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A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed a trial court’s decision to overrule a Chillicothe Correctional Institution inmate’s effort to renege on the guilty plea he entered for the shooting death of his fiancée in November 2018. The appellate panel affirmed the Licking County Common Pleas Court overruling the motion to withdraw a guilty [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed an appellate ruling that a northeast Ohio teacher had adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law to pursue five years’ worth of back pay based on contingent, higher pay rate she was initially offered in 2018, so she cannot receive that back pay because she did not file a [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A waiver issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security allows the federal government to bypass environmental regulations and begin construction to add more barriers along the U.S-Mexico border in Southern California even as illegal crossings have declined. Homeland Security said in a statement that the waiver signed by Secretary Kristi [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel ruled that a federal inmate’s request for postconviction relief from a 2003 judgment in which he was convicted of single counts of felonious assault and kidnapping and two counts of involuntary manslaughter was more than 20 years too late. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed the Franklin County [...]
Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer in the United States, acknowledged this week it is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Ridgeland, Miss.-based Cal-Maine said it received notice of the investigation into egg price increases last month. The company said it is cooperating with the investigation. Egg prices have hit record highs [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has made changes to how its helicopters use a safety system that broadcasts aircraft location and has reduced the number of flights over Washington following a collision with a passenger jet that killed 67 people, the head of Army aviation told The Associated Press. Investigators still are determining why the [...]
LONDON (AP) — Apple is fighting a British government order for the iPhone maker to provide so-called backdoor access to its encrypted cloud storage service, a United Kingdom court confirmed this week. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal revealed the legal battle when it rejected a bid by Britain’s Home Office to have the case heard in [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is disbanding a team of prosecutors who targeted cryptocurrency crimes and is shifting its focus away from complex crypto-related cases involving banking and securities law, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. “The Department of Justice is not a digital assets regulator,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche [...]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The $2.8 billion settlement that will reach into every corner of college athletics in the months ahead had its final hearing earlier this week, including athletes who criticized the sprawling plan as confusing and one that undervalued them, and attorneys who said they were concerned about the impacts on campuses across [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether federal law pre-empts thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer. Bayer’s new request to the nation’s highest court comes as it is simultaneously pursing legislation in several [...]