A federal judge in California ruled on Monday that the Trump administration cannot enforce executive orders that require groups to halt programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion or acknowledge the existence of transgender people to receive grant funding. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar wrote in his order that a group of pro-LGBTQ nonprofits “demonstrated […] ...
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Fulton County, Georgia, jail leadership resigns after inmate’s death and accusations of unsanitary conditionsFulton County, Georgia, jail leadership resigns after inmate’s death and accusations of unsanitary conditions
Three officials at the Fulton County, Georgia, jail have stepped down amid an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family said was housed in a filthy, bug-infested cell that “was not fit for a diseased animal.” ...
Tennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hitman online, the FBI says. It was a spoof website and now he’s facing chargesTennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hitman online, the FBI says. It was a spoof website and now he’s facing charges
A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof “rent-a-hitman” website, according to the Department of Justice. ...
He was free for 2 years. Now Crosley Green is back in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commitHe was free for 2 years. Now Crosley Green is back in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit
A Florida man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn’t commit returned to prison Monday after spending the past two years building a life outside prison walls. ...
Supreme Court seems sympathetic to postal worker who didn’t work Sundays in dispute over religious accommodationsSupreme Court seems sympathetic to postal worker who didn’t work Sundays in dispute over religious accommodations
The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays. ...
McCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling planMcCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling plan
Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn’t have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden. ...
Anti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in placeAnti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in place
A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night’s deadline for the court to act approaches. ...
Family of victim and survivors of Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting file lawsuit against gun magazine manufacturer and distributorsFamily of victim and survivors of Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting file lawsuit against gun magazine manufacturer and distributors
The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in 2021. ...
Rays’ Wander Franco hit with gun charge amid trial for alleged sex abuse of minorRays’ Wander Franco hit with gun charge amid trial for alleged sex abuse of minor
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who is already on trial over allegations of sexual abuse of a minor, was hit with an illegal possession of a handgun charge on Sunday, prosecutors in the Dominican Republic said. The charge stemmed from an arrest on Nov. 10 after Franco was in an altercation in a parking […] ...