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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City no longer will have full control of its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a federal judge found the city had failed to stem spiraling dysfunction and brutality against those in custody. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain instead said she would appoint an outside [...]
In a victory for global agrochemical maker Bayer, Georgia has become the second state to shield pesticide manufacturers from some lawsuits claiming that they failed to warn customers of potential dangers. The legislation signed by Gov. Brian Kemp is designed to protect Bayer from lawsuits claiming that it failed to tell customers that its weed [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Seventeen states are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for withholding billions of dollars for building more electric vehicle chargers, according to a federal lawsuit announced last week. The Trump administration in February directed states to stop spending money for electric vehicle charging infrastructure that was allocated under President Joe Biden, part [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently upheld an appellate court dismissal of a Marion Correctional Institution inmate’s effort to order the state Adult Parole Authority to cease future parole hearings on his behalf. Justices noted that the Tenth District appellate panel dismissed 55-year-old James Ellis’ complaint on the basis that the man, convicted in 1995 [...]
BUFFALO (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts last week defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive.” “Judicial independence is crucial,” Roberts, the leader of the Supreme Court and the entire federal judiciary, said at a gathering of judges and lawyers in his hometown. He described the creation [...]
A Franklin County Appeals Court panel upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a Philadelphia real estate buyer’s motion to compel Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin to set deposit amounts on properties subject to foreclosure auctions at the amounts prescribed in R.C. 2329.211. The three-judge panel affirmed the Franklin County Common Pleas Court ruling which rendered [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A federal appeals court earlier this week upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist in a $60 million bribery scandal described as the largest corruption scheme in state history. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States began Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays. The day ahead of the deadline, people lined up at government offices across the country to secure their compliant IDs. In Chicago, officials established a Real ID Supercenter for walk-in appointments, while officials [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor cleared police officers from Columbus of any criminal liability in a fatal shooting last summer near the Republican National Convention. The officers were among thousands of officers from multiple jurisdictions providing extra security for the July convention in Milwaukee. According to a letter Milwaukee County District Attorney Kent [...]
The U.S. Justice Department is doubling down on its attempt to break up Google by asking it to give up the underlying technology powering the company’s digital ad network. The proposed remedy joins a separate federal effort to separate the Chrome browser from its dominant search engine. The government’s latest proposal was filed in a [...]