GOP suit against Google tossed
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a case filed by the Republican National Committee over improperly routed emails, ruling that Google violated no legislative policy or...
View ArticleCalifornia must improve plans to address climate change impacts, state...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California officials say that the state must better prepare for the impending impacts of climate change to avoid potentially devastating losses of water in coming years. The...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court revives minimum wage bump previously gutted by GOP
(CN) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Republican lawmakers violated the state constitution in 2018 when they controversially used an “adopt-and-amend” maneuver to curb a minimum...
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Trump appearance at Black journalists convention prompts backlash
CHICAGO (CN) ー Former president Donald Trump spoke at the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention on Wednesday, sparking backlash across Chicago and among Black journalists....
View ArticleKhalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The...
View ArticleSonya Massey made multiple 911 calls for mental health crises in days before...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Sonya Massey, the Black woman who was shot in the face by an Illinois sheriff’s deputy after she called 911 for help, had made at least two other emergency response calls in...
View ArticleProsecutors: Former Colorado clerk who leaked voting machine data committed...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CN) — Prosecutors on Wednesday told jurors the case against Tina Peters is one of “deceit and fraud,” opening the trial for the former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder who faces...
View ArticleArizona women face prison time in polygamist sex abuse case
PHOENIX (CN) — Three Arizona women were sentenced to a total of seven years in prison Wednesday for obstructing an investigation into child sex abuse among members of the Fundamentalist Church of...
View ArticleFruit fly research may provide clues to stem cell questions
(CN) — While the intestines of fruit flies might seem unrelated to human health, new research indicates research into their inner workings could have implications for human stem cell treatments. In a...
View ArticleSenate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they...
View ArticleAdidas shareholders fight against dismissal of securities suit over failed...
(CN) — Adidas shareholders argued in federal court Thursday against dismissal of their accusations that the German sportswear brand committed security fraud via its partnership with Ye, the...
View ArticleIllegal bookmaker for Shohei Ohtani’s translator agrees to plead guilty
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A Southern California man has admitted he operated an illegal sports betting business that facilitated the gambling habits of professional athletes as well as the former translator...
View ArticleACLU sues Washington city over anti-homeless camping laws
(CN) — The city of Spokane, Washington maintains anti-camping laws which may violate the state constitution, according to homeless plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union in a...
View ArticleMexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader on Thursday made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada,...
View ArticleVideo game performers protest unregulated AI use at Warner Bros. Studios
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 300 video game performers and Hollywood actors picketed in front of the Warner Bros. Studios building on Thursday to protest against what they call an unwillingness from...
View ArticleTaxpayer group sues California claiming ballot language misleads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and its president filed suit Thursday over a November referendum on California’s ballot that, if passed, would reduce the threshold...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists challenge weakened Endangered Species Act regulations
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service Thursday...
View ArticleColorado elections manager in voting machine tampering trial felt ‘sick’...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CN) — Before a jury on Thursday, Colorado’s voting systems manager recalled feeling sick when he first saw Mesa County’s voting machine passwords posted online in August 2021....
View ArticleFifth Circuit slaps down vote dilution claims by minority coalition in...
GALVESTON, Texas (CN) —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected on Thursday voter dilution claims by a coalition of different minority group in a redistricting case concerning maps drawn by...
View ArticleFourth Circuit upholds drug conviction using rap lyrics
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Fourth Circuit panel rejected arguments Thursday by a man who said that including his rap lyrics about drugs prejudiced the jury in his trial, upholding his intent to distribute...
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