Attempts to pause hostilities in Gaza came as Israel fired the opening salvos in what could become a devastating offensive against the southern city of Rafah.
The drought afflicting the western Mediterranean is particularly bad in Catalonia, where restrictions on swimming pools, car washing and irrigation are in place.
Workers in the agricultural sector worry that a high tax would hurt their competitiveness in the EU and cost thousands of jobs.
Proposition 1 would require counties to spend such funding in different ways while also reducing local funds and adding new sanctions. That’s a key reason why one county is opposing the measure.
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Check out the latest and back issues here!While politicians and parents vie for more control over school curriculum, most teachers say they're being completely left out of the conversation.
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EU inflation has gradually eased since peaking at 11.5% in October 2022.
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Two members of the Supreme Court appear to be using alternative security services, putting their off-the-bench activities outside of the public view.
Prosecutors argued Grossman was speeding at 81 mph while under the influence, which they say makes her guilty of second-degree murder.
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge in Los Angeles to order Alexander Smirnov back to jail after a magistrate judge in Las Vegas released him on his own recognizance.
Environmental restrictions for federal coal leasing on public lands is now up to the current administration’s Interior Department.
The Labor Department says a company hired minors under the age of 18 to clean killing floors, bone cutting saws, headsplitters, jawpullers, and skinners.
The roughly 100-page legal pad contained lyrics to "Hotel California" and other Eagles hits.
Barry Tubb claims Paramount didn't seek his permission to use a behind-the-scenes photo from the original "Top Gun" with him in it for the 2022 sequel.
The disgraced singer is currently serving two combined prison sentences for convictions in Chicago and New York.
The final suspect arrived in New York on Wednesday, more than a year after the alleged trigger man was spotted outside the Brooklyn home of an Iranian activist.
Attorney General Kris Mayes says the Internal Revenue Service violated federal law by imposing federal taxes on the state’s family tax rebate.
While Judge John Tunheim didn't agree wholeheartedly with an arbitration panel's findings on data the pillow magnate used to back his election disputes, he didn't find reversible fault with its award.
Ed Burke also seeks a new trial on RICO claims jurors convicted him of last December.
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The nominations are for positions in D.C., Illinois, Arizona, Iowa and the Court of Appeals.
A Supreme Court insurance fight allows maritime contract choices to prevail over state public policies.
The high court said that despite an unusual split verdict, Georgia could not bring another trial against Damian McElrath because doing so would violate the double jeopardy clause.
If supported by Arizona voters, a concurrent resolution would restore an annual $10 million in funding to Arizona state parks.
The jury will begin deliberating Thursday whether two men accused of killing hip-hop legend Jam Master Jay are guilty of the decades-old crime.
The parents claimed the school district policy violated the First Amendment rights of students who do not “respect” another student’s gender identity.
The state said the lower court went too far by putting its ban on gender-affirming care on pause.
Tesla owners can pursue their claims that the company deliberately reduced their electric vehicles' battery power, but the judge stopped short of issuing an injunction.
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The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Gregory Ulrich, who bombed and shot up a clinic in his suburban Minneapolis hometown of Buffalo, Minnesota, in 2021. He raised questions regarding juror bias and whether the prosecution proved that he intended to kill his victims, rather than just injure them; the record supports his conviction and there was no bias demonstrated.
A federal court in Arkansas denied a state prison warden’s request to dismiss an inmate’s complaint that officials failed to protect him from assault by other inmates, who beat him with padlocks that were unsecured in their rooms. The warden and chief of security were aware that the padlocks had previously been used in violence between inmates, yet allowed the locks to remain unsecured, which might constitute deliberate indifference.
A federal court in Louisiana denied the New Orleans Police Department’s motion for summary judgment on its argument that it could not have known the officer it hired, who is now in prison, would sexually assault a child. The department was aware that he had five arrests on his criminal record, which qualifies him as a “habitual offender” under the department’s own rules.
The Fourth Circuit found Cox Communications liable for the willful contributory infringement of more than 10,000 copyrighted works owned by Sony, Warner Bros., Universal and other record companies, after the lower court awarded these firms $1 billion in statutory damages because Cox failed to prevent its internet customers from engaging in piracy. The appeals court remanded for a new trial on damages because Cox did not profit from its users’ acts of infringement.
A federal court in New York preserved an inmate’s two remaining claims for excessive force and failure to intervene, both aimed at a correctional officer who urinated on the back of his leg, his mattress and a towel during a search of his jail cell at the Nassau County Correction Center.
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Former U.S. Representative George Santos says Jimmy Kimmel tricked him into recording personalized videos that the late-night host then aired in violation of copyright, including one where Santos congratulated a woman named Brenda for "successfully cloning your beloved schnauzer, Adolf," and another praising a man for eating 6 pounds of loose ground beef in 30 minutes.
Top hotel chains including Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt and Loews are engaging in price fixing by sharing data about room occupancy and rates among themselves, plaintiffs say in a class action. They argue that Smith Travel Research's information sharing is anti-competitive, violates the Sherman Act and unfairly drives up prices.
Social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat created a youth mental health crisis, according to the city of New York in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County court.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration listed the queen conch as a threatened species, saying that it may soon be at risk of extinction. The queen conch is native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, and its meat is sought after as a local delicacy.
An aircraft manufacturer is responsible for a defective helicopter that crashed off the coast of Kauai and killed four Navy sailors after an attachment bolt became disconnected during the flight, their families say in a pair of lawsuits.
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