California says ghost gun manufacturer company conceals identity to break...
SAN DIEGO (CN) — The state of California sued on Friday a Texas-based maker of milling machines, saying that the company specifically markets the machines — which allow people to build their own...
View ArticleSan Francisco mayor wants to make it legal to drink outside on certain city...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Mayor London Breed and other San Francisco city officials proposed Friday afternoon the creation of entertainment zones throughout the city that would enable bars and restaurants...
View ArticleSettlement could cost NCAA nearly $3 billion; plan to pay athletes would need...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NCAA and major college conferences are considering a possible settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that could cost them billions in damages and force schools to share...
View ArticleUN official warns that famine in northern Gaza is already ‘full-blown’
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions...
View ArticleArizona students denied relief from suspensions for pro-Palestine protests
PHOENIX (CN) — A federal judge declined on Friday to reverse disciplinary action given to 20 Arizona State University students who were arrested and suspended for a campus protest against U.S. support...
View ArticleChad holds a presidential election after years of military rule
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad held its long-delayed presidential election on Monday following three years of military rule under the interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno, a vote that analysts widely...
View ArticleMinnesota lawmakers debate constitutional amendment to protect abortion and...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers launched their debate Monday on far-reaching legislation to amend the constitution to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights. The Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment...
View ArticleRotting bodies and fake ashes spur Colorado lawmakers to pass funeral home...
DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers passed a bill Monday to overhaul the state’s lax funeral home oversight, joining a second measure aimed at regulating the industry that passed last week. Both follow a...
View ArticleFederal judge tosses Volkswagen suit against Illinois
CHICAGO (CN) — Volkswagen Group of America, the stateside subsidiary of German auto giant Volkswagen, lost its year-and-a-half old lawsuit against the Illinois state government on Monday after a...
View ArticleHouse Republicans are ready to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to move forward next week with holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over the unredacted audio of an...
View ArticleNorthern California dam flood control operations found to harm endangered salmon
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge ruled Monday afternoon that a California dam harms endangered salmon when it conducts flood control operations. Coyote Valley Dam, operated by the U.S. Army Corps...
View ArticleCalifornia bill granting Arizona doctors abortion access still needed,...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A bill that would allow Arizona doctors to perform abortions for their patients in California passed out of a state Assembly committee on Monday. Senate Bill 233 — written by...
View ArticleNinth Circuit upholds, but trims, verdict in favor of former porn actress who...
(CN) — The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a jury’s verdict in favor of a former porn actress who sued a community college for discrimination — though the federal appeals court did shave $1 million off...
View ArticleSouthern California man sentenced to one year in prison for driving through...
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal judged sentenced a Southern California man on Monday to one year in prison following his guilty plea to disrupting a “Stop Asian Hate” rally by driving his car through a...
View ArticleArguments begin in North Carolina voter ID trial
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (CN) — Arguments began Monday morning in a federal trial over a 2018 North Carolina voter ID law that requires in-person voters to show identification at the polls. Lawyers for...
View ArticleFDIC report outlines ‘misogynistic,’‘patriarchal’‘good ol’ boys’ workplace...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent review of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ‘s workplace culture describes an environment that fostered “hostile, abusive, unprofessional, or inappropriate conduct,”...
View ArticleToo much water, and not enough: Brazil’s flooded south struggles to access...
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is...
View ArticleBoy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after...
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America. It’s a significant shift as the organization emerges...
View ArticleLouisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions of rape and incest to abortion ban
(AP) — Despite pleas from Democrats and gut-wrenching testimony from doctors and rape survivors, a GOP-controlled legislative committee rejected a bill Tuesday that would have added cases of rape and...
View ArticleApple’s $490 million settlement needs some tweaking, judge says
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — A $490 million proposed settlement agreement between Apple and investors who claim the tech giant misrepresented its value between 2018 and 2019 needs more work, a federal judge...
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