DOJ begins dropping Capitol riot obstruction charges following SCOTUS decision
WASHINGTON (CN) — Federal prosecutors have begun dropping obstruction charges from the cases of certain Capitol riot defendants in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limiting the Justice...
View ArticleSupreme Court blocks Texas execution, allows inmate to fight for DNA testing
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court blocked a Texas execution on Tuesday, allowing an inmate to continue his decade-old fight for DNA testing to challenge his death sentence for the 1998 murder of a...
View ArticleElon Musk says California ‘forced outing’ law spurred plan to move SpaceX, X...
(CN) — Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday rebuked this week’s passage of a California bill that prohibits the forced outing of students to their parents by schools, saying he’ll move the headquarters of...
View ArticleGOP on the offense at second night of Republican National Convention
MILWAUKEE (CN) — Calls for national unity following an attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump fell fully by the wayside at the Republican National Convention Tuesday evening, as...
View ArticleGeorgia appeals court sets post-election hearing date for Trump election...
ATLANTA (CN) — The Georgia Court of Appeals said on Tuesday that it will hear oral arguments Dec. 5 on the appeal seeking to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the...
View ArticleBiden considering term limits, ethics enforcement in push to reform Supreme...
WASHINGTON (CN) — President Joe Biden plans to introduce major reforms to the Supreme Court, according to several reports. The proposals will include key reform ideas like term limits and an...
View ArticleSix men charged in burglary spree of Southern California gun shops
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Six men face federal charges accusing them of carrying out a nine-month burglary spree Southern California gun shops in which they used stolen cars to crash into the stores in the...
View ArticleWichita police officers immune in Kansas excessive force case involving death...
(CN) — A federal judge in Kansas ruled Tuesday that seven Wichita police officers are entitled to qualified immunity in a civil lawsuit over the in-custody death of a 17-year-old Cedric Lofton, who...
View ArticleReport: Judiciary plagued by systemic failures to protect employees
WASHINGTON (CN) — A joint report released Wednesday found systemic failures in the judiciary’s oversight of workplace abuses, leading to sexual assault, harassment and misconduct. “No American should...
View ArticleNinth Circuit questions why California’s social media ‘transparency’ law...
(CN) — A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel asked California on Wednesday why a state law requiring social media platforms to disclose their policies about moderating hate speech and disinformation...
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Inside the world of MAGA merch at the Republican National Convention
MILWAUKEE (CN) — It may not come as a surprise to even the most casual observer, but the Republican National Convention is an excellent merchandising opportunity. Milling about the event grounds,...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists celebrate after judge suspends oil, gas leases in Alaska’s...
(CN) — A federal judge suspended the leasing of about a million acres for oil and gas development in Alaska, finding the Biden administration must first cure deficiencies in an environmental analysis...
View ArticleGOP vows to ‘Make America Strong Again’ at third night of RNC
MILWAUKEE (CN) — Strength was the theme of the night at the Republican National Convention’s third evening session on Wednesday, where conservatives from inside and outside Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleGOP lawsuit over Nevada mail ballot deadline tossed
(CN) — A federal judge in Nevada on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by the Republican National Committee and Donald Trump’s campaign claiming the state’s deadline for mail-in ballots, four days after...
View ArticleChicago passes ordinance against ‘hate litter’
CHICAGO (CN) — The Windy City Wednesday approved a new ordinance targeting “intimidating” flyers, three months after antisemitic signs, some attacking the Anti-Defamation League, were found in the...
View ArticleAdult film actresses address talent agent during his sentencing hearing
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Five adult film actresses appeared in a downtown LA courtroom Wednesday to address their former talent agent, Derek Hay, whom they say steered them to work in an illegal...
View ArticleHundreds of Disneyland workers rally in front of park ahead of strike vote
ANAHEIM, Calif. (CN) — Hundreds of unionized Disney workers marched to the gates of Mickey Mouse’s kingdom on Wednesday to demonstrate their anger and solidarity ahead of a vote on whether they’ll...
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Study on earthquakes during fall of Pompeii breaks scientific ground
(CN) — For 18 hours in 79 C.E., Pompeiians scrambled for shelter after Mount Vesuvius erupted, raining down pumice lapilli — small rock and ash particles — before pyroclastic flows of gas, ash and...
View ArticleUS homes find fewer foreign buyers as rising costs and a strong dollar leave...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of U.S. homes to Chinese, Canadian and other foreign buyers have fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade, hampered by a strong dollar and more hurdles that have kept...
View ArticleRepublicans reaffirm steadfast commitment to Israel at RNC event
MILWAUKEE (CN) — A Jewish Republican organization on Thursday threw a cocktail mixer-style event at a private club in Milwaukee. The city is currently hosting the Republican National Convention, at...
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