Sixth Circuit greenlights pipeline in Tennessee
CINCINNATI (CN) — Tennessee officials followed federal regulations when they approved a natural-gas pipeline project in Middle Tennessee, the Sixth Circuit ruled Friday. Two separate but similar...
View ArticleTexas AG sues San Antonio over funding for abortion travel
(CN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the city of San Antonio on Friday, accusing the municipality of undermining Texas law through a fund that could help people travel out...
View ArticleNew York Times pushes for improved public access in Google monopoly remedy trial
WASHINGTON (CN) — In a court filing Friday, The New York Times slammed the Justice Department and Google’s “lip service” to public access in a looming remedy trial over the tech giant’s internet...
View ArticleStudy shows oxygen levels dropping in rivers, lakes and streams
(CN) — Inland waters like rivers, lakes, streams and reservoirs need oxygen to survive, just like we do, but oxygen levels have dropped dramatically since 1900, researchers warn. The reason? Human...
View ArticleFederal judge rejects government’s bid to shirk refugee resettlement...
SEATTLE (CN) — A federal judge in Seattle denied the Trump administration’s latest attempt to sidestep a court order demanding it maintain the country’s refugee resettlement program pending appeal....
View ArticleUniversity of Oregon women athletes prevail over motions seeking to scuttle...
EUGENE, Ore. (CN) — A putative federal class action filed by women student-athletes at the University of Oregon survived a motion to dismiss on Friday, and their Title IX claims that male counterparts...
View ArticleJudge tosses Hawaii corruption trial witness’ pay-for-prosecution civil suit
HONOLULU (CN) — An architect that was the center of Honolulu city prosecutor’s federal corruption trial was dealt a blow in her civil suit against the prosecutor and her former employers, whom she...
View ArticleClass action claims that ZzzQuil is habit forming will continue
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Nearly one-third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. But what could a good night’s sleep cost you in the long run? Such are the issues at stake in a suit filed by customers who...
View ArticleCommercial flights at airport in San Diego County to continue pending lawsuit...
SAN DIEGO (CN) — American Airlines flights will continue to land at Carlsbad, California’s McClellan-Palomar Airport after a judge on Friday refused to grant a citizen group’s motion to halt...
View ArticleLA County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said Friday. The agreement, which...
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