The ACLU of Arkansas and a group of co-plaintiffs will not appeal a November ruling which limits lawsuits seeking to enforce parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 related to racial discrimination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Representing the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State Conference NAACP, the ACLU of Arkansas sued […]
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s longtime ally, is set to turn himself in to prison in Connecticut today after the supreme court rejected his last-minute appeal to avoid prison time. The 70-year old was ordered by the supreme court on Friday to report to FCI Danbury, a minimum security federal prison in Connecticut, on 1 July. […]
France’s lightning-quick election campaign is over, and despite last-ditch appeals not to back the far right, voters appear ready to hand the National Rally party a historic victory in parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal warned it would unleash “impulses of hate and aggression”. But the party of Marine Le Pen and 28-year old Jordan […]
Environmentalists are challenging Michigan regulators’ decision to approve encasing part of an aging Enbridge Energy oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, arguing that they failed to properly consider alternatives that would minimize climate impacts. The Environmental Law & Policy Center and the Michigan Climate Action Network filed a brief with […]
WASHINGTON — Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute bid to stave off his four-month sentence for defying subpoenas from the House Jan. 6 committee. Bannon was convicted in Washington on two counts of contempt of Congress nearly two full years ago, in July […]
Police searching for missing teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife are appealing for expert volunteers to help with a “massive search” on Saturday. The 19-year-old, from Lancashire in England, disappeared following an attempt to walk back to his accommodation on June 17th. On Friday, the Guardia Civil appealed for volunteer associations, such as firefighters, and individual volunteers […]
Donald Trump is defined in large part by his dishonesty, but the lies that appear in the former president’s fundraising appeals are often hysterical, even by his standards. The Washington Post this week highlighted the Republican’s willingness to use “false [and] inflammatory messages to rake in campaign cash,” adding, “Some recent pitches have raised eyebrows […]
York County says Silfab’s solar project has the green light, despite zoning appeal Channel 9 has reported on the back-and-forth battle over a solar panel manufacturer setting up shop in York County, but it turns out that a recent appeal in favor of neighbors doesn’t actually affect the solar panel company. Silfab Solar is building […]
This story was originally published on Restaurant Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Restaurant Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: River Sub, a Subway franchisee operating 48 stores in Texas filed for Chapter 11 on June 20, just over a week after a Texas appeals judge rejected the operator’s effort to vacate an […]
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Four bankers who helped a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin move millions of francs through Swiss bank accounts have lost their attempt to overturn convictions for failing to perform due diligence in financial transactions. Zurich High Court on Tuesday upheld an earlier judgement against the men who assisted Sergey […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Josh Duggar, a former reality television star convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images. Duggar was on the TLC show “19 Kids and Counting” with his large family before his 2021 conviction. The court did not elaborate on the denial, as is typical. […]
A Nevada judge has dismissed charges against six Republicans who falsely declared that Donald Trump won the 2020 election in the battleground state, after ruling that the case was brought in the wrong jurisdiction. Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus on Friday sided with the defense attorneys’ argument that Las Vegas was the […]