Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against tax exemption for Catholic charities
The case brought to the surface stark divisions between the justices on the intersections between the government, the courts and churches.
“Had defense counsel not abdicated his role, the jurors would have learned that Mr. Pye is intellectually disabled and has an IQ of 68,” his public defenders wrote in their clemency application.
The case brought to the surface stark divisions between the justices on the intersections between the government, the courts and churches.
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision to vacate an injunction that required a broken-up couple to share custody of their Pomeranian, Teddy Bear, every other two weeks. This custody arrangement was in line with the couple’s agreements with each other, and the male ex is likely to succeed on his contract claim against the female ex if she continued to refuse him access to Teddy Bear.
Regulators, environmentalists, businesses and lawmakers continue to fight over what to do about the hazardous chemicals in Wisconsin, where multiple regions have dealt with pollution for years.
Emerging from a crowded field of nine candidates, professional football player turned politician Colin Allred emerged victorious in Texas' Democratic Senate primary Tuesday.
While repealing the death penalty in 2020, Colorado lawmakers inadvertently left open a loophole that allows individuals accused of first-degree murder out on bail.
An Indian study found Asian elephant herds carried away the bodies of calves, buried them and later avoided the burial sites while migrating.
CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois dismissed claims brought by Cynthia Love, a woman who briefly danced in a 2003 Kanye West music video and was depicted in the 2022 Netflix documentary, “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.” She says her unflattering representation in the documentary constituted defamation, but the court finds the documentary did not depict her in a manner that was materially false, so her claims fail.
The European Parliament became the first international body to issue a directive on crimes against the environment, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison and $43 million in fines.
The landing was one mission in NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, through which the space agency is embracing the privatization of space exploration.
NASHVILLE — A federal court in Nashville found in favor of the company that manages the estate of late composer Jay Livingston, who wrote Silver Bells among other mid-20th century hits. The court dismissed a declaratory judgment action against the company over the validity of certain copyright termination notices; the suing descendant of Livingston failed to state a claim that the termination notices were defective or invalid.