By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) -Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday sued the U.S. government to block the Biden administration’s proposed rule that would require the offshore oil and gas industry to provide nearly $7 billion in financial assurances to cover costs of dismantling old infrastructure. The rule, which would take effect later this year, […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students in six additional states, dealing another setback for a policy that has been under legal attack by Republican attorneys general. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves referred to the regulation as “arbitrary […]
Judge Beverly Cannone is expected to rule on a key piece of video evidence when the Karen Read murder trial resumes Monday morning. The video in question is from a surveillance camera in John O’Keefe’s driveway. It shows Read’s black Lexus SUV backing out of her Boston police officer boyfriend’s driveway on Jan. 29, 2022. […]
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new rule from taking effect that would have barred discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation in Idaho schools. The preliminary injunction ruled in favor of a complaint filed by four Republican attorneys general, including Idaho’s Attorney General Raúl Labrador, over a new federal Title IX rule, […]
The Supreme Court threw out a ban on bump stock devices. The devices allow rifles to fire bullets quickly and were used in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. Justice Samuel Alito wrote Congress would agree with a ban, but still struck the ban down. There’s “little doubt,” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote, that Congress […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority. In a preliminary injunction granted Thursday, U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty called the new rule an “abuse of […]
Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang avoids unnecessary meetings, prioritizing efficiency over routine check-ins. Speaking at Stanford University, Huang disclosed his aversion to frequent catch-ups, even with his 55 direct reports. “I don’t do one-on-ones with any of them,” the billionaire executive stated. Huang highlighted that frequent meetings would clutter his schedule and hinder the […]
A group of immigrant advocacy organizations sued the Biden administration Wednesday over its executive action limiting asylum processing last week. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on behalf of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. In a complaint filed […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Kansas Board of Education is settling a land dispute between two rural school districts in northeast Kansas. USD 115 Nemaha Central Schools filed a petition with the state board asking for approximately 81 square miles of land currently belonging to the USD 113 Prairie Hills school district. Nemaha argues the vast […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden administration over a new federal rule that he says would require states to pay for gender care procedures for transgender people through their Medicaid programs and require health care providers to perform them. “This is yet another example of Joe Biden trying to sidestep the Constitution […]
(Bloomberg) — A prominent UK judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s top court has warned of “grave danger” to the finance hub’s coveted legal system, in a scathing critique of China’s crackdown on dissent in the city. Most Read from Bloomberg Jonathan Sumption, who served as an overseas judge at the city’s Court of Final […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to rule this month on two major abortion cases with significant nationwide implications as the justices revisit the issue for the first time since overturning Roe v. Wade. The 2022 decision to end the right to obtain an abortion sent shockwaves across the country, leading to a new […]