By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight. The justices’ decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now,…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against top firearm manufacturers in the U.S. alleging the companies’ business practices have fueled tremendous cartel violence and bloodshed. The unanimous ruling tossed out the case under U.S. laws that largely shield gunmakers from liability when their firearms are…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a Catholic charity in Wisconsin doesn’t have to pay unemployment taxes in one of a set of religious-rights cases the justices are considering this term. The Thursday ruling comes in a case filed by the Catholic Charities Bureau. The organization says the state…
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews were working Thursday morning to contain and clean up a 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill in Baltimore’s harbor, according to state and city officials. Initially, Johns Hopkins Hospital reported a contained 200-gallon diesel fuel spill at its East Baltimore facility on Wednesday morning, but a few hours later the fire department responded…
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Americans hold religious freedom dear, enshrining it in the First Amendment. Even when the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified in 1919, banning “intoxicating liquors,” enforcement under the Volstead Act excluded sacramental wines. That principle is being tested in San Bernardino County involving the California Evergreen Farms Native American Church, which cultivates marijuana for use in its…
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By SEUNG MIN KIM, KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Germany’s new leader is meeting President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday as he works to keep the U.S. on board with Western support for Ukraine, help defuse trade tensions that pose a risk to Europe’s biggest economy and further bolster…
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It’s one thing if you are a Harvard, a private university with the nation’s largest endowment, as the Trump administration vows to “agressively revoke” Chinese student visas. It’s quite another thing altogether if you are the University of California, a public system that in recent decades has relied less and less on public monies and…
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As the dust settles from the springtime festival season, which included the Coachella Valley Music Festival among others, it’s clear the festival season in Southern California has been nothing short of spectacular — and sometimes wild. From surprise guest appearances that sent social media into a frenzy, to sets that had crowds dancing under the stars…
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San Bernardino now has a city manager, after the council voted Wednesday night, June 4, to appoint one formally and end the role being served by an interim. Eric Levitt has been appointed to the position. Levitt will be stepping away from his current role as city manager of Fullerton, which he’s had since 2021,…
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By LORNE COOK, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers are set Thursday to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a U.S. push to ramp up security spending. The “capability targets” lay out goals for each…
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