St. Louis city police officers violated protesters’ civil rights by using chemical weapons and interfering with the videotaping of police activity during a controversial arrest technique used Sunday night, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
Read moreGatorade made misleading “anti-water statements” while pushing the benefits of its sports drinks in a video game marketed to teenagers, according to a settlement announced Thursday by California’s attorney general.
Read moreThree men who drive electric cars in Philadelphia hit the city with a federal class action Thursday over a legislative hiccup that undermines benefits they secured 10 years ago.
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A political watchdog group filed a complaint with the IRS claiming a nonprofit charity headed by the wife of Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore broke the law by using its contributions to advocate for her husband’s campaign.
Read moreCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra – standing steps from the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego – said Wednesday he and the California Coastal Commission have sued the federal government for circumventing state and federal environmental laws in order to speed up construction of the border wall.
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With Houston facing the monumental task of disposing debris from flood-ravaged homes, tempers flared at Wednesday’s City Council meeting when a council member asked city staff to give him a schedule for when trash will be picked up in his district.
Read moreA federal lawsuit filed by more than two dozen parents of students enrolled in the Jackson Public School District accuses Mississippi education officials of planning an unconstitutional state takeover of the district without any community input.
Read moreA California appeals court slammed the state Department of Pesticide Regulation on Tuesday, finding the agency didn’t consider alternatives before approving two pesticides that might harm bee populations.
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A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday struck down an effort to force soda companies to affix black-box warning labels to certain types of ads, finding it “unduly burdened and chilled protected speech.”
Read moreIn Alabama’s runoff election for the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat, Luther Strange may have the crowning endorsement of President Donald Trump, but Roy Moore seemed to have support from beyond the grave.
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Residents within three zip codes on the southern edge of Baltimore received an emergency message on their phones Monday telling them to remain sheltered in place following the release of a chlorosulfonic acid cloud from a Solvay Industries plant.
Read moreThe checkerboard of public access in Texas courts was the focus of a conference on freedom of information earlier this week that included a Courthouse News Service bureau chief, a local clerk, a legislator and a state Supreme Court clerk.
Read moreRecognizing that the affordable housing market crisis in California requires immediate attention, California lawmakers passed a flurry of bills Friday that promise to streamline the permitting process and ensure future home availability – particularly in the state’s most expensive cities.
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Minors in Washington state can face child pornography charges if they send sexually explicit photographs of themselves to another person, the state’s high court ruled Thursday.
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A Ninth Circuit panel dealt a punishing blow to foie gras producers and enthusiasts on Friday by reviving a California ban in the back-and-forth battle over the ethics of the polarizing delicacy.
Read moreThree national environmental groups sued the federal government Thursday over waivers the Department of Homeland Security granted to circumvent environmental and land-management laws to expedite construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall.
Read moreA pair of Ninth Circuit judges suggested Thursday that while San Francisco has the right to regulate tenant buyouts to guard affordable housing, its 10-year ban on certain condominium conversions may go too far.
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The South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that a 2016 state law requiring out-of-state merchants to pay state sales tax on goods and services purchased by South Dakotans is unconstitutional – and the official who defended the law was pleased with the result.
Read moreSeeking new recruitment tools to stem declining enrollment, California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a measure to give full-time students a tuition-free year of community college.
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