Former students fight Montana’s in-state tuition requirements
(CN) — A class of former Montana professional students reignited their challenge to the Montana University System’s residency policy before the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday after being denied in-state tuition. Under the state code, professional students — defined as those...
Feds unseal search warrant justifying seizure of Fulton County’s 2020 ballots
ATLANTA (CN) — The Justice Department unsealed documents Tuesday related to the FBI’s seizure of Fulton County’s ballots from the 2020 presidential election. The release comes in response to an order from U.S. District Court Judge J. P. Boulee, a Donald...
Arizona wins $12 million in home warranty consumer fraud settlement
PHOENIX (CN) — A New Jersey-based home warranty company will pay $11.8 million to the state of Arizona in the largest home warranty consumer fraud settlement in state history. In a Tuesday press conference, state Attorney General Kris Mayes accused Choice Home...
Democratic lawmakers seek to distance Virginia from its Confederate past
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Virginia Democrats celebrated the advancement of a bill Tuesday that stops the issuance of license plates honoring Robert E. Lee as part of a broader effort to cut ties with the state’s Confederate past. The bill, introduced by Delegate Dan...
Mexican security chief blames cartel confusion for 10 kidnapped miners
MEXICO CITY (CN) — The 10 missing mine workers who were kidnapped from Sinaloa last month were likely confused for a rival criminal group, Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar García Harfuch said Tuesday. Harfuch claimed that Los Chapitos may...
Sam Bankman-Fried asks for a new trial in FTX crypto fraud case
MANHATTAN (CN) — Convicted former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday requested a new federal trial based on what he says is newly discovered evidence concerning his company’s solvency and its ability to repay all FTX customers for what prosecutors...
11th Circuit tackles sex offender residency ban amid child predator death penalty push
(CN) — A rare en banc hearing before the full 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday may foreshadow the legal battles awaiting Alabama’s newest tough-on-crime measure. On Feb. 5, the state Legislature overwhelmingly passed House Bill 41, the “Child...
New Christian artists push genre boundaries with rap, Afrobeats and R&B
(AP) — A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social media, many of them got their start with independent labels or by uploading self-made...
‘We hold these truths’: Viewing the Declaration of Independence, visitors reflect on America at 250
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be sustained. Cultural...