View ArticleOregon tribe spars with power company over fishing platform at center of land...
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — A Portland utility company and an Oregon tribe painted contrasting pictures about the events leading up to the construction of a ceremonial fishing platform beneath Willamette...
View ArticleEEOC hold-up
BOSTON — The First Circuit found that, because a technical glitch delayed a discrimination plaintiff from accessing his EEOC right-to-sue letter, the 90-day period for filing his suit was also delayed...
View ArticleAs immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America’s oldest...
MIAMI (AP) — As hundreds of migrants crowded into the Krome Detention Center in Miami on the edge of the Florida Everglades, a palpable fear of an uprising set in among its staff. As President Donald...
View ArticleUS visit by far-right Israeli minister draws tense protests and ‘big...
NEW YORK (AP) — Far-right Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was speaking to a small crowd at a Manhattan steakhouse Thursday afternoon when a Brooklyn man, who had been hiding in a bathroom...
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