Tag: Civil rights violations
Students charged with shouting racial slurs sue UConn
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Two University of Connecticut students arrested for shouting a racial slur outside a campus apartment complex sued the school Tuesday,...
Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect
Lawyers for the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh have challenged his potential death sentence as unconstitutional.Lawyers for Robert...
Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect
Lawyers for the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh have challenged his potential death sentence as unconstitutional.Lawyers for Robert...
Judge orders government to make changes to terror watchlist
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A federal judge is ordering the government to make changes to its watchlist of more than 1 million people...
Judge blocks enforcement of LA law that takes aim at NRA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of a Los Angeles law requiring businesses that want city contracts to disclose...
Justices seem OK with car stop over owner’s invalid license
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seems ready to say police may pull over a car when they know only that its owner's license...
Justices seem OK with car stop over owner’s invalid license
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seems ready to say police may pull over a car when they know only that its owner's license...
Alaska Supreme Court to hear youths’ climate change lawsuit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming...
Mississippi defends 15-week abortion ban in appeals court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The state of Mississippi says a federal court erred in not letting it present evidence about whether a fetus experiences...
Guilty plea in case of man forced by police to lick...
HONOLULU (AP) - A Honolulu homeless man fearing he would be arrested, reluctantly obeyed a police officer's orders to lick a urinal, according to...
