By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit challenging an Oklahoma law prohibiting transgender people from changing their birth certificates to match their gender identity. The three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court wrongly dismissed the case, finding that the law […]
Thick smoke slows traffic along Interstate 35 through the Kansas Flint Hills each spring when ranchers set the prairie afire so the grass will grow back thick and tall on millions of rolling acres that have changed little since herds of wild bison roamed where beef cattle now graze. Bill Haw Sr. never ceased to […]
Major indexes looked past hot inflation data and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments in early trades Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq inched up 0.1% each in the stock market today. GameStop (GME) and AMC Entertainment (AMC) continued to rally amid a revived meme-stock frenzy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake won a major boost late Wednesday when House Republican leaders included it in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. The bill could be law as soon as next week if […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by Coinbase customers who accused the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange of illegally selling unregistered securities and failing to register as a broker-dealer. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a lower court judge should not have […]
The Skytrain at Miami International Airport has been out of service for six months. Now, it’s back up and running. Here’s what to know about the terminal trains: What is the Skytrain? Miami International Airport shut down Skytrain service in September 2023 after inspectors found cracks under the tracks. It serviced four stations in the […]
By John Kruzel (Reuters) – A federal court that previously threw out a Republican-drawn South Carolina electoral map for bias against Black voters decided on Thursday that it can be used in this year’s congressional elections, a ruling that could undercut Democratic chances of winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives. The federal three-judge […]
This article was originally published in Idaho Capital Sun. Thirty people, including library staff, board members and patrons testified in person and virtually at a Senate State Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday morning to voice their opinions on the Legislature’s most recent library bill — House Bill 710. However, the committee did not vote on any […]
ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — Gad Partok was 10 years old in 1942 when Nazis stormed his street in the coastal Tunisian town of Nabeul. He saw them going door to door, hauling out his neighbors, shooting them and burning down their homes. Like so many Jews who moved to Israel after the war, Partok believed […]
The former assistant who claims Marilyn Manson sexually assaulted her, whipped her and threw her against a wall during a drug-induced rage won a critical appeal ruling Wednesday that revives her previously dismissed lawsuit against the shock rocker. Ashley Walters initially sued Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, with claims of sexual assault, sexual […]