Judge skeptical of multi-faith coalition effort to block ICE raids on places...
WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge on Friday seemed unconvinced that she could block the Trump administration’s policy reversal that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to freely enter...
View ArticleBritish police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault
LONDON (AP) — British police on Friday charged Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault following an 18-month investigation sparked when four women alleged they had been assaulted by the...
View ArticleNinth Circuit revives lawsuit over California school’s transgender policy
(CN) — The Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court’s ruling dismissing a complaint over a California school district using a student’s preferred pronouns without telling a parent, remanding the...
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60K disputed North Carolina ballots may be thrown out if not cured
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday ruled in favor of a Republican judge challenging more than 60,000 ballots cast in his race. The court directed the state board of...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza as ground troops enter Palestinian...
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes killed more than a dozen people in the Gaza Strip early Friday, as Israel sent more ground troops into the Palestinian territory to ramp up its offensive...
View ArticleChevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in...
POINTE À LA HACHE, La. (AP) — Oil company Chevron must pay at least $740 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark...
View ArticleJudge refuses to stay postponement order protecting 350,000 Venezuelans with...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to circumvent a previous order protecting 350,000 Venezuelan migrants under temporary protected status from...
View ArticleSixth 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...
View ArticleDozens dead in Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — The death toll from an early-morning roof collapse at a Dominican Republic night club Tuesday rose to 44, officials said, as rescuers continued searching for...
View ArticleInsulin maker Novo Nordisk challenges Medicare drug price negotiations
PITTSBURGH (CN) — Bashing a Biden-era law that gives Medicare the power to directly negotiate the price of certain high-cost prescription drugs, an attorney for the pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk...
View ArticleNew Hampshire law against ‘woke indoctrination’ of students goes to First...
BOSTON (CN) — A New Hampshire law designed to prevent public school students from being taught “woke” ideas went before the First Circuit Tuesday, with a three-judge panel firing tough questions at...
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