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(CN) — The First Circuit upheld a federal law Friday prohibiting nonviolent felons from possessing guns, despite the Supreme Court’s landmark Bruen case that expanded gun rights under the Second Amendment. Carl Langston, who was sentenced to 57 months for possessing a gun despite a previous criminal conviction,...

First Circuit upholds gun ban for nonviolent felons

Michigan State

(CN) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Republican lawmakers violated the state constitution in 2018 when they controversially used an “adopt-and-amend” maneuver to curb a minimum wage hike and new standards for paid sick leave. Wednesday’s decision will bump Michigan’s current minimum wage of...

Michigan Supreme Court revives minimum wage bump previously gutted by GOP

WASHINGTON (CN) — Senate Democrats on Thursday began following through on President Joe Biden’s commitment to Supreme Court reform, bringing forward a bill that would reverse the high court’s controversial decision to shield presidents from prosecution for official acts. But the measure, championed by Senate Majority Leader...

Bill scrapping presidential immunity ruling poses challenge to SCOTUS authority

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Independence, MO

ST. LOUIS (CN) — Finding that the plaintiffs lacked standing, the Eighth Circuit on Friday tossed a lawsuit filed by a group of parents challenging a suburban Kansas City school district’s book-banning policy. The unanimous decision by the three-judge panel upheld a decision from a federal court, which...

Eighth Circuit tosses lawsuit challenging Missouri school district’s book-banning policy

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WASHINGTON (CN) — In a rare unanimous move, the Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding the federal judiciary and easing the caseloads currently faced by federal courts and judges. That bill, known as the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved or JUDGES Act, was sponsored...

Senate unanimously approves bill adding dozens of new federal judgeships

Baldwyn, MS

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Mississippi News Group

A Baldwyn man has been charged with kidnapping and assault involving his spouse according to a press release from the Prentiss County Sheriff's Department. On July 27th, 2024 Deputy Ethan Hester took a report from a victim that came to the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department.

Local man charged with kidnapping and assault

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Latin Times

Texas Senator Ted Cruz seems to be on the way to retain his seat in the November elections, as the latest polls show him with a relevant lead over his contender, Rep. Collin Allred. However, it is far from a done deal. FiveThirtyEight's survey aggregator shows that, in the latest...

Ted Cruz's chances of keeping his Texas Senate seat against Democrat challenger Colin Allred

103.3 The G.O.A.T.

Buc-ee's is well known around the state of Texas and the nation as a whole. Everyone at one point in their lives has seen a advertisement for the very famous gas station. They all have a certain personality to them as well. These billboards even generate attention online for the various phrases on them.

Buc-ee’s, A Texas Original, Questioned In Regards To Awkward Billboard

Denver, CO

David Heitz

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

MANHATTAN (CN) — A disappointing jobs report and poor manufacturing data caused a major sell-off on Wall Street this week, as resurgent recessionary worries dominated investors’ minds. Markets started the week in mildly positive territory, but manufacturing order and pricing data on Thursday caused a quick reversal. By...

Wall Street suffers bloodbath as unemployment ticks up

Central Islip, NY

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Nationwide drugstore CVS must evaluate the cost-effectiveness of store designs proposed by a wheelchair-using customer, who filed an ADA class action over the store’s decision to keep items in the middle of its aisles, impeding her access. CVS only must consider addressing the layout at that customer’s store, however, not all its shops, as the court says this would be “overbroad and unduly burdensome.”

Drugstore design

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Houston, TX

HOUSTON — A Texas appellate court ruled that a woman was properly convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she stabbed someone over whether a parking lot was free to use. She says the jury should have been instructed on “defense of a third person,” as she was pregnant at the time of the incident and allegedly acted in defense of her unborn child. But she never requested this instruction, so the trial court did not err in not issuing it.

Stabber’s pregnancy defense fails

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

New York State

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Second Circuit upheld the conviction of a former federal prison guard who repeatedly raped an inmate that as assigned to clean his office on weekends. The 10-year sentence imposed, however, did not give enough weight to the “full range” of the guard’s offenses, so the matter of sentencing is remanded for reconsideration.

Longer sentence for rapist jailer

Arizona State

PHOENIX (CN) — A federal judge declined to block the U.S. Forest Service from selling 13 unowned horses found in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in a Texas auction. Like many places in the West, the Apache-Sitgreaves is home to a horse herd embroiled in controversy. While the forest service says the horses are escapees from nearby ranches and tribal lands, classifying them as feral, wild horse advocates claim they’re descendants of the Spanish Barb horses that have made their home in the forest for centuries.

Federal judge declines to halt Arizona horse auction

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

MANHATTAN (CN) — A New York appeals court on Thursday declined to end former President Donald Trump’s gag order in his hush-money criminal case, continuing narrow restrictions his public statements two months after his conviction. The former president succeeded in getting some aspects of the gag order lifted...

New York appeals court won’t lift Trump gag order pending hush-money sentence

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Fifth Circuit slaps down vote dilution claims by minority coalition in Galveston redistricting fight

GALVESTON, Texas (CN) —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected on Thursday voter dilution claims by a coalition of different minority group in a redistricting case...

Fifth Circuit slaps down vote dilution claims by minority coalition in Galveston redistricting fight

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