WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The justices did not comment in letting stand rulings against the group from the federal appeals courts in New Orleans and Philadelphia. In a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities. The justices did not comment in leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the contentious law. A lower […]
The Jackson Fork Ranch on the upper Hoback River, pictured here in 2021, is typical of the agricultural landscape in the Bondurant basin. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile) A billionaire’s planned Upper Hoback Road luxury resort could take as long as six years to construct because Sublette County is not granting his request to eliminate seasonal […]
A judge in New Mexico has denied a request to use immunity to compel evidence from a movie set armourer in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin who fatally shot a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie Rust. Armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for her role in […]
A judge in New Mexico has denied a request to use immunity to compel evidence from a movie set armourer in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin who fatally shot a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie Rust. Armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for her role in […]
FILE – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, center, is joined by fellow governors during a news conference along the Rio Grande to discuss Operation Lone Star and border concerns, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Louisiana lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people […]
A divided federal appeals court panel in Washington rejected Steve Bannon’s emergency bid to stay out of prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. The rejection moves the Donald Trump ally a step closer to reporting to prison July 1 to serve his four-month sentence, though the Supreme Court can still intervene. A […]
Soft drink maker Britvic has rejected a £3.1 billion (€3.7 billion) takeover move by Danish brewing giant Carlsberg. The Robinsons squash and J2O maker saw its shares jump by as much as 15 per cent on Friday in response. The Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire-based company said it received a proposal from Carlsberg for the whole business […]
West Mifflin community members broke out in applause and cheers as the council moved to kill a controversial proposal aimed at pet owners. The borough was considering placing a limit on the number of pets one person could own but the backlash was swift. People packed a council meeting Tuesday night planning to speak on […]
New York state’s top court rejected Donald Trump’s gag order appeal Tuesday, as the former president separately presses Judge Juan Merchan to terminate the order. In his pending trial court motion, Trump argues that the order, which he opposed from the start, should end now that his trial is over. He was found guilty last […]
Rockford City Council decided to hold out for a project officials feel is better than one anchored by a giant indoor, climate-controlled self storage facility for the corner of Mulford Road and East State Street. But some officials said that better project might never come. Rockford rejected a plan to redevelop an all but vacant […]
Jun. 17—A Merrimack County judge has determined a then-16-year-old was not illegally detained for hours as police investigated the killings of his sister-in-law and two young nephews in August 2022. Public defenders for Eric Sweeney, now 17, sought to “suppress the fruits of his illegal detention” and certain statements he made to police. Judge John […]