Tag: law and order

By SARAH RANKIN - Related Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal decide has dominated that an government order and new Virginia regulation permitting mother and father to choose their youngsters out of classroom COVID-19 masks mandates can't forestall 12 weak college students from looking for a “affordable modification” that might embody a requirement that their classmates put on masks.These college students' well being ...

A 26-year-old lady has been charged with homicide in Texas after authorities mentioned she triggered “the demise of a person by self-induced abortion,” in a state that has essentially the most restrictive abortion legal guidelines within the U.S.It’s unclear whether or not Lizelle Herrera is accused of getting an abortion or whether or not she helped another person get an abortion.Herrera was arrested Thursday ...

By KIM CHANDLER - Related Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two households with transgender teens and two physicians sued the state of Alabama on Monday to overturn a law that makes it a crime for medical doctors to deal with trans youth beneath 19 with puberty blockers or hormones to assist affirm their gender id.The lawsuit was filed in federal courtroom three days after ...

By ED WHITE - Related Press Jurors on Tuesday noticed provocative social media posts written by a key determine charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor, together with a photograph of a noose and a query: Which governor goes to be "dragged off and hung for treason first?”Federal prosecutors are near ending their case after 12 days of trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville's lead prosecutor says he agrees with protection attorneys {that a} demise row inmate is intellectually disabled and mustn't face execution.District Legal professional Glenn Funk made the evaluation in a submitting this week that determines Byron Black ought to as a substitute face a sentence of life in jail. The inmate's attorneys are arguing the 65-year-old must be spared underneath ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia insurance coverage commissioner has been indicted on federal costs associated to an alleged well being care scheme.A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted John Oxendine on costs of conspiracy to commit well being care fraud and conspiracy to commit cash laundering. He pleaded not responsible throughout an preliminary court docket look Friday, in keeping with on-line court docket ...

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Superior Courtroom decide on Wednesday denied a movement by Delaware’s Division of Well being and Social Providers to quash a subpoena from the state auditor’s workplace in search of info relating to eligibility for Medicaid packages.Decide Craig Karsnitz rejected the notion that Auditor Kathleen McGuiness doesn't have the authority underneath Delaware legislation to conduct efficiency audits of state companies ...

By DON THOMPSON and JANIE HAR - Related Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's governor proposed a plan Thursday to supply extra companies to homeless folks with extreme psychological well being and dependancy issues even when which means compelling some into care, a transfer that many advocates of homeless folks oppose as a violation of civil rights.Gov. Gavin Newsom stated at a press convention ...

By The Related Press LVIV, Ukraine – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Ukrainian troops retaking areas round Kyiv and Chernihiv are usually not permitting Russians to retreat and not using a battle, however are “shelling them. They're destroying everybody they will.”Zelenskyy, in his Saturday night time video handle to the nation, stated Ukraine is aware of Russia has the forces to place much more stress ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia psychological well being companies would supply employees to assist reply to police calls about folks with psychological well being crises below a invoice that handed the state Senate on Thursday.The Senate voted 53-0 for Senate Bill 403, sending it to the Home for extra debate.The measure would require the state's 23 group service boards to offer co-responders to any native ...