Jan. 18—MIDDLETOWN — Known as the Pickleball Capital of Ohio because of its number of courts, the city of Middletown is adding to that distinction. City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday night authorizing the amendment of a contract with J. Schmidt Homes LLC to install nine pickleball courts, resurface the existing 18 courts and build […]
On Jan. 6, 2015, Taryn Joy Marchi stepped through a snowbank next to a newly plowed parking spot in downtown Nelson and into a classic Canadian conundrum. The ensuing drop injured Marchi’s leg badly enough to warrant $1 million in alleged damages. The city claimed it had followed its snow removal policies, but could she sue them for a […]
By Alexandra Ulmer, Helen Coster and James Oliphant CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Donald Trump and his allies are going all out to deal Republican rival Nikki Haley a back-breaking blow in next week’s New Hampshire primary, courting her donors, bashing her in TV ads and using racial-themed dog whistles that mock her heritage. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday apologized to former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson for a Democratic National Committee statement a day earlier that mocked the end of his long-shot 2024 bid for the Republican presidential nomination. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients called Hutchinson on Wednesday morning “to apologize on behalf of […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas court system needs at least $2.6 million in additional funds to recover from an October cyberattack that prevented the electronic filing of documents and blocked online access to records for weeks, the state’s top judicial official told legislators Tuesday. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert included the figure […]
A Chinese court’s decision recognising the copyright of an image generated via artificial intelligence (AI) aims to encourage such creations and provide a boost to this nascent industry, according to the judge who made the landmark ruling. In the first judgment of its kind in mainland China, the Beijing Internet Court last November ruled that […]
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court this week is set to hear a bid by commercial fishermen to avoid costs associated with a government-run fish conservation program in a dispute that gives its conservative justices another chance to curb the regulatory powers of federal agencies. The two cases being argued on […]
Hello and welcome to your Under the Dome newsletter. Kyle Ingram here. Wondering about the status of all those contested redistricting plans? With less than two months until the primary, all three new North Carolina electoral maps are facing federal lawsuits — but courts may not reach decisions before elections get underway. State Senate map […]
The cyber attack that shuttered online access to Kansas courts for months was orchestrated by affiliates of a Russian-based ransomware group, Kansas Chief Justice Marla Luckert said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Kansas Legislature during her annual State of the Judiciary address, Luckert revealed more details about the attack than the court had released since […]
Nineteen Republican former members of Congress have signed an open letter that calls on the courts to move “as quickly as possible” on Donald Trump’s four criminal cases for the sake of the country. Former Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Charles Dent (R-Pa.) and David Jolly (R-Fla.) were among those to express their […]
Fort Lauderdale will soon be home to a massive pickleball facility, as developers expect to break ground later this month on the massive space at Snyder Park. The project is expected to bring $10 million of tourism economic impact for the city and provide 100 job opportunities in Fort Lauderdale, developer and marketer Brad Tuckman […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks the Constitution should be amended to accommodate the gun regulations he favors. But in the meantime, he is trying out a different strategy: If we ignore the Second Amendment, maybe it will go away. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right to carry guns in public for self-defense, […]