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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined the appeal of an Ohio inmate who has long maintained his innocence in the 1994 slaying of three people. The court's Tuesday decision involves the case of Kevin Keith.
Not even Jeb Bradley could fix this one. He was powerless to bridge the gap between House and Senate negotiators on his bill dealing with how to pay for the care of animals seized following... The U.S. Supreme Court has opened up a new front in the long-running gambling wars.
Accused Santa Fe HS shooter Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, won't face the death penalty if he is convicted of capital murder , and could be paroled when he's 57, thanks to two US Supreme Court rulings. A 2005 decision made it unconstitutional for anyone under 18 at the time of their crime to face execution, and a 2012 ruling outlawed life without parole.
The U.S. Solicitor General has recommended that the nation's highest court consider whether Yakama tribal members are exempt from state gas taxes on the reservation. The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to announce whether it will review the matter.
Bruce Boynton, an unheralded civil rights pioneer arrested for sitting in the whites-only section of a bus station in 1958, is being recognized in his native Alabama.
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published its Spring 2018 rulemaking agenda; the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it will seek public comments on whether its 2013 Disparate Impact Regulation is consistent with the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v.
The Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary "RBG" is turning into a mini box office phenomenon. The film cracked the top 10 this weekend with $1.2 million from only 180 screens nationwide.
If you're planning on borrowing your buddy's rental car and loading it up with several dozen bricks of heroin, the Supreme Court gave you good news on Monday. In Byrd v.
Constitutional law experts say the nation's strictest abortion law passed recently in Iowa likely will not have an easy path to the U.S. Supreme Court where supporters had hoped it would help end legalized abortion. The Iowa affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit this week challenging the constitutionality of a law set to go in effect on July 1 that would prohibit most abortions in the state once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
A study of hundreds of thousands of popular songs over the last three ... . This photo combo of booking mugs provided by the Solano County Sheriff's Office in Fairfield, Calif., shows Jonathan Allen and his wife, Ina Rogers.
Could you save a fortune with new pay-as-you-drive motor insurance? If you use your car only twice a week it could cut A 225 off your annual bill Cruellest and most devious scam yet: Retired shopkeeper Henry, 79, loses A 25,000 after he's tricked into buying Rolex watches to hand to crooks Said no to a smart meter? Prepare for a deluge of junk mail after energy firms are given the green light to pester you Clever trick to boost interest by A 96 a year: Bounce cash from easy-access account into a regular saver and back MARKET REPORT: Bookie William Hill at risk of a foreign takeover after US Supreme Court overturns 26-year ban on sports betting Money Pit Stop: I don't mind risk - and even enjoy a flutter on stakes in race horses - how can I make more from my A 1.24m investments? DAN HYDE: There's no sense in a smart meter rush - as long as they're optional people will keep resisting Why ... (more)
Could you save a fortune with new pay-as-you-drive motor insurance? If you use your car only twice a week it could cut A 225 off your annual bill Cruellest and most devious scam yet: Retired shopkeeper Henry, 79, loses A 25,000 after he's tricked into buying Rolex watches to hand to crooks Said no to a smart meter? Prepare for a deluge of junk mail after energy firms are given the green light to pester you Clever trick to boost interest by A 96 a year: Bounce cash from easy-access account into a regular saver and back MARKET REPORT: Bookie William Hill at risk of a foreign takeover after US Supreme Court overturns 26-year ban on sports betting Money Pit Stop: I don't mind risk - and even enjoy a flutter on stakes in race horses - how can I make more from my A 1.24m investments? DAN HYDE: There's no sense in a smart meter rush - as long as they're optional people will keep resisting Why ... (more)
The Minnesota State Capitola S: With the Legislature facing a May 21 deadline for adjournment, the fate of legislation that would lower the bar for successful sexual harassment lawsuits is unclear. Minnesota victims of sexual harassment have waited long enough for reasonable access to relief from the courts.
In an important states'-rights decision announced Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed New Jersey to permit sports gambling, both by private casinos and through state-run lotteries. The case, Murphy v.
A man watches a baseball game in the sports book at the South Point hotel-casino, Monday, May 14, 2018, in Las Vegas. The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states.
Sometimes, one's duties as a critic can clash with one's feelings as a citizen. Betsy West and Julie Cohen's mostly engaging documentary RBG , about the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, stands as a film that informs, and sometimes even delights, with its portrait of one of the more remarkable lawyers, judges and feminist icons of our time.
In President Donald Trump's former life as a casino owner, he might have cheered Monday's ruling from the Supreme Court that struck down a federal law that barred every state but Nevada from allowing betting on most sporting events. But the Trump administration opposed the outcome reached by the high court at least in part because it could signal trouble in its legal fight against so-called sanctuary states and cities.
1 priority is simple: Don't leave his successor the same mess he did the last time. In this file photo, Amado Nanalang watches basketball games while making bets at a sports book in Las Vegas.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that criminal defendants can refuse guilty pleas, even if their lawyers believe it's the best way to avoid the death penalty. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the justices granted Louisiana's Robert McCoy a new trial for the killing of three people in 2008, even though the evidence against him appeared so overwhelming that his attorney entered a guilty plea.
If public sector workers were given the choice to stop paying union dues, many would do so, according to a new report from a union-backed think tank. The Illinois Economic Policy Institute estimates that 726,000 workers would choose to stop paying dues if they had that choice, which public sector workers in many states currently do not.