“Okay Google, who did it?” It may soon become that easy for investigators to solve a case. If it sounds like something out of a futuristic sci-fi novel, that’s because it is unlikely Google will be able to take the witness stand in court any time soon. That is not because the technology does not [...]
A Cleveland state senator who proposed a bill calling for appointment of a special prosecutor in lethal shootings by police officers encountering unarmed suspects during the last legislative session is now sponsoring a measure that would require the state attorney general to do the work. Sen. Sandra Williams, a Democrat, introduced last week Senate Bill [...]
Leslie Kurtz needed three plates, eight screws and a big assist from her insurer after breaking every bone in her ankle while white water rafting. Coverage she purchased through a public insurance exchange established by the federal health care law paid $65,000 toward surgery and the care she needed after the 2015 accident. But that [...]
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has shown a willingness to limit the participation of environmental groups in lawsuits involving public lands, writing in one case that allowing conservationists to intervene could complicate and slow down the judicial process, according to an Associated Press review of his rulings as a federal appeals court judge. Gorsuch has [...]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It was the swag-bags that convinced community health organizer Julia Liou to redraw the battle plan in a fight to reduce the hazardous chemical exposures of nail-salon workers, most of them low-paid Asian immigrant women. In 2005, Liou watched at California’s state Capitol as dozens of lobbyists gave away bags of [...]
LANSING, Mich. — Faced with the threat that Asian carp could enter the Great Lakes, Michigan is turning to the public for new ideas and plans to offer a prize to whoever comes up with a way to stop the voracious fish. Michigan’s global search challenge comes after the U.S. government and others have spent [...]
A contractual dispute between the former CEO of the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company and Merrill Lynch saw no change in a federal court of appeals last week when a three-judge appellate panel affirmed judgment in favor of Merrill Lynch. “The ticker symbol for Cedar Fair Entertainment Company — operator of Cedar Point and other amusement [...]
DETROIT — The face-off between Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and driver Fawzi Kamel illustrated a conflict between Uber, with its effort to grow by cutting prices to beat competitors, and drivers who have seen their pay reduced. The video of the argument — caught on dashcam and now viewed more than 3 million times on [...]
A House Democrat’s effort to do away with the state’s front license plate requirement has been resuscitated to a lesser degree after legislators stripped the provision from the state transportation budget bill. Republican Rep. Anthony DeVitis of Uniontown has introduced House Bill 71, which would specify that failure to display a front license plate on [...]