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Judge: BP’s Indiana refinery violated soot emission limits
<p>WHITING, Ind. — A BP refinery in northwest Indiana repeatedly violated air pollution standards for soot emissions between 2015 and 2018, a federal judge...
Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
<p>NEW YORK — A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go...
German high court overturns Berlin rent price cap
BERLIN — Germany's highest court ruled Thursday that a cap on rent prices implemented last year by Berlin's left-wing state government is unconstitutional and...
EU top court backs bloc in ban on electric pulse fishing
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s highest court on Thursday backed the bloc’s decision to ban as of July the practice of using electric shocks...
Missouri city settles part in suit over Black inmate’s death
CHARLESTON, Mo. — A southeastern Missouri city has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle its part in a lawsuit brought by the family of...
Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
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Judge: BP’s Indiana refinery violated soot emission limits
WHITING, Ind. — A BP refinery in northwest Indiana repeatedly violated air pollution standards for soot emissions between 2015 and 2018, a federal judge...
US women soccer players appeal decision against equal pay
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — Players on the women’s national soccer team have asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court decision throwing out...
Brazil court greenlights probe of president’s virus response
<p>SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Senate investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic to go forward, one...
Guatemala’s top court refuses to seat female justice
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Congress refused to swear in a crusading female judge to the nation’s highest court Tuesday, a move the United States...