U.S./World News

Man Injured Torching Police Car Outside Supreme Court

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 12:00am

A young man set a police car on fire outside the Supreme Court, suffering serious burns in the process. The man, who has not been identified, suffered serious burns and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said an individual appeared to pour a flammable liquid on a white four-door sedan belonging to the Supreme Court Police, parked on Maryland Avenue next to the court building, and then set the vehicle ablaze. An adjacent vehicle was also damaged.

Ginsburg Says Cancer Has Returned, But Won’t Retire

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 07/20/2020 - 4:00am

Washington – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court.

Delays Likely as Postmaster General Pushes Cost Cutting

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 07/20/2020 - 3:00am

Washington – Mail deliveries could be delayed by a day or more under cost-cutting efforts being imposed by the new postmaster general. The plan eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and says employees must adopt a “different mindset” to ensure the Postal Service’s survival during the coronavirus pandemic.

Democrats Pressed to Include Court Reforms in Platform

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 07/20/2020 - 2:00am

Washington – Liberal interest groups are intensifying pressure on Democrats to take aggressive measures to reshape the Supreme Court, arguing the party should include such measures in its policy platform at next month’s convention.

Catholic Church Lobbied for $1.4 Billion in Coronavirus Aid

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 07/20/2020 - 1:00am

New York – The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.

Thomas Spoke, Roberts Ruled in Unusual Court Term

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 4:00am

Washington – Justice Clarence Thomas spoke, and Chief Justice John Roberts ruled.

The Supreme Court’s most unusual term featured victories for immigrants, abortion rights, LGBTQ workers and religious freedoms.

Double Win at Supreme Court Elates Religious Conservatives

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 3:00am

New York – Conservative-leaning faith leaders and their allies, outspoken in recent years about what they consider infringements on religious liberties, cheered last week as the Supreme Court issued a pair of rulings that protected certain rights of religious employers.

Regulators Say Railroad Talks Can Be Included in Lawsuit

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 2:00am

Federal regulators say the nation’s four largest railroads shouldn’t be able to exclude all the details of their conversations from a lawsuit challenging the way they set rates in the past.

Dozens of major companies filed lawsuits last year against Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads.

Supreme Court Vacates Four More Sentences After Ruling

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 12:00am

Oklahoma City – A Native American man convicted in Oklahoma of first-degree murder and another who pleaded guilty to manslaughter had their convictions vacated because the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that much of the eastern part of the state remains a reservation on which tribal members are subject to federal and tribal law, not state law.

Ginsburg Treated in Hospital for Possible Infection

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 12:00am

Washington – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was being treated for a possible infection and was expected to stay in the hospital for a few days following a medical procedure, the Supreme Court said in a statement Tuesday.

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