Judge stays sexual battery case brought by California corrections job applicants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A Sacramento County judge on Tuesday withdrew her initial ruling in a negligence, concealment and sexual battery lawsuit that favored job applicants to the California...
View ArticleDemocrats play up unity, diversity on second night of convention
CHICAGO (CN) — The Democrats launched the second night of their DNC programming Tuesday with a lineup meant to project the image of a diverse and growing party. The kumbaya projection began with...
View ArticleJudge denies Nebraska tribe’s claim for remains of boys who died at boarding...
(CN) — A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from a Nebraska tribe seeking the return of the remains of two boys who died more than a century ago while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial...
View ArticleMexican judicial workers strike nationwide, closing down courts
MEXICO CITY (CN) — Judicial workers in Mexico continued to strike Tuesday over proposed changes to the court system, closing down federal court buildings within the capital and in at least 30 states...
View ArticleDefense for Las Vegas politician accused of killing journalist calls first...
(CN) — The defense team for Robert Telles, the former Clark County elected official accused of murdering an investigative reporter who had written several critical articles about him, called its first...
View ArticleMontana becomes 8th state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Voters will get to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution of Montana, which on Tuesday became the eighth state to put the...
View ArticleHoneybees found to thrive alongside organic farms and annual flowers
(CN) — Organic farms offer ample food for honeybees along with protection from parasites, according to research published in the Journal of Applied Ecology late Tuesday, an effort to quantify the most...
View ArticleFederal judge blocks FTC rule banning noncompete agreements
Dallas (CN) — A federal judge in Texas blocked a Federal Trade Commission rule Tuesday banning noncompete agreements in employment contracts. The rule, which was set to go into effect Sept. 4,...
View ArticleUkraine ratifies Rome Statute
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — With 281 votes in favor, the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday ratified the Rome Statute, the treaty that underpins the International Criminal Court. The country had...
View ArticleFuture on the ballot: Democrats take policy fight to Republicans on third...
CHICAGO (CN) — In a rousing speech, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday night, capping off a celebrity-studded evening during which the party...
View ArticleDartmouth basketball players union accuses school of unfair labor practices...
(AP) — The union representing the Dartmouth men’s basketball team filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Ivy League school on Wednesday because it has refused to negotiate with the players...
View ArticleAddiction will be ‘centerpiece’ in Hunter Biden tax evasion trial
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Hunter Biden’s lawyer accused special prosecutors of tryin to “slime” the president’s son, on Wednesday, as the two sides sparred over various pretrial motions ahead of Biden’s tax...
View ArticleDetroit judge is sued after putting teen in handcuffs, jail clothes during...
DETROIT (AP) — Attorneys for a teenager who was ordered into jail clothes and handcuffs during a field trip to a Detroit court filed a lawsuit against a judge Wednesday, accusing him of humiliation,...
View ArticleMexican judicial strike strengthens as peso drops
MEXICO CITY (CN) — Mexican judicial workers were joined by judges nationwide Wednesday for a third straight day as they continued their indefinite strike over proposed reforms that seek to elect...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers, big tech strike deal over journalism funding
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The author of a California bill that would funnel money to the struggling journalism industry announced Wednesday that the state, publishers and large tech companies have...
View ArticleSan Diego man claims police violated his Fourth Amendment rights
SAN DIEGO (CN) — A man who was cleared of a conspiracy to commit murder charge after spending eight years in prison claims in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that, since he release, San Diego Police...
View ArticleLas Vegas politician accused of murdering journalist tells jury he was framed
(CN) — The man accused of killing an investigative reporter who published a series of critical articles about him took the stand in his criminal trial on Wednesday, telling the court he was framed for...
View ArticleNew study suggests electrified sand could be a game changer for battling...
(CN) — Researchers at Northwestern University believe they have found a shocking new way to combat coastal erosion using electricity. Researchers found that a mild electrical current would harden...
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Delegates, representatives stage all-night sit-in to protest lack of...
CHICAGO (CN) — A collection of Palestinian-American delegates, politicians and allies staged an hourslong sit-in outside Chicago’s United Center on Wednesday night in protest of a lack of Palestinian...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolas Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost...
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