Law

Supreme Court made a decision that could protect the integrity of the 2024 election

12:28pm June 27, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions.

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This March 28, 2017, photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein.

National

Negligence, staff failures led to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, a DOJ report says

10:04am June 27, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

The disgraced financier who was jailed for sex trafficking charges, killed himself at New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019. He died before standing trial.

Morning news brief

5:50am June 27, 2023

Russian President Putin's grip on power was challenged by rebellion. President Biden says U.S. had no involvement in that event. Nevada tribes to appear in court to block lithium mine construction.

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Appeals court to hear challenges to lithium mine from environmentalists, tribes

5:10am June 27, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

West Coast Native American tribes will make a last-ditch effort in federal court Tuesday to block what would be the nation's largest lithium mine.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court declines case challenging school's skirts-only dress code for girls

11:05am June 26, 2023

by Meghanlata Gupta

The decision lets stand a lower court ruling that the North Carolina charter school's dress code violated federal law.

National

Jury in Pittsburgh to begin sentencing phase in the synagogue shooting trial

5:05am June 26, 2023

by Oliver Morrison

A jury begins considering whether Robert Bowers should be put to death for killing 11 people in a hate-motivated shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018.

National

Mitch Landrieu aims to bridge the digital divide. He needs your help to do that

5:10pm June 25, 2023

Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is President Biden's point man to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act meant deliver broadband access to millions of Americans.

Joe Armstrong, the owner of WJBE 99.7 FM/1040 AM — whose call letters pay tribute to the original WJBE's owner, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown — says the Federal Communications Commission is threatening to revoke his broadcast license over his prior conviction for a tax crime, one that occurred years before he took ownership of the station.

Black-owned radio station may lose license over FCC 'character qualifications' policy

7:01am June 25, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Joe Armstrong, owner of WJBE 99.7 FM, says the FCC is threatening to revoke his broadcast license over his conviction for a tax crime — one that occurred years before he took ownership of the station.

Naum Lantsman in his Los Angeles home. He fell victim to a cryptocurrency scam and ended up losing his entire life savings.

Economy

He lost $340,000 to a crypto scam. Such cases are on the rise

6:01am June 25, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

He thought he was investing in cryptocurrency. In fact, he was being swindled out of his life savings. There has been a 900% increase in such cases since the pandemic began, federal regulators say.

A year after Roe was overturned, some anti-abortion supporters say little has changed

5:39pm June 24, 2023

by Sarah Boden

On the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, many of the anti-abortion movement's most ardent supporters mark the occasion in Pittsburgh, Pa., with the National Right to Life.

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