Second Circuit lifts order that kept Amazon from firing unionizing workers
MANHATTAN (CN) — A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel found on Wednesday that a Brooklyn judge abused her discretion when she issued a cease and desist order that prevented Amazon from firing...
View ArticleTop California insurance official reveals latest changes for industry
LOS ANGELES (CN) — California’s insurance commissioner on Wednesday said his office is pushing forward with regulatory reform, pointing to new requirements he said will lead to more policies in...
View ArticleChicago settles wrongful conviction lawsuits for $50 million
CHICAGO (CN) — The Chicago city council voted Wednesday to pay $50 million to four Black men who wrongly spent decades behind bars. It’s one of the most expensive police misconduct cases the city has...
View ArticleSenate GOP blocks Supreme Court ethics bill
WASHINGTON (CN) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday successfully spiked a Democrat-led bill that would have forced the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt an enforceable code of ethics, but the legislative push...
View ArticleBiden administration faces lawsuit over anti-asylum rule
WASHINGTON (CN) — A coalition of immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s executive order that effectively bars most people illegally crossing the southern U.S....
View ArticleEx-Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr., potential first-round NBA draft pick,...
(AP) — Former Illinois standout Terrence Shannon Jr., a potential first-round NBA draft pick, was found not guilty Thursday on a rape charge after a jury in Douglas County, Kansas, spent less than two...
View ArticleElon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders have voted to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year. Vote totals weren’t immediately...
View ArticleNorth Carolina voters claim redrawn maps deny them fair elections
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — A three-judge panel was urged to find Thursday that North Carolina citizens have a constitutional right to “fair” elections following controversial redistricting that occurred in...
View ArticleNo immunity for sheriff
LAKE CHARLES, La. — A Louisiana sheriff did not win immunity against the negligent hiring and supervision claims he’s facing after a male deputy was criminally charged with raping a female pretrial...
View ArticlePresident Biden says he won’t offer commutation to his son Hunter after gun...
FASANO, Italy (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction...
View ArticleUkrainian winemakers visit California’s Napa Valley to learn how to heal...
RUTHERFORD, Calif. (AP) — As the head of an association of winemakers in southern Ukraine, Georgiy Molchanov knows a lot about how to cultivate grapes; not so much how to grow them amid undetonated...
View ArticleEx-LA County sheriff sues officials over placement on ‘do not hire’ list
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, the divisive official who was perennially at odds with most of the leading politicians in the region throughout his four years in...
View ArticleWitness claims Guo Wengui flaunted his wealth to supporters: ‘He’s just a liar’
MANHATTAN (CN) — The list of Guo Wengui’s purported fraud victims continues to grow as the trial of the exiled Chinese businessman extends into its third week of testimony. Minran Ru, a New Jersey...
View ArticleIn class action, Apple employees say tech giant pays women less for same work
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Two women, both of whom have worked for Apple for more than a decade, are suing the tech giant, saying the company systematically pays and rewards women less for performing the...
View ArticleCalifornia Senate passes bill prohibiting ‘forced outing’ of students
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Years ago, when California state Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman was in high school, the principal called her father about her boyfriend. The person she was dating was Black,...
View ArticleFirst red flag warning of season issued for area around California capital
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A red flag warning — the first of the season — will go into effect for most of the Sacramento, California, Valley and Sierra foothills late Saturday. A combination of gusty...
View ArticleThe RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it...
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Republican National Committee on Friday launched a swing state initiative to mobilize thousands of polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as...
View ArticleDemolition of the Parkland classroom building where 17 died in 2018 shooting...
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A large excavator stretched to the top floor of the three-story building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, punching its...
View ArticleTrooper with checkered FBI past convicted of child rape in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former FBI agent was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper — a law enforcement job he landed even after he was...
View ArticleUnsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris’ Seine River less than 2 months...
PARIS (AP) — Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to...
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