After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to...
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants...
View ArticleMenendez bribery trial witness details Egyptian halal beef monopoly scheme
MANHATTAN (CN) — A scheme to control Islamic certification of U.S. meat imported to Egypt took the spotlight on Friday at Senator Bob Menendez’s bribery and corruption trial in New York federal court....
View ArticleMan kills 2 officers at police station in Malaysia in a suspected Jemaah...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A man stormed a police station in Malaysia and killed two police officers early Friday in what’s being investigated as a Jemaah Islamiyah terror attack. The man also...
View ArticleNot guilty verdict in Honolulu corruption case
HONOLULU (CN) — A federal jury on Friday found former Honolulu prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro, businessman Dennis Mitsunaga and co-defendants not guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and...
View ArticleReligious health care sharing group challenges Colorado Division of...
DENVER (CN) — A health care sharing ministry sued the Colorado Division of Insurance in federal court on Friday arguing that new reporting requirements violate the religious institution’s ability to...
View ArticleGreat Lakes saw record low ice coverage in 2023-24
CHICAGO (CN) — Ice coverage on the Great Lakes hit record lows this past winter, researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory...
View ArticleVirginia governor ends legislative cycle with more vetoes
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin added to his record number of vetoes on Friday with just hours to spare. Youngkin had until 11:59 p.m. Friday to act on the remaining bills, or...
View ArticleBiden touts help for vets exposed to toxic burn pits
(CN) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has granted 1 million claims from people who developed health issues after exposure to burn pits and toxic chemicals while on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan,...
View ArticleBiden administration announces sale of nearly a million barrels of gasoline...
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Biden administration is selling nearly one million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast oil reserve to try lowering prices for the summer. The barrels, from sites in New Jersey...
View ArticleAI and the future of democracy key concerns for American Bar Association leader
OMAHA, Neb. (CN) — Artificial intelligence is changing the legal profession, but American Bar Association president Mary Smith said it can never replace key traits required to be a good lawyer. “At...
View ArticleAbortion foe seeks First Amendment immunity for ‘abortion reversal’ offers
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — An anti-abortion nonprofit told a California judge Tuesday the Golden State’s protection of the rights to reproductive health care gives it the First Amendment right to offer...
View ArticleDemocrats propose ban on officials receiving payments from foreign...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit U.S. officials from accepting money, payments or gifts from foreign governments without congressional consent, their...
View ArticleMenendez co-defendant instructed lawyer to pay off senator’s wife’s mortgage,...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Senator Bob Menendez’s purported co-conspirator directed his legal counsel to pay off the New Jersey Democrat’s then-girlfriend’s mortgage loan as part of a bribery scheme, a witness...
View ArticleDC transit authority ban on controversial ads found to violate First Amendment
WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday in favor of a Christian nonprofit in a First Amendment suit against Washington’s transit authority, blocking a policy that prohibited the group’s ad...
View ArticleDOJ adds Oklahoma to the list of states it’s suing to block their immigration...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice sued Oklahoma on Tuesday seeking to block a law that seeks to impose criminal penalties on those living in the state illegally. The lawsuit in...
View ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court ponders gig driver exemption from labor law
(CN) — The California Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments from a group of Uber and Lyft drivers backed by the Service Employees International Union who are challenging Proposition 22, the...
View ArticleLawsuit says ex-Officer Chauvin kneeled on woman’s neck, just as he did when...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former employee sued the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday, alleging ex-police Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January...
View ArticleMemphis judge spares Graceland from auction block
(CN) — A looming foreclosure sale at Graceland, Elvis Presley’s iconic Memphis mansion, was suspended by a Shelby County Judge Wednesday, days after Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough claimed...
View ArticleCalifornia Senate advances ‘Safer California Plan’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The California Senate on Wednesday passed a swath of bills dubbed the Safer California Plan, an attempt to address the fentanyl and retail theft crises roiling the state. The...
View ArticleBrazil’s flooded south sees first deaths from disease, as experts warn of...
SÃO PAULO (AP) — The first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease were reported in southern Brazil, where floodwaters were slowly receding, and health authorities warned additional fatalities...
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