Welcome to The Dirt! I’m real estate reporter Kimberly Miller with the latest developments in the sizzling market. It’s finally come to a head folks. We knew it was going to get messy. Not even a United Nations peacekeeping envoy would want to tackle the griping as a pickleball wave threatens to overwhelm those still clinging to the ancient sport […]
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a secret recording made public on Monday by a liberal activist can be heard agreeing with the sentiment that the U.S. should return “to a place of godliness.” Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the recording that activist Lauren […]
Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Thursday with a trip to Arizona, his first appearance in a battleground state since he was convicted in a hush money scandal. He repeated his critiques of the case against him as politically motivated and called for his conviction to be overturned on appeal. “Those appellate courts […]
The Biden administration recently published a comprehensive Title IX rule that constricts due process protections for students accused of sexual misconduct and reinterprets sex discrimination to reach sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. Many in the media have portrayed the controversy over this rule as a conflict between cultural conservatives and progressives. That story is […]
Nevada lawmakers passed a law in 1975 allowing courts to charge fees for people represented by public defenders. (Photo: (Photo: Alejandra Rubio/Nevada Current) Policy, politics and progressive commentary Though people have a constitutional right to legal representation, an antiquated Nevada law allows for some to be charged a fee for using a public defender. The law […]
The Administrative Office of the Courts is holding a series of virtual town halls next week, where residents can discuss access to substance abuse treatment in their communities, and how to improve access. The virtual town halls are held twice annually by the Citizen Foster Care Review Board. Although state residents can participate in any […]
By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Soaring temperatures in India’s capital have proven to be too much for some courts and are putting to the test a law in place since 1961 that requires lawyers to wear heavy black robes and coats. At least three High Courts have permitted lawyers to discard the robes […]
Skydance Media has increased its cash offer and restructured its bid for Paramount Global in an effort to make a deal more equitable for the media conglomerate’s minority shareholders, an individual familiar with the matter tells TheWrap. The latest offer must be approved by Paramount’s independent special committee, which let the exclusivity window on its […]
(Reuters) -U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rejected a request by two Democratic senators for a meeting to urge him to take steps to ensure fellow Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recuses himself from pending cases related to the 2020 election. U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and fellow Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, […]
May 28—ROCHESTER — An appellate court ruling opens the door for five former Mayo Clinic employees fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine due to religious beliefs to take their wrongful termination lawsuits to trial, possibly the first of many. The three-judge panel of the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on May […]
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Courts in Thailand handed jail terms on Monday to an activist musician who set fire to a portrait of the king and to an opposition lawmaker for insulting the monarchy, their lawyers said. Another monarchy-reform activist – who had gone on a partial hunger strike after being […]
Europe has put pressure on Israel to comply with the top UN court’s ruling to end its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, even though Israel has said it will ignore the judgment handed down in the Dutch city of The Hague. “We take note of the order” given to Israel on […]