Tag: Judiciary
New clashes as wildcat miners attack Indigenous in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Hundreds of wildcat miners attacked police who were trying to halt illegal mining in the Brazilian Amazon region and then...
Execution date set for inmate suing SC over firing squad law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday set an execution date for one of two death row prisoners suing the state...
Federal judge in South Carolina dismisses Bowen lawsuit
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina has dismissed former Louisville and South Carolina basketball player Brian Bowen II's lawsuit against Adidas...
Report: EPA officials improperly influenced dicamba decision
O'FALLON, Mo. — Environmental Protection Agency officials improperly influenced a decision to re-approve use of dicamba, a herbicide blamed for crop damage in hundreds...
Dueling harassment claims in transphobic rant, beer toss
GALLOWAY, N.J. — A New Jersey vice principal who threw beer at a group of people who were filming his wife's rant against a...
Former nurse who stole fentanyl used in surgeries sentenced
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A former Connecticut nurse who stole fentanyl from patients undergoing surgeries and substituted it with saline has been sentenced to...
Two former Baltimore officers get federal sentences reduced
BALTIMORE — Two former Baltimore police officers serving hundreds of years in prison for detaining and robbing drug dealers in the early 2000s had...
Justices signal they could limit Indian Country ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Oklahoma's request to retain custody of a man who has been on death row for killing...
Justice Dept. appeals judge’s order on Russia probe memo
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Monday that it would appeal a judge's order directing it to release a legal memo on whether President...
Citizenship agency eyes improved service without plan to pay
Less than a year after being on the verge of furloughing about 70% of employees to plug a funding shortfall, the U.S. agency that...