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Judge holds hearing on challenge of Mississippi abortion law
National News 07/02/2022A judge held a hearing Tuesday but didn’t say how she would decide a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions in the state.The law — which st...
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Scottish leader calls for new independence vote next year
National News 06/28/2022Scotland’s leader told lawmakers in Edinburgh Tuesday that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scotland’s independence on Oct. 19, 2023 — even though U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson maintains it wasn’t the right time for...
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Japan high court rejects paternity harassment allegations
Legal Issues 06/23/2022A Japanese High Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a former brokerage manager alleging on-the-job harassment and unlawful dismissal after he took parental leave while working at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley.The case of Glen Wood, a Canadian who...
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Washington prepares for more patients seeking abortion
Legal Issues 06/18/2022While the nation waits for the Supreme Court’s opinion on a blockbuster abortion case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood of Washington is getting ready for an increase in out-of-state patients seeking an abortion.“We are ...
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Man denies kidnapping charge in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Recent Cases 06/03/2022A Colorado man pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Vermont to kidnapping a man who was later found shot to death in a snowbank in 2018 in what prosecutors allege is a murder-for-hire case stemming from a financial dispute. Federal prosecu...
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Reality TV’s Josh Duggar gets 12 years in child porn case
National News 05/22/2022Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was sentenced Wednesday to about 12 1/2 years in prison after he was convicted of receiving child pornography.Duggar was also convicted of possessing child pornography in December, but U.S. District Judge Timothy Br...
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CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains
National News 05/03/2022U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.Americans age 2 and older should...
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Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
Headline Legal News 04/23/2022A judge in Phoenix has dismissed lawsuits seeking to disqualify three Republican lawmakers from this year’s ballot because they participated in or helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021, rally in Washington that led to an unprecedented attack on Cong...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts GOP-drawn legislative maps
Law Firm News 04/20/2022The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday adopted Republican-drawn maps for the state Legislature, handing the GOP a victory just weeks after initially approving maps drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.The court reversed itself after the U.S. Supreme Co...
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Court: DWI fatality sentence needs more definition
Legal Events 04/13/2022A Louisiana appellate court has ordered a state judge to add details to the sentence of a man who pleaded guilty to killing a jogger while driving drunk in October 2020.A three-judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal ruled in the case of Georg...
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Dental Malpractice Litigation Attorney in New York
Legal Events 04/09/2022Jordan R. Pine is a dentist and attorney, making him eminently qualified to offer his expertise in dentist malpractice cases. New York Dental malpractice occurs when the treatment provided by dental health care professionals falls below the acceptabl...
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Mexico high court OKs preference for state power plants
National News 04/04/2022Mexico’s Supreme Court deemed constitutional Thursday a controversial energy law pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that gives government-owned power plants preference over private competitors.The law took effect in M...
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