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Oregon city can't limit church's homeless meal services, federal judge rules

Mar. 28, 2024 22:29 PM EDT

BROOKINGS, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a southern Oregon city can't limit a local church's homeless meal services. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke found that an ordinance passed by the small city of Brookings, on the southern Oregon coast, violated the religious...

4 Canadian school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for disrupting students' education

Mar. 28, 2024 20:25 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Four of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario said Thursday they launched lawsuits against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning. The lawsuits claim platforms like Facebook and Instagram...

Activists sue US National Park Service over plan to remove Puerto Rico's famous stray cats

Mar. 28, 2024 20:14 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nonprofit organization said Thursday that it sued the U.S. National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the U.S. territory. The lawsuit filed by Maryland-based Alley Cat Allies comes four...

Texas judge moves late fee case to DC, accusing banks of venue shopping for favorable ruling

Mar. 28, 2024 19:28 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas federal judge on Thursday accused the major banking industry groups and U.S. Chamber of Commerce of venue shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a major win for the federal regulator. The bureau had argued the only...

Republican states file lawsuit challenging Biden's student loan repayment plan

Mar. 28, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration to block a new student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, 11 states led by...

Appeals panel won't order North Carolina Senate redistricting lines to be redrawn

Mar. 28, 2024 17:38 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court declined Thursday to order North Carolina legislators to redraw some state Senate districts, rejecting arguments that clear evidence has been presented showing Republican manipulation of boundaries means Black voters there are prevented from electing...

For-profit school accused of preying on Black students reaches $28.5 million settlement

Mar. 28, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

A for-profit college accused of targeting women and Black students with false advertising about how long it would take to complete a degree, then extracting millions of dollars in extra tuition payments, agreed to a $28.5 million settlement announced Thursday. The class-action...

High court rules Maine's ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional

Mar. 28, 2024 15:04 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's highest court has ruled that the state's longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional. The court considered a lawsuit that asked whether the ban on hunting game animals such as deer, turkey and moose on Sundays was still necessary. Maine is...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

Mar. 28, 2024 07:13 AM EDT

Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 26, 2024. Editorial: Will everything ‘work out’ as Justice claims? Cataloguing the list of serious problems confronting the state of West Virginia is an arduous and gloomy task. The same goes for compiling and examining Gov. Jim...

Families of 5 men killed by Minnesota police reach settlement with state crime bureau

Mar. 27, 2024 19:13 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Families of five men killed by police have reached a settlement with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in their lawsuit seeking the investigative files on the fatal shootings. The $165,000 settlement was reached Monday. The families' attorney,...