Feds face lawsuit over decades-old emission rules for offshore oil rigs in...
WASHINGTON (CN) — A coalition of environmental and Gulf of Mexico groups filed suit against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Wednesday over a Trump-era decision to keep air pollution standards...
View ArticleNetanyahu unrepentant on Gaza war in address to Congress
WASHINGTON (CN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told members of Congress Wednesday that his country’s war in Gaza was inexorably linked to the safety and security of the United States and...
View ArticleSocial media platforms that mine user data aren’t shielded by federal...
(CN) — Meta and Snap, insofar as they are in the business of mining and monetizing users’ data, can’t hide behind the Stored Communications Act to avoid turning over posts and communications to the...
View ArticleNinth Circuit confirms Idaho has no standing to intervene in FDA abortion...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a lower court correctly denied the state of Idaho’s motion to intervene in the state of Washington’s complaint against the Food and...
View ArticleReport charts uptick in organized extremist activity
(CN) — A significant rise in the number of extremist anti-government and hate groups could threaten the 2024 election and democracy in the United States, according to organizers of a webinar hosted by...
View ArticleBiden passes the torch with a country over candidacy message
WASHINGTON (CN) — In an Oval Office address on Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden explained his historic decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, arguing that he needed to pass the...
View ArticleFederal judge allows Trump’s defamation suit against ABC News to proceed
(CN) — A federal judge in Miami Wednesday denied ABC News’ request to dismiss Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the network and one of its star journalists, George Stephanopoulos, relating to...
View ArticleBoeing to pay $940 million following guilty plea in deadly 737 Max crashes
FORT WORTH, Texas (CN) — Boeing will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy and the company’s board will pay over $940 million after the crashes of two 737 Max aircraft that killed 346 people,...
View ArticleWind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to...
(AP) — After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska, two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in the area, helped to mobilize community members against the idea. His group...
View ArticleDisney can’t dodge Elon Musk-backed lawsuit by fired ‘Mandalorian’ actress
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Walt Disney Co. failed to win a quick dismissal of the wrongful termination lawsuit by actress Gina Carano, who was dropped from “The Mandalorian” television series after sharing a...
View ArticleNRA expert accuses state of political prosecution at NY bench trial
MANHATTAN (CN) — An expert witness for the National Rifle Association lambasted the New York attorney general on Thursday for requesting a court-appointed monitor to supervise the group’s ongoing...
View ArticleNorthern California man accused of starting fast-moving wildfire near Chico
OROVILLE, Calif. (CN) — Northern California authorities have arrested a man suspected of starting what has become the largest California wildfire so far this year. Butte County District Attorney Mike...
View ArticleLos Angeles DA aide arraigned on improper confidential law enforcement...
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A top aide to Los Angeles County district attorney George Gascón was arraigned Thursday on charges that she illegally used confidential records of sheriff deputy misconduct that she...
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Alabama man pleads guilty to threatening Arizona election workers
PHOENIX (CN) — An Alabama man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending threatening messages to Arizona election workers during and after the 2022 primaries. Brian Ogstad sent 18 Instagram direct messages...
View ArticleGoogle defends itself in proposed class action, says it never collected...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Google argued at a motion for summary judgment hearing Thursday afternoon that a proposed class action filed by Google users over data collection is meritless. At issue in the...
View ArticleAdvocates look toward future for psychedelic-assisted therapy in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — If California is going to get legalized psychedelic-assisted therapy, it’s going to be through the ballot box. That’s how Diane Goldstein sees it, after watching lawmakers’...
View ArticleJudge dismisses most claims by Utah man run over while being detained
(CN) — A federal judge in Utah dismissed claims that West Valley City Police officers violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of a man who suffered traumatic brain injuries after being...
View ArticlePrivate schools, libraries sue Idaho for law restricting ‘harmful’ materials
A recently enacted law requiring Idaho schools and libraries to remove materials that are “harmful” to minors infringes on the First Amendment rights of private entities, a group of private schools,...
View ArticleMental health patient’s 19 months in seclusion departs from professional...
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that an involuntarily committed mental health patient can move forward with claims that being forced to spend extended periods in restraints and...
View ArticleNetanyahu visits Trump, says Israel is eager to reach a cease-fire deal
(AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Donald Trump on Friday at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate for their first face-to-face meeting in nearly four years as the two sought...
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