Former Michigan House leader and wife charged with misusing political funds
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and...
View ArticleHouse panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — China is fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials that are used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country, according...
View ArticleExperts urge swift congressional action to combat election deepfakes
WASHINGTON (CN) — With a presidential election just months away, threats of disinformation supercharged by artificial intelligence technology — but particularly deepfakes — are more apparent than...
View ArticleNew York abortion coverage mandate challenged at state’s high court
ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) — The New York Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday on whether a state law that requires group health insurance plans to cover “medically necessary abortions” infringes the free...
View ArticleSan Diego County must face claims over ‘subpar’ crime lab that led to...
(CN) — A California woman who spent almost 20 years in prison after she was wrongfully convicted of killing her husband can seek to hold San Diego County liable for the shoddy work by the San Diego...
View ArticleCalifornia legislative committee opts against advancing clergy sex crime bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The issue of consent turned into a sticking point for a California bill that would have created the crime of sexual exploitation by a member of the clergy, with a key...
View ArticleGeorgia prosecutors renew challenge of a law they say undermines their authority
(AP) — Three district attorneys in Georgia have renewed their challenge of a commission created to discipline and remove state prosecutors, arguing it violates the U.S. and Georgia constitutions....
View ArticleUS complains of worker rights violations at Mexican call center
MEXICO CITY (CN) — A U.S. federal agency on Tuesday requested a panel to review the labor situation at a Mexican call center accused of union-busting activities. The initial complaint, brought in...
View Article2023 was a record year for wind installations as world ramps up clean energy,...
(AP) — The world installed 117 gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2023, a 50% increase from the year before, making it the best year for new wind projects on record, according to a new report by...
View ArticleRetired general ties Abu Ghraib torture to civilian contractors
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) — A former Army general testified Tuesday that a civilian contractor directed military police personnel to abuse detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003....
View ArticleLawmakers push DOJ to end disenfranchisement of US territories
WASHINGTON (CN) — A group of lawmakers on Wednesday renewed calls on the Justice Department to disavow a series of century-old Supreme Court rulings that they say have long made residents of U.S....
View ArticleNew study calculates climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38...
(AP) — Climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for...
View ArticleVirginia legislature and governor agree to kick the can on state budget
RICHMOND, Va. (CN)—In hopes of preventing a rock fight, Virginia Democratic and Republican leadership agreed on Wednesday to start the state’s budgeting process from scratch. “I think this is a very...
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Arizona Republicans scuttle Democrats’ attempt to repeal Civil War-era...
PHOENIX (CN) — Arizona House Democrats were thwarted Wednesday morning in their attempt to repeal a 160-year-old abortion ban, but they may have another shot next week. Just one week after the state...
View ArticleQuestions abound in case of contamination of Sacramento River tributary
PARADISE, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge denied summary judgment to a California nonprofit that accuses a solid waste facility in Butte County of allowing contaminants to seep out of its facility and...
View ArticleLawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice...
(AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, a source with...
View ArticlePlan to ban plastic grocery bags clears first hurdle in California Senate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A bill that would prohibit plastic bags in California grocery stores and steer people to paper or reusable bags passed its first legislative committee hearing on Wednesday....
View ArticleDOJ announces new crime gun intelligence center in Chicago
CHICAGO (CN) — The U.S. Justice Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced the launch of a new gun crime-focused law enforcement office on Wednesday,...
View ArticleHawaii authorities vow swift investigation into wildfire while releasing...
HONOLULU (CN) — Hawaii’s attorney general focused in a Wednesday conference on the timeline of the events prior to, during and immediately following the devastating Lahaina wildfires that destroyed...
View ArticleSalmon advocates sue to defund hatcheries in the Lower Columbia River Basin
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — Conservationists in the Pacific Northwest who are trying to prevent the extinction of wild salmon and reduce harm to endangered Southern Resident killer whales claims in a...
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