Judge tosses LA’s second lawsuit against journalist over police headshots
LOS ANGELES (CN) — For 29-year-old freelance journalist Ben Camacho, it’s two legal victories in two days. On Monday, the city of Los Angeles agreed to drop its lawsuit against Camacho and a nonprofit...
View ArticleTexas Public Utility Commission
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court reversed an appellate courts ruling against the Public Utility Commission in this case brought by an energy company who challenged the commission’s order to set...
View ArticleTrial reveals concealed evidence
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View ArticleWater experts encourage partnerships to address climate change
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Water experts say that officials must work closely with communities to efficiently manage groundwater systems amid climate change — despite growing animosity among landowners....
View ArticleVirginia Republican congressional primary too close to call
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — The Republican House primary between House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good and state legislator John McGuire is too close to call and may require a recount. “Typically in primaries...
View ArticleExonerated after 44 years
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Court of Appeals grants a writ of actual innocence, vacating the murder, forcible sodomy and abduction convictions for Marvin Leon Grimm, Jr., who was convicted in 1976...
View ArticleSnapchat reaches $15 million settlement over gender discrimination,...
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Snapchat agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit from California’s Civil Rights Department claiming that the social media company allowed discrimination, harassment and...
View ArticleGenetic variant helps stave off early-onset Alzheimer’s, could hold key to...
(CN) — Millions of people around the world live with Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists don’t exactly know why people get it, but a study published Wednesday suggests that a rare genetic variation not...
View ArticleGun rights groups target New Jersey’s ‘one gun a month’ law in federal suit
(CN) — A trio of gun rights groups are taking aim at New Jersey for its firearm permitting regime, which they claim is “onerous, unconstitutional and ahistorical.” In a lawsuit filed late Tuesday...
View ArticleChicago curfew up in the air; experts debate its effectiveness
CHICAGO (CN) — The Chicago City Council on June 12 delayed voting on an ordinance that would establish a curfew for unaccompanied minors. The measure was proposed in response to a violent attack on a...
View ArticleACLU vows to sue as Louisiana becomes first state to require posting Ten...
BATON ROUGE (CN) — The Ten Commandments soon must be placed visibly in every classroom across Louisiana, the first state to adopt such legislation after Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed House...
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The legacy of Amelia Earhart lives in the Kansas town where she was born
(CN) — In a small Kansas city on the banks of the Missouri River, it’s hard to escape the legacy of Amelia Earhart. In Atchison, a city of 11,000 in the northeast of the state, there’s the Amelia...
View ArticleCalifornia self-checkout bill passes committee, continues legislative trek
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A bill that would require California grocery stores to have an employee for every two self-checkout machines, and limit customers to 15 items at those points, passed yet...
View ArticlePrivacy for stalker?
PITTSBURGH — A federal court in Pennsylvania granted the Department of Energy’s motion to dismiss a former employee’s claim that his private information was improperly shared after he resigned from his...
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Oakland celebrates Juneteenth amid attacks on education about Black history
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Residents of Oakland, California, commemorated Juneteenth in celebrations with dancing and cooking, and conversations about preserving civil rights and remembering Black...
View ArticleHomeowners can’t hold Michigan counties liable for dam collapse
CINCINNATI (CN) — Less than a week after a class of homeowners argued to reinstate Fifth Amendment unlawful takings claims for property damage sustained in the 2020 Edenville Dam collapse, a Sixth...
View ArticleAdirondack herbicide
ADIRONDACKS, N.Y. — Groups that work to protect Lake George sued environmental regulators over a plan to add an experimental herbicide to the large freshwater lake, which has grappled for years with...
View ArticleTrump demands recusal of NY judge who handed down $450+ million civil fraud...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Donald Trump on Thursday demanded the recusal of the judge who oversaw his New York civil fraud trial, citing what he claimed were “prohibited communications” with a third party that...
View ArticleFeds win temporary block of California policy restricting facial hair for...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The feds have won the first round in a battle over facial-hair religious exemptions for California correctional officers, as the United States seeking to stop the state from...
View ArticleCalifornia judge grants injunction in water conveyance project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A Sacramento County judge on Thursday ruled in favor of several water districts and local governments over California’s planned delta tunnel project that would divert water...
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