Tag: National courts
Judge: Utah schools don’t need to offer girls’ football
<p>SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah girl whose football skills won her fame online has lost her court bid to have school districts create...
Prosecutors seek validation of South Carolina abortion ban
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two of the prosecutors named as defendants in a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions have argued...
Judge: Utah schools don’t need to offer girls’ football
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah girl whose football skills won her fame online has lost her court bid to have school districts create...
Exxon Mobil ordered to pay $14.25M penalty in pollution case
<p>HOUSTON — A federal judge ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a $14.25 million civil penalty Tuesday in an 11-year-old lawsuit alleging it violated the...
Government offers plan to release more endangered red wolves
Government wildlife officials released two more critically endangered red wolves into the wild in North Carolina and could place several more captive-bred wolves into...
Mexico Senate passes energy bill favoring state, fossil fuel
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Senate passed an electrical energy bill that favors government-owned generating plants that largely run on fossil fuels Tuesday, putting renewable...
Prosecutors seek validation of South Carolina abortion ban
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two of the prosecutors named as defendants in a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions have argued...
Long US prison stay for Canadian drug mule who used river
<p>DETROIT — A Canadian man who was found unconscious and tethered to 185 pounds (84 kilograms) of marijuana in the Detroit River was sentenced...
Exxon Mobil ordered to pay $14.25M penalty in pollution case
HOUSTON — A federal judge ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a $14.25 million civil penalty Tuesday in an 11-year-old lawsuit alleging it violated the...
Civil suit in U.S. over British teen’s death can proceed
<p>FALLS CHURCH. Va. — A federal judge in Virginia has again rejected an American diplomatic couple's efforts to toss out a lawsuit in the...