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Anti- and pro-abortion protestors argue during competing rallies June 24, 2022, outside a Planned Parenthood of Missouri office in St. Louis. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch file)
Nov 5, 2024

High court races grow costly amid abortion debate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Abortion and reproductive rights have been central to the races for president and governor in North Carolina, a battleground state that has more moderate abortion restrictions […]

A protestor marks the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by holding a neon sign June 23, 2023, in front of the tribunal’s Washington chambers. (Associated Press file)
Oct 14, 2024

10 South Carolinians face pregnancy-related charges after Dobbs ruling

South Carolina is one of the handful of states that has charged women with pregnancy-related crimes in the year after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Dobbs decision, the […]

Chuck Jones, former CEO of FirstEnergy Corp., walks toward a courtroom at the Summit County courthouse in Akron, Ohio, on Feb. 13. (Associated Press file)
Aug 14, 2024

Utility will pay $20M to avoid bribery prosecution

AKRON, Ohio — The energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio will pay $20 million and avoid criminal charges as part of a deal […]

Oklahoma’s move to prevent a religious school from receiving a charter school contract has drawn the legal attention of South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and his counterparts in seven other states. (Associated Press file)
Aug 12, 2024

SC joins lawsuit challenging ACA care for Dreamers

South Carolina and fourteen other states filed a federal lawsuit to block a Biden administration rule allowing 100,000 Dreamers access to Affordable Care Act health insurance.

Arian Simone, center left, and Ayana Parsons, center right, co-founders and CEOs of the Fearless Fund, speak to journalists Jan. 31 outside federal court in Miami (Associated Press file)
Jun 5, 2024

11th Circuit: Grant program is discriminatory

NEW YORK — A federal Court of Appeals panel suspended a venture capital firm’s grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail […]

The NCAA and a coalition of states suing it have announced a settlement that will allow athletes to resume competition immediately at a new school no matter how many times they have transferred in the past. (Associated Press file)
Jun 3, 2024

Back in action: Settlement allows multiple-transfer athletes to play

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The NCAA and a coalition of states suing the organization have announced a proposed settlement of a lawsuit that would allow athletes to be immediately eligible to […]

Black smoke rises Feb. 6, 2023, over East Palestine, Ohio, after authorities blew up part of a derailed Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials. (Associated Press file)
May 24, 2024

Railroad to pay modest $15M fine in Ohio derailment

The federal government agreed to a modest $15 million fine for Norfolk Southern over last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the railroad promised to pay more than […]

President Joe Biden's limousine is parked outside the Sheetz convenience store where the chief executive stopped for a snack en route Wednesday to the Pittsburgh International Airport. (Associated Press)
Apr 19, 2024

EEOC hits Sheetz with discrimination lawsuit

A convenience store chain where President Joe Biden stopped for snacks this week while campaigning in Pennsylvania has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company […]

Cars in a Norfolk Southern freight train continue to burn Feb. 4, 2023, the day after they derailed at East Palestine, Ohio. (Associated Press file)
Mar 11, 2024

Judge puts cleanup responsibility on Norfolk Southern

Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled. The decision threw out the railroad’s […]

Among the challenges the NCAA is facing is a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that allowed Dartmouth University basketball players to unionize. (Associated Press)
Mar 6, 2024

Legal challenges increase for NCAA

The NCAA is embroiled in multiple legal cases. There are at least five major federal antitrust challenges pending against the organization, which represents more than 500,000 athletes at more than […]

Pro-abortion protestors rally Feb. 6 in Kansas City, Mo., a state whose Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal that summaries of anti-abortion ballot initiatives were misleadingly written. (Associated Press)
Mar 4, 2024

Ruling highlights importance of state Supreme Court races

CHICAGO — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families […]

Feb 26, 2024

Prosecutors seek retrial in former deputy’s slaying case

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged in the killing of a Black man will face a retrial, prosecutors have announced. The decision comes just days after a […]


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