Fifth Circuit skeptical of effort to overturn Texas mail-in voting ID...
(CN) — Judges on a U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel questioned Tuesday whether voting rights groups could cite errors in Texas’s voter database in their challenge to a portion of a state law...
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View ArticleGuatemala gives Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Wednesday his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States, the second deportation...
View ArticleJustice Dept. official accuses FBI chief of ‘insubordination,’ tamps down...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Justice Department official accused the FBI’s acting leaders of “insubordination” in a Wednesday memo in which he sought to soothe anxiety inside the bureau over the potential...
View ArticleAI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
LONDON (AP) — Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls...
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WAUKESHA, Wis. — A Wisconsin appeals court affirmed the trial court’s decision to join consolidated prosecutions that resulted in the conviction of a man for two counts of burglary and sending threats...
View ArticleColorado House committee advances bill to make visitation a right for inmates
DENVER (CN) — The Colorado House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 7-4 along party lines to advance a bill that would elevate the privilege of visitation for inmates into a right. “Right now,...
View ArticleVirginia preferential public access taken to full-bench Fourth Circuit
When two bureau chiefs and an editor traveled along the Appalachias visiting courthouses, they put 1000 miles on the rental car’s odometer over the course of a week. They were making a point....
View ArticleDeath penalty case of Esperanza Fire arsonist reaches California Supreme Court
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The appeal of an arsonist facing the death penalty in California reached the state’s highest court on Wednesday, as attorneys battled over intent and the legal definition of...
View ArticleTexas Senate greenlights bill to let parents use taxpayer dollars for private...
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — After hours of impassioned debate, members of the Texas Senate voted Wednesday evening to advance a controversial education savings account bill, sending it to the state House for...
View ArticleNLRB urges Fifth Circuit to unfreeze labor rights proceedings
(CN) — The National Labor Relations Board asked a U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel Wednesday to reverse preliminary injunctions blocking labor rights cases against major companies, arguing...
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View ArticleDOJ shutters environmental justice office
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Department of Justice shuttered a little-known office that won tens of millions of dollars targeting environmental crime that disproportionately impacts America’s poorest...
View Article22 states sue New York, alleging environmental fund is unconstitutional
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Twenty-two states sued New York state on Thursday, contending that a new law forcing a small group of major energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change...
View ArticleSacramento County settles wrongful death suit involving inmate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal suit filed over four years ago over the attack and subsequent death of a Sacramento County Jail inmate settled on Thursday for $600,000. The estate of Bryan Debbs...
View ArticleIRS agent accused of manslaughter says lack of emergency planning caused...
PHOENIX (CN) — A federal agent who accidentally shot a colleague told a federal jury Thursday that the victim’s death wasn’t due to the gunshot, but rather a systemic failure in emergency response...
View ArticleTikTok wrongful deaths
WILMINGTON, Del. — Four families whose children died from self-strangulation say TikTok promoted viral self-harm content, a trend called the “Blackout Challenge,” and the children died by imitating the...
View ArticleHawaii Supreme Court tackles insurer issues stalling $4 billion Lahaina fire...
(CN) — The fate of a proposed $4 billion settlement is in the hands of the Hawaii Supreme Court after parties of the proposed settlement and insurers argued before justices Thursday afternoon. The...
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Google ‘rumbles’ with Rumble over antitrust claims
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Google fought an antitrust lawsuit in federal court Thursday brought by Rumble, a rising rival video platform that claims the tech giant is using its monopoly power to promote...
View ArticleTrademark infringement case against OpenAI can proceed
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed individual counterclaims against two cofounders of OpenAI but opted to keep a trademark infringement accusation against the ChatGPT company...
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