Utah hoping Supreme Court will break precedent and transfer vast tracts of federal land to states
With the new Supreme Court term set to begin, Utah is hoping the conservative justices will continue to overturn long-established legal precedents, including the federal government’s control of U.S. public land.
Doctor charged in Matthew Perry case pleads guilty to conspiracy to dispense ketamine
In the months leading up to Perry’s death, Mark Chavez said in a plea deal he conspired to distribute liquid ketamine and ketamine lozenges to Perry through transactions with another doctor.
Newly passed laws in California will ban all plastic bags from grocery stores by 2026
California is now the first state in the country to ban all plastic bags — including recyclable bags — from grocery stores. Take-out containers may be next.
Harris and Biden surveyed damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in 2 swing states
President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Georgia and North Carolina to reassure people that help is on the way. Making good on that promise is a critical test in this election year.
On a Tennessee street hit hard by Helene flooding, strangers show up to help
Across Eastern Tennessee, people are connecting on social media to help clear out ruined furniture, scrub off mud, and deliver jugs of water so people can flush toilets.
Strangers are showing up to help after severe flooding in northeastern Tennessee
On a hard-hit street in northeastern Tennessee, houses flooded with about five feet of water, everything inside destroyed. But strangers are showing up to help people clean up their homes.
Neighbors have been helping neighbors recover from hurricane Helene
The effort to recover from Hurricane Helene is only beginning. But neighbors and volunteers from humanitarian organizations are pitching in to help.
Judge unseals new evidence against Trump in the Jan. 6 election interference case
Prosecutors provided the most detailed look yet at their election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
Volunteer organizations fan out in Helene recovery efforts
In the southeastern states hit by Hurricane Helene, FEMA is coordinating the federal government recovery effort and a grassroots network of neighbors and volunteers are helping each other.
A court blocks a couple from suing Uber over a crash, citing terms and conditions
An appeals court sided with Uber, ruling a couple can’t sue over a near-fatal car crash because they had agreed to Uber’s arbitration clause. Their lawyer is worried about a “slippery slope.”
Hurricanes contribute to thousands of deaths each year in the U.S.—many times the reported number
The death toll reported from an average tropical cyclone is 24. But the true toll is maybe 300 times higher—and the losses stretch for years after the storm passes.
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