AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Describing Texas prisons as so hot that inmates would cool off by splashing themselves with toilet water or faking suicid…
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Six families have filed lawsuits saying that men who died while incarcerated in Alabama prisons were missing organs when returned to their families. Families said their loved ones had undergone autopsies after dying in state custody. At least two of the families said funeral homes told them that internal organs were missing when the bodies were sent for burial. A Montgomery judge held a brief status conference Tuesday. Lauren Faraino, an attorney representing the families, said they are seeking answers about what happened.
DENVER (AP) — A police recruit who had to have both of his legs amputated after losing consciousness and repeatedly collapsing during fight tr…
Consumer advocates are criticizing a court decision to hold up a Biden administration rule that requires airlines to more clearly disclose fees for baggage and changing a ticket. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said this week that the Transportation Department likely exceeded its authority when it issued the rule. The judges say the rule will irreparably harm airlines. The Biden administration published the rule, alongside another dealing with airline refunds, in April as part of a campaign against what it calls junk fees. The Transportation Department says the rule would save consumers more than $500 million a year.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The owners of twelve Pennsylvania casinos have asked the state's highest court to declare that a tax on slot machine re…
Officials say Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Tuesday that the settlement is the largest secured by a single state. A judge in 2021 approved a $650 million settlement with the company, formerly known as Facebook, over similar allegations of users in Illinois. Meta says in a statement that the company is pleased to resolve the matter. The Texas lawsuit said that Meta was in violation of a state laws that prohibits capturing or selling a resident’s biometric information, such as their face or fingerprint, without their consent.
A panel of judges has struck down a Republican-approved 2023 state law that would cut the Democratic-leaning Nashville’s Metro Council in half. The decision Monday marks another court defeat for state laws passed last year that would reduce Nashville’s autonomy, extending to its international airport and pro sports facilities. The wave of restrictions followed a 2022 decision by local Nashville leaders to spike a proposal to bring the 2024 Republican National Convention to Music City. Monday's 2-1 ruling says state lawmakers designed a 20-member limit for metro governments to affect only Nashville, which has 40 council members. The law had previously been temporarily blocked in court for the August 2023 council elections.
Jon Gruden is asking the entire Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider a decision by a three-justice panel to throw out a lawsuit he filed against the NFL over emails leaked to the media before he resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021. The league declined Tuesday to comment and attorneys for Gruden and the NFL didn't respond to messages. Gruden wants all seven justices to rehear the case after three justices split 2-1 in a May ruling that said the league can move the civil case into arbitration that might be overseen by a defendant, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
FILE - Passengers board an Amtrak train heading to New Orleans from Atlanta on Nov. 23, 2016. The federal government sued Norfolk Southern railroad on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, over chronic delays for Amtrak between New York and New Orleans. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
FILE - The Nashville, Tenn., skyline is reflected in the Cumberland River July 11, 2022. A panel of judges has struck down a 2023 change approved by Tennessee Republican lawmakers that would cut the size of Democratic-leaning Nashville’s Metro Council in half. The decision Monday, July 29, 2024, marks another court defeat for a series of state laws passed last year to cut into Nashville’s autonomy, extending to its international airport and pro sports facilities. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)