Jewish parents ask Ninth Circuit to reboot lawsuit over ‘antisemitic’ curriculum
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — An organization of Jewish parents and teachers on Wednesday asked a Ninth Circuit panel to reinstate their lawsuit claiming the Los Angeles Unified School District is allowing the surreptitious introduction of antisemitic ethnic studies...
Tennessee man says untested DNA could clear his name if SCOTUS stops his execution
WASHINGTON (CN) — A Tennessee man fighting to prove his innocence in a triple murder asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block his quickly approaching execution. Tony Carruthers was sentenced to death 30 years ago after being forced to represent himself at...
Texas runoffs test importance of turnout and Trump’s endorsement
HOUSTON (CN) — Voter turnout, as in any election, will be a major factor as both Texas Democrats and Republicans head to the polls once again on May 26 to decide several notable runoff elections for Congress alongside countless local election runoffs. The Republican...
Chew toy makers hound Ninth Circuit over Jack Daniel’s copyright challenge
PHOENIX (CN) — The makers of a puppy-poop-themed chew toy spoofing Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey asked the Ninth Circuit Wednesday to let the company out of the doghouse. VIP Products designed the product after the whiskey giant’s “Old No. 7 Brand” mark, printing...
Feds ask Second Circuit to reinstate racial hatred factor in Buffalo mass shooter’s trial
MANHATTAN (CN) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday asked a Second Circuit panel to reverse a lower court which denied the government’s requests for specific sentencing considerations of racial animus and incitement of violence in the Tops supermarket mass shooter’s...
In digital Brazil, notary offices remain hard to bypass
RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — Luís Eduardo da Silva, a 44-year-old merchant, left home in Rio das Ostras at 6 a.m. Tuesday and traveled 87 miles across Rio de Janeiro state to validate a bank manager’s signature. The document was tied to the settlement of a home loan after...
T-Mobile faces class action over online tracking
(CN) — A Californian who visited T-Mobile’s website several times claims the telecommunications titan installed tracking technology on the device she was using, causing her to be “surveilled while using the internet” even after she rejected all...
EU moves closer to accepting Trump trade deal
(CN) — Faced with threats from President Donald Trump, the European Union took a big step Wednesday toward allowing the U.S. to slap a 15% tariff on most EU products while letting American industrial products enter the EU tariff-free. After late-night talks, the...
Iowa inmates get second shot at challenging county jail fees
DES MOINES, Iowa (CN) — The Eighth Circuit revived two former Iowa jail inmates’ lawsuit Wednesday over a county policy of collecting jail fees through a “confession of judgment.” Black Hawk County charges jail inmates $70 dollars per day of incarceration plus a...