Prior convictions alone don’t justify a search
WAUSAU, Wis. — An appeals court in Wisconsin ruled that a motorist’s prior drug convictions do not give a police officer reasonable suspicion to search their vehicle. A woman was convicted of...
View ArticleYard waste fire went out of control
CINCINNATI — A landscaping company in Ohio did not secure summary judgment in its dispute with a homeowner’s insurer, which sued the landscaper for negligence after the landscaper burned yard waste on...
View ArticleUS denies entry to French scientist over ‘hateful’ messages
PARIS (AFP) — France has expressed concern after U.S. border agents read the contents of a visiting French space scientist’s smartphone and deported him after accusing him of “hateful” messages...
View ArticleDamages diminished to avoid double recovery
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a law firm sued for negligence may have its $10,000 jury verdict reduced by about $1,500. The law firm had transferred $10,000 in proceeds...
View ArticleHamas fires at Tel Aviv in first riposte to deadly Israel assault
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AFP) — Hamas said it fired rockets at Israeli commercial hub Tel Aviv on Thursday in its first military response to the growing civilian death toll from Israel’s resumption of...
View ArticleMan who violated probation by threatening CIA official challenges...
DENVER (CN) — A Colorado man asked the 10th Circuit on Thursday to review the sentencing scheme that landed him in jail for three years, after he violated probation by sending a threatening email to a...
View ArticleHow one thing leads to another
More than a century ago, my Opa learned how to cure syphilis, without resorting to mercury, which was as bad as the disease. It happened like this. Julius B. Kahn was a young chemist when The Great...
View ArticleEU leaders struggle to firm up rearmament plans, Ukraine aid
(CN) — The European Union’s big plans to rearm, defend Ukraine to the hilt and turn the 27-nation bloc into a military superpower were in trouble Friday. A Brussels summit of European leaders ended...
View ArticleAmazon dodges some claims
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View ArticleSupreme Court rebukes Genovese crime family associate, finding attempted...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Whether attempted murder rose to a crime of violence split the Supreme Court 7-2 on Friday, with the majority finding that an associate of the infamous Genovese crime family...
View ArticleJury instruction cost kids’ fire damage award
DENVER — A Colorado jury ruled in favor of a family whose two children were injured during a townhouse fire — their mother pushed them out of a second-story window before jumping to safety herself —...
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When 64 is too late: Refusal to roll back retirement age enrages France
MARSEILLE, France (CN) — French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s fragile “conclave” — the group of unions and political parties tasked with rethinking the nation’s controversial pension reforms — is...
View ArticlePreferred pronoun policy upheld
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Greek Orthodox mother’s free exercise and due process lawsuit against an upstate New York school district was dismissed in federal court. She says the school allowed her...
View ArticleLas Vegas schools struggle amid sagging grades, funding woes
LAS VEGAS (CN) — Las Vegas resident Ben Sobanski sees a night-and-day difference in his children’s educational experiences. His two youngest are thriving at Don and Dee Snyder Elementary School, part...
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Iconic steamship to take final voyage to sea floor
(CN) — For 17 years from 1952 to 1969, the SS United States transported more than 1 million passengers on more than 800 transatlantic voyages, racking up enough miles to make 120 trips around the...
View ArticleSynonym showdown shut down in debt collection case
WASHINGTON (CN) — False means not true but not misleading, the Supreme Court ruled Friday, unanimously deciding to give a Chicago man another shot at overturning federal charges of making false claims...
View ArticleTired of huge losses, investors settle for minor gains
MANHATTAN (CN) — Wall Street broke a four-week losing streak, posting meager returns after encouragement from the Federal Reserve that interest rate cuts are still coming. Wall Street ended the week...
View ArticleTrump can’t cut teacher training grants, appeals court rules
(CN) — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s Department of Education cannot slash congressionally approved funds to teacher training grants unless a lower court deems...
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Federal judge grills Trump admin over deportation flights, compliance with...
WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge on Friday suggested that the Donald Trump administration had ordered a mass deportation of Venezuelan migrants “in the dark” to delay legal scrutiny, as he reviewed...
View ArticleTuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a...
NEW YORK (AP) — Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from...
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