The way that labor practices have been adjudicated for nearly a century could go up in smoke depending on a little-noticed Supreme Court case.
Storms are expected to return to the Great Plains on Tuesday, but are predicted to be less severe.
Last year, a paper argued that some dinosaurs were as smart as baboons, but some paleontologists now say that's going too far.
A H5N1 bird flu outbreak has now spread to mammals globally, killing a walrus in Norway with polar bears likely next.
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We're not sure what's going on inside Donald Trump's New York criminal trials because cameras aren't allowed. But we can imagine.
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Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez isn't going to resign and he's vowed to fight “even harder” against his right-wing opponents as tensions escalate after a court opened a corruption investigation into the leader's wife.
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Two teachers claim that their school district imposes policies protecting transgender and gender non-conforming students' privacy that violates their religious liberties and free speech.
In addition to filing a federal lawsuit seeking to block new rules protecting LGBTQ people, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the state education agency to ignore them.
Six Republican appointees took issue with the majority, saying it is using en banc cases to address social issues outside the scope of the individual cases presented.
A LGBTQ+ student organization accuses the university's president of violating free speech by cancelling the group's planned drag show fundraiser.
The businesswoman and socialite came to Washington last spring to advocate for legislation that would hike federal oversight of institutional care facilities for minors.
With oral arguments completed for the current term, the justices have begun to add to next term’s docket.
Questions surrounding the handling of the case have led to a separate audit of the involved police department.
Edward Odquina wanted a license plate reading "FCKBLM." The city of Honolulu said no. A number of judges have now agreed.
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Organizers at Northwestern University outside Chicago agreed to deescalate their protest while Columbia University students in New York City risked suspension to hold their ground Monday.
Kuwait claims it owns Southern California real estate and other assets that a former Kuwaiti minister is accused of acquiring with stolen public funds.
Senate Bill 1043 would create a database on the use of restraints or seclusion in the treatment of young people.
Two nuclear reactors overlooking the Pacific Ocean are good to go for another five years.
A region as massive and diverse as the Golden State requires many hands and smart planning to manage its water system and prepare for climate change-driven disasters.
Georgia sheriff who held detainees in restraint chairs for hours loses appeal of criminal conviction
"Even if restraint chairs were 'passive restraints,' as Hill contends, we have repeatedly applied the constitutional use-of-force framework to such restraints," an appellate judge wrote.
The controversial presidential candidate will run as a third-party candidate in the state with the nation's largest electoral college.
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A federal court in Texas partially dismisses the federal government’s lawsuit against the state over its “buoy barrier” in the Rio Grande, which was installed in the national water boundary “without any federal authorization.” While the United States can proceed with claims under the federal Rivers and Harbors Act, it cannot pursue claims based on the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo because the treaty is “not self-executing” and does not “provide any specific standard or rule of decision for a domestic court to follow.”
The California Supreme Court ruled that trial courts which toss firearm enhancements are allowed to resentence defendants using any fact-supported, lesser-included enhancement offence — even uncharged ones — they would like to use. As long as the jury found the facts supporting that enhancement to be true, the lesser enhancement is fair game.
A federal court in Louisiana denied the city of Baton Rouge’s request to dismiss a motorist’s malicious prosecution, due process and false arrest claims against three police officers. They allegedly fabricated a felony charge so they could jail him for “yelling at a police officer’s relative.” His claims suffice to overcome the officers’ immunity defense, and the city is on the hook for defamation and vicarious liability at this stage.
A federal court in New Orleans denied a parish school board’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that three suburban school employees used physical violence on a blind, autistic 12-year-old student in separate incidences on the same day. The child’s family’s claims are supported by video and witness testimony. According to the parents, the school board posits that “kicking, hitting, and slamming a child’s head into a table somehow does not constitute battery.”
A federal court in Alabama declined to dismiss a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit filed against a man who directed his friend to a gun in the back of his car, which his friend used to shoot and kill someone he was arguing with in downtown Tuscaloosa. Though another person committed the shooting, the allegations leave enough room for members of a jury to disagree as to whether the injury was foreseeable.
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Hunter Biden filed an interlocutory appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Friday, arguing a federal judge improperly rejected his bid to dismiss tax evasion charges because a plea agreement barred the special counsel from charging him.
Airline passengers and former travel agents seek to stop Alaska Airlines from acquiring Hawaiian Airlines Inc., saying the deal creates a monopoly, shrinks competition in multiple passenger airline markets and threatens Hawaii's economy.
Popular Lunchables meal kits contain lead, cadmium and phthalates, two mothers say in a class action that accuses Kraft Heinz of deceiving customers. A recent report showed that Lunchables — often consumed by children — contained over 60% of the maximum allowed levels of the toxic chemicals that can cause brain damage and other health issues.
Mike Tyson punched out a fellow JetBlue passenger after he declined the former heavyweight boxing champ's offer of magic mushrooms on the flight, the passenger says in a lawsuit that looks to also hold the airline accountable for Tyson's behavior.
Those who are arrested in Travis County aren't provided counsel for initial bail hearings, one arrestee says in a class action that accuses the county of creating a "two-tier" system that favors those who can afford to hire an attorney.
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