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LINDSAY WHITEHURST

LINDSAY WHITEHURST

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Health|News|US

Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris' position

Donald Trump has signaled support for a potentially historic federal policy shift to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris' position
Crime|News|Opinion|US

NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week

The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice.”

NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week
Crime|News|US

Alaska man charged with sending graphic threats to kill Supreme Court justices

An Alaska man accused of sending graphic threats to injure and kill six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has been released from custody after being indicted on federal charges

Alaska man charged with sending graphic threats to kill Supreme Court justices
Crime|News|Political|US

The flood of ghost guns is slowing after regulation. It's also being challenged in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case over a federal regulation aimed at reducing weapons often referred to as ghost guns

The flood of ghost guns is slowing after regulation. It's also being challenged in the Supreme Court
Crime|News|Political|US|World

Supreme Court will weigh Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against leading U.S. gun manufacturers over allegations their commercial practices have helped caused much bloodshed there

Supreme Court will weigh Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers
Crime|News|US

Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn't kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago

Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution
Environment|News|US

Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations

The Supreme Court has left in place two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury

Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations
Crime|News|Opinion|US

Supreme Court takes the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket

The Supreme Court took the bench again on Monday, ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and transgender rights

Supreme Court takes the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket
Health|News|Political|US

Supreme Court declines Biden's appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

The Supreme Court decided Monday that a court order finding Texas hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a state abortion ban will stay for now

Supreme Court declines Biden's appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
Business|Health|US

Supreme Court rejects appeal from ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Martin Shkreli, who was once dubbed “Pharma Bro” after jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug

Supreme Court rejects appeal from ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from singer R. Kelly, convicted of child sex crimes

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from singer R. Kelly, convicted of child sex crimes
Crime|News|US

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas officer convicted in killing of woman through her window

The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a former Texas police officer convicted in the death of a woman who was shot through a window of her home

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas officer convicted in killing of woman through her window
Election|News|Technology|US

Supreme Court won't hear appeal from Elon Musk’s X platform over warrant in Trump case

The Supreme Court says it won't hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump

Supreme Court won't hear appeal from Elon Musk’s X platform over warrant in Trump case
Crime|US

Supreme Court seems open to upholding regulations on ghost guns, hard to trace weapons used in crime

The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to uphold a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons found at crime scenes in increasing numbers

Supreme Court seems open to upholding regulations on ghost guns, hard to trace weapons used in crime
Business|Economy|Finance|US

TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement with the Justice Department

TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who say the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years

TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement with the Justice Department
Crime|Political|US

Supreme Court tosses out decision letting 18-year-olds carry guns during emergencies in Pennsylvania

The Supreme Court has tossed out a decision allowing 18-year-olds to legally carry guns in public

Supreme Court tosses out decision letting 18-year-olds carry guns during emergencies in Pennsylvania
Business|Economy|Environment

Supreme Court allows rule limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in effect

The Supreme Court has allowed a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out

Supreme Court allows rule limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in effect
Election|Political|US

Republicans and Democrats are both preparing for long legal battles over the 2024 election results

Both Republicans and Democrats are preparing for a potentially lengthy battle in the courts over the results of the 2024 election

Republicans and Democrats are both preparing for long legal battles over the 2024 election results
Crime|Election|Political|US

Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen’s lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing that Cohen said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir

Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen’s lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment
Political|US

A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign

When he was president, Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court with three nominees, and in the process shifted the court's ideological balance to the conservative right

A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign
Crime|Political|US

Supreme Court rejects push to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from ballot in two swing states

The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal to remove Robert F

Supreme Court rejects push to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from ballot in two swing states
Election|US

Trump's election could assure a conservative Supreme Court majority for decades

Donald Trump has already appointed three Supreme Court justices

Trump's election could assure a conservative Supreme Court majority for decades
Election|US

Supreme Court rejects push to move Georgia case against ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows

The Supreme Court has refused to let former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows move the election interference case against him in Georgia to federal court, where he would have argued he was immune from prosecution

Supreme Court rejects push to move Georgia case against ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows
Business|Health|Science|US

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to graphic cigarette warning labels

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to graphic cigarette warning labels
Business|Health|Political|US

Regulators cracked down on sweet vapes after use by kids spiked. Now the Supreme Court is wading in.

Vaping is coming before the Supreme Court next week as federal regulators ask the high court to uphold its block on sweet, flavored products following a spike in youth e-cigarette use

Regulators cracked down on sweet vapes after use by kids spiked. Now the Supreme Court is wading in.

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