Can the FBI force a company like Apple to extract data from a customer’s smartphone? In the fight over an iPhone used by an extremist killer in San Bernardino, some legal experts say Congress has never explicitly granted that power. ...
Read More »Court fight seen by African-Americans as affront to Obama
Watching the fight unfold between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans over who should choose the next Supreme Court justice, Michael A. Bowden got angry at what he saw at the latest affront to the first black president. And then ...
Read More »Justice Thomas asks questions in court for first time in 10 years
Justice Clarence Thomas stunned lawyers, reporters and others at the Supreme Court on Monday when he posed questions during an oral argument for the first time in 10 years. It was the second week the court has heard arguments since the ...
Read More »High court won’t hear appeal over NFL player settlement
The Supreme Court turned away an appeal from three former NFL players who challenged a $42 million settlement between the league and nearly 25,000 former players over the NFL’s use of player images in film footage. The justices on Monday let ...
Read More »States reduce jobless checks, adding pressure to unemployed
When Demetrius White recently lost his job as a $10-an-hour forklift driver loading pallets of shampoo, he applied for unemployment benefits to help support his family. That aid will not last as long as it once did, because White is ...
Read More »Bill to undo merger of state patrols getting mixed reviews
A Missouri lawmaker’s proposal to undo the 5-year-old merger of the state’s Highway Patrol and Water Patrol is being applauded by local officials who say law enforcement presence on the state’s waterways has been drastically reduced since the 2011 move. ...
Read More »Man charged in Missouri girl’s death fights death penalty
Defense attorneys for a man charged in the death a 12-year-old Missouri girl are fighting against a possible death sentence even before the man goes on trial. A circuit judge heard testimony Friday on motions challenging the prosecution’s notice of ...
Read More »Abortion case returns to Supreme Court after loss of Scalia
The Supreme Court challenge to a Texas law that has dramatically reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state is the justices’ most significant case on the hot-button issue in nearly a quarter-century. One of this election-year term’s biggest cases ...
Read More »Lands’ End apologizes for feature on feminist Gloria Steinem
Wisconsin-based retailer Lands’ End is apologizing to customers for featuring an interview with feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem in its spring catalog and has removed references to her from its website. The company removed a feature on Steinem from ...
Read More »Father of Missouri Gov. Nixon dies at 90
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is mourning the death of his 90-year-old father. The Democratic governor said Friday that Jeremiah “Jerry” Nixon died of natural causes at his St. Louis home. Jerry Nixon was a World War II and Korean War ...
Read More »In a twist, GOP-led Nebraska may give up redistricting power
In 2008, for the first time in 44 years, red-state Nebraska awarded one of its Electoral College votes to the Democratic presidential candidate, and aghast Republican Party leaders decided they wouldn’t let it happen again. They redrew the state’s political ...
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