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SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A group of lobster fishermen may sue one of the world’s largest seafood watchdog groups for defamation, a federal court has ruled, over a report that described Maine lobster as an unwise choice for consumers. The threat to a rare whale species from getting tangled in fishing gear has prompted Monterey [...]
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed the Delaware County Municipal Court’s restitution order for the damage caused to an Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser that resulted in a drunk-driving arrest of a northwest Columbus man. The three-judge appellate panel denied 36-year-old Jing Yang’s assertion that the trial court violated R.C. 4511.19(G)(7) when it [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said it won’t hear a challenge from some college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting allegations of bias. Two of the nine justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, publicly said they would have heard the case. The students say Indiana [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it will not enforce a President Joe Biden-era small business rule intended to curb money laundering and shell company formation. Treasury said in a news release that it will not impose penalties now or in the future if companies fail to register for the agency’s beneficial [...]
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach broke up with spring break last year and city leaders still aren’t interested in couples counseling. Officials recently announced they were bringing back enhanced security measures for practically the entire month of March, including parking restrictions and increased fees for nonresidents. The new rules were introduced last year [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies such as Capital One and Rocket Homes, the agency announced last week. In notices of voluntary dismissals filed last week, the CFPB dropped lawsuits it had brought against Capital One, Rocket Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, owned by Warren [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has given New York a March deadline to comply with its order to halt Manhattan’s new congestion pricing system, but state officials vowed to continue the tolling program, which is meant to thin traffic and pump new revenue into the nation’s busiest transit system. The Federal Highway [...]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Missouri woman pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale. During a hearing in front of a Memphis federal judge, Lisa [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio awarded a former prison inmate the maximum award of $1,000 for an administrator’s delay in responding to the man’s request for a copy of the correctional facility’s inmate handbook. The justices determined that Patrick Adkins, who was incarcerated at the Lebanon Correctional Institution from Aug. 4, 2023, to July 24, [...]
A Lancaster state lawmaker has introduced legislation designed to enhance the civil liability of offenders who engage in vandalism, riot and aggravated riot offenses by making the offenders personally responsible for the cleanup and repair of the resulting damage. Senate Bill 53 would add the provision to existing law, Republican Sen. Tim Schaffer said during [...]