Black Mississippi voters score win in battle against redistricting plan
(CN) — A federal judge in Mississippi largely upheld a Voting Rights Act challenge to DeSoto County’s 2022 redistricting plan Tuesday, finding plaintiffs in the case easily demonstrated key elements...
View ArticleJudge rules Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil’s case belongs in federal, not...
(CN) — A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday shored up his determination that he has jurisdiction to decide the fate of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia University graduate facing deportation...
View ArticleMimi Haley denies flirting with Harvey Weinstein in NY rape trial redux
MANHATTAN (CN) — Miriam “Mimi” Haley on Tuesday bucked claims by defense attorneys that she was “flirty” with Harvey Weinstein throughout their working relationship in 2006, when Haley claims that...
View ArticleGiant croc-like predators once ruled the Caribbean
(CN) — Millions of years ago, the Caribbean wasn’t the peaceful island chain we think of today. It was a hunting ground for giant, land-roaming predators built more like sprinting greyhounds than the...
View ArticleBlack female WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receives congressional honor
WASHINGTON (AP) — The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight,” were honored Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a...
View ArticlePharmacy rep challenges conviction in $60M kickback scheme
(CN) — A pharmaceutical marketer who was convicted of participating in a $60 million health care fraud scheme told a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel Tuesday that he had done nothing illegal,...
View ArticleWisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, saying Tuesday that it is in the public interest to relieve her of her duties...
View ArticleDecision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits
In pain so bad he couldn’t stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had kidney cancer that thankfully...
View ArticleIssue of predators in rural California has become unbearable
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California Assemblymember Heather Hadwick said Tuesday morning she’d ask opponents to her bill how to address the bear problem if they voted down her legislation. Hours...
View ArticleGoogle warns of data security risks if Chrome is sold off
WASHINGTON (CN) — Google began its defense Tuesday in the landmark antitrust trial over the tech giant’s dominance in internet search, with a long-time Google executive warning that the government’s...
View ArticleClimate change is making coffee more expensive. Tariffs likely will too
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — With her purple-and-pink hair swaying, Reneé Colón stands on a stepladder in the rented corner of a warehouse, pouring Brazilian coffee beans into her groaning old roasting...
View ArticleMinnesota Supreme Court says exposing breasts is fine if it isn’t sexual
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CN) — A Minnesota woman will have her indecent exposure conviction overturned after the state’s Supreme Court said Wednesday that her actions in the case do not constitute a sexual...
View ArticleThe home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX could become an official Texas city called...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk has for years made Texas a business home and playground, launching rockets, building cars, and dreaming about creating a utopian enclave for his workers on the rural...
View ArticleMimi Haley tells jury that Harvey Weinstein sexually abused her
MANHATTAN (CN) — Miriam “Mimi” Haley considered screaming “rape” when Harvey Weinstein started forcibly performing oral sex on her from his apartment in 2006, she told a Manhattan jury on Wedensday....
View ArticleCalifornia advances bill to permanently fund solution to homelessness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Upon returning to his district after the week’s legislative session, California Assemblymember Mike Gipson went searching for his godson. He’d find him at a crack house in...
View ArticleJudge slams Apple for violating App Store antitrust injunction
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Apple willfully violated the terms of a 2021 injunction meant to curb anticompetitive conduct with respect to in-app and out-of-app...
View ArticleColorado judge won’t block state pot regulator over black market synthetic...
DENVER (CN) — A Denver judge denied an injunction on Wednesday requested by a cannabis cultivator that would have directed Colorado’s marijuana regulatory agency to ramp up testing for black market...
View ArticleSenate absences torpedo rejection of Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON (CN) — Senate Republican leadership on Wednesday successfully defeated a bipartisan measure that would have represented yet another congressional rejection of the Donald Trump...
View ArticleNorth Carolina moves to cut government diversity initiatives
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — The North Carolina House passed a measure tackling diversity initiatives and hiring in state and local government on Wednesday after hours of pushback from Democrats. The move...
View ArticleGoogle CEO warns feds’ antitrust remedies could crush search engine
WASHINGTON (CN) — Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified Wednesday in the antitrust trial over the tech giant’s search monopoly that the Justice Department’s proposed remedies could crush Google Search....
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