Circadian rhythm-related proteins could be to blame for Alzheimer’s
(CN) — A 24-hour long study into the brains of mice has revealed Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t just mess with the daily rhythms of those it afflicts, but also the circadian rhythms of essential waste-clearing brain cells, resulting in a more rapid spread through the...
Canal Street ICE raid takes center stage at final NYC mayoral debate
QUEENS, New York (CN) — In the final New York City mayoral debate Wednesday night, candidates were asked to explain how they would respond to President Donald Trump’s army of federal immigration enforcers. This question comes as dozens of federal agents...
Minnesota Supreme Court finds USA Powerlifting discriminated with ban on transgender lifters
(CN) – The Minnesota Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling Wednesday, sided with a transgender athlete who claimed that USA Powerlifting violated the state’s Human Rights Act by banning her from competing in its women’s division. JayCee Cooper sued USA Powerlifting, a...
Yelp can proceed with ‘tying’ claim in antitrust case against Google
(CN) — A federal judge in California Wednesday said Yelp Inc. may proceed in its antitrust lawsuit against Google on its claim that the tech giant uses its monopoly power in general search services to compel people to use Google’s own local search product. U.S....
Grizzlies, lynx central to court fight over Montana logging project
(CN) — Environmentalists sparred with the federal government in court on Wednesday in a bid to stop a logging project in the Garnet Mountain Range east of Missoula, Montana. “This project undermines the science by effectively pushing lynx out of the project area...
Federal judge extends order blocking National Guard deployment in Illinois
CHICAGO (CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday extended an order that prevents the Trump administration from federalizing and deploying the National Guard in Illinois while awaiting the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of the case. Christopher Wells, an attorney on...
Feds urge Ninth Circuit to let National Guard stay federalized in LA
PASADENA (CN) — The Trump administration asked a Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday to lift a lower court block on federalizing the California National Guard in Los Angeles, arguing that the court “improperly second-guessed the president’s judgment.” “The district...
Wisconsin governor asks Trump to avert SNAP lapse amid shutdown
MILWAUKEE (CN) — Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump of withholding funds that could keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program going during the government shutdown and urged him to act swiftly. On Wednesday, the governor...
Aspen judge pares bitter war between equity firm chief and ex
(CN) — Two weeks before the scheduled start of a jury trial, a Colorado judge granted partial summary judgment to the chairman of an equity firm in a dispute with a former girlfriend who claims he assaulted and defamed her in Aspen, Colorado. “A court may enter...