4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1056+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Missouri from using a newly drawn congressional map in the November midterm election, stepping into an escalating legal battle that had produced directly conflicting orders from state and federal courts. In an unsigned order issued…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (581+ words) Colorado home cooks will soon be able to legally sell tamales, burritos and other refrigerated or meat-filled foods made in their own kitchens under a major expansion of the state’s cottage-food law. The changes take effect January 1 under House Bill…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1217+ words) The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy ended without a verdict after seven days of deliberations, even though three jurors now say 11 members of the panel believed she should be found not guilty by reason of insanity. For families and observers…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1177+ words) President Donald Trump has escalated the U.S. trade fight with Canada beyond tariffs, ordering outright bans on imports of certain Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles beginning September 29. The move raises a legal question that became more important after the Supreme…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (302+ words) About 8,200 Michigan residents received enhanced driver's licenses or state IDs bearing the same unfamiliar man's face and a generic birth date after a vendor printing error affected thousands of government-issued credentials. The image and birth date did not belong to…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (783+ words) Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh blocked Missouri’s attempt Tuesday to use a Republican-backed congressional map in the November midterms, only for a federal judge to restore the same map minutes later. Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark ordered Missouri…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (604+ words) A coalition of 12 state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America is urging a federal judge to reject Paramount Skydance’s demand for a $1.88 billion bond as they seek to block its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (714+ words) Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial told the judge for a second straight day Wednesday that they could not reach a unanimous verdict, prompting a rare jury instruction and moving the case closer to a possible mistrial. The 12-member…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (471+ words) A San Diego jury awarded $105 million to a substance abuse counselor who said she was fired after reporting sexual harassment, a hidden camera in an employee bathroom, and concerns about patient safety at an opioid treatment facility. The verdict is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (389+ words) The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Mackenzie Shirilla’s latest bid to revive her postconviction challenge, refusing to reconsider its June decision not to hear an appeal stemming from a petition filed one day late. The court issued no opinion…...