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An appellate panel ruled a trial court’s orders for restitution equal to the amount of a victim’s funeral expenses and that the offender be placed in solitary confinement for a 24-hour period on the anniversary of his victim’s death were not respectively supported by evidence or law. A three-judge panel of the Fourth District Court [...]
Federal regulators earlier this week banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who urged the agency to revoke authorization [...]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued billionaire Elon Musk, saying he failed to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock in a timely manner in early 2022, before buying the social media site. As a result, the SEC alleges, Musk was able to underpay “by at least $150 million” for shares he bought after [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel upheld a municipal court ruling that awarded a Reynoldsburg woman $200 for an incomplete home renovation project started by a Canal Winchester contractor. A three-judge panel of the Tenth District Court of Appeals determined that Marquita Glass had failed to support her assertion that texts, photographs and emails would have [...]
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The federal government has scrapped its litigation against the company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic, noting that the firm no longer has dive plans to the shipwreck that could break federal law. The scuttling of the government’s latest legal battle isn’t necessarily the end of RMS Titanic Inc.’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said it won’t hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change. The industry has faced a series of lawsuits saying it deceived the public about how fossil fuels contribute [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced last week that it is expanding sanctions against Russia’s critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effort to inflict pain on Moscow for its conflict in Ukraine as President-elect Donald Trump gets set to return to office vowing to quickly end the conflict. The outgoing administration billed [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Scammers stole millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from people seeking remote work opportunities as part of an elaborate scheme, according to New York’s attorney general. Attorney General Letitia James said she’s filed a lawsuit in order to recover more than $2 million that she said was stolen from New Yorkers and [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — New Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe this week is expected to issue a variety of orders targeting crime. The move reflects a national trend. After a period of relaxed sentencing laws, a tough-on-crime approach is back in political favor across the country. Republicans and Democrats alike are promoting anti-crime initiatives as [...]
New tax credits are available for companies that generate clean electricity, the Biden administration announced last week. The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released final rules for the clean electricity investment and production tax credits. The credits are among roughly two dozen tax provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022 with [...]