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Dec 6, 2023

LGBTQIA+ sanctuary declarations may lack legal impact

By John E. Finn, Wesleyan University Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.  Several cities and towns, mostly in the American Midwest and South, are responding to a surge of proposed and […]

Dec 6, 2023

Teen and parents indicted after high school shootout

A grand jury has indicted a Baltimore teen and his parents on allegations they brought a gun to a high school campus in October.

Dec 5, 2023

Black and Latino voters suing in federal court to block congressional district’s weakening minority voting

U.S. District Court lawsuit says districts unlawfully weaken minority voting power.

Dec 4, 2023

Jan. 6 suits can proceed

Trump could ask the full appeals court to take up the matter or go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dec 4, 2023

House Expulsion of Santos marks sixth in chamber’s history

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a blistering ethics report on his conduct heightened lawmakers’ concerns about the scandal-plagued freshman. Santos became just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues, and the third since the Civil War. The vote to expel was […]

Dec 4, 2023

Judge bars media cameras in slayings case, but the court will livestream

Court will operate a livestream, on its YouTube channel.

DOJ
Dec 1, 2023

Lawyer with ties to Brookfield, Wis. sentenced to four Years in Federal Prison

Browndorf also owned subsidiary law firms across the United States, including BP Peterman, which was based in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Dec 1, 2023

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93

O'Connor was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Nov 30, 2023

Court to weigh social media and First Amendment

The court’s decision in this case could have wide-ranging effects on the manner and methods of government efforts to influence the information that guides the public’s debates and decisions.

Nov 30, 2023

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100

Kissinger had two children, Elizabeth and David, from his first marriage.

Nov 29, 2023

IRS delays rules for payment apps’ users

Users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps will get a tax reprieve this year.

Nov 29, 2023

Attorney’s financial fraud victims angrily confront him before he’s sentenced

Those clients got to look the attorney in the eye Tuesday and tell him how he had destroyed their trust, as the disgraced lawyer was sentenced to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.

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