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A retired teacher says she was discriminated against at a MidFlorida Credit Union branch because she’s Black, and she’s suing because of it.

INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — A lawsuit challenging an Indiana law that prohibits transgender students from competing in girls school sports was dropped Wednesday just weeks before it was to be heard by a federal appeals court. A federal judge earlier this month ruled that West Virginia can keep its ban on transgender athletes competing in female school sports. A federal appeals court in New York, however, dismissed a challenge to Connecticut's policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls sports. U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson had ruled that the fifth-grade girl had “a strong likelihood” of prevailing in arguments that the Indiana law violated federal Title IX protections. The federal appeals court in Chicago was scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Feb. 15.

PHOENIX — (AP) — An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was barred from being enforced for decades. But the Arizona Court of Appeals on Friday declined to repeal the 1864 law, which carries a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion and provides no exceptions for rape or incest. Still, the court said doctors can’t be prosecuted for performing abortions because other Arizona laws passed over the years allow them to perform the procedure, though non-doctors are still subject to be charged under the old law. “The statutes, read together, make clear that physicians are permitted to perform abortions as regulated” by other abortion laws, the appeals court wrote. After the Roe decision was overturned and the issue of abortion was left up to the states, bans went into effects in some states.

PHOENIX — (AP) — An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was barred from being enforced for decades. But the Arizona Court of Appeals on Friday declined to repeal the 1864 law, which carries a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion and provides no exceptions for rape or incest. Still, the court said doctors can’t be prosecuted for performing abortions because other Arizona laws passed over the years allow them to perform the procedure, though non-doctors are still subject to be charged under the old law. “The statutes, read together, make clear that physicians are permitted to perform abortions as regulated” by other abortion laws, the appeals court wrote. After the Roe decision was overturned and the issue of abortion was left up to the states, bans went into effects in some states.

The company is accused of failing to report hundreds of thousands of potentially suspicious orders.

The legislation is designed to protect same-sex and interracial marriages if the Supreme Court takes away additional rights in the future.

The ruling is a win for the US justice department, which is probing Mr Trump over classified documents.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily reinstated the state's law that allows abortion up to six weeks of pregnancy while the court considers an appeal in the case.

A federal judge ordered Florida to stop enforcing its “Stop W.O.K.E. Act,” which Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has championed as a conservative achievement.

The Florida State Board of Education held a meeting Wednesday in Orlando to discuss new rules in Florida schools, including several prompted by the Parental Rights in Education law passed earlier this year.

European Parliament approved a rule which, if passed, would mean all electronic devices sold in the EU must be equipped with USB Type-C charging capabilities.

Newsom signs into law a bill that will make it illegal for California employers to discriminate against workers for cannabis use outside of work.

The decision to grant a 14-day restraining order against the state law means abortions through 20 weeks' gestation can continue for now.

Ministers have clear legal powers to send migrants to Rwanda, government lawyers tell the High Court.

Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. on Wednesday gave his staff the go-ahead to "pull" LGBTQ support documents at all school districts, after a State Board of Education member asserted that some could violate a controversial new law.

Educators are cautiously making changes as they wait to see how the new law governing lessons on gender and sexual orientation will be interpreted and enforced. Ron DeSantis, bans lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade as well as material that is not deemed age-appropriate. Critics dubbed it "Don't Say Gay," though it contains no bans on specific phrases and doesn't bar material on sexual orientation considered age-appropriate for grades 4 and above. Opponents say the law would stifle classroom discussion, arguing that it doesn’t clarify what could be deemed inappropriate. DeSantis and other Republicans have argued parents should be the ones in control of teaching their children about sexual orientation and gender identity.

Educators are cautiously making changes as they wait to see how the new law governing lessons on gender and sexual orientation will be interpreted and enforced. Ron DeSantis, bans lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade as well as material that is not deemed age-appropriate. Critics dubbed it "Don't Say Gay," though it contains no bans on specific phrases and doesn't bar material on sexual orientation considered age-appropriate for grades 4 and above. Opponents say the law would stifle classroom discussion, arguing that it doesn’t clarify what could be deemed inappropriate. DeSantis and other Republicans have argued parents should be the ones in control of teaching their children about sexual orientation and gender identity.

Ron DeSantis, bans lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade as well as material that is not deemed age-appropriate. Critics dubbed it "Don't Say Gay," though it contains no bans on specific phrases and doesn't bar material on sexual orientation considered age-appropriate for grades 4 and above. Opponents say the law would stifle classroom discussion, arguing that it doesn’t clarify what could be deemed inappropriate. DeSantis and other Republicans have argued parents should be the ones in control of teaching their children about sexual orientation and gender identity. DeSantis recently addressed some of the concerns at an unrelated news conference, saying: “You know I hear some people say, ‘Wow, school’s coming up.

Some Florida schools have moved library books and debated changing textbooks in response to a law critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”.

The appeals court also rejected arguments that a “personhood” provision in the law is unconstitutionally vague.

ATLANTA — (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. The Georgia law includes exceptions for rape and incest, as long as a police report is filed. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Mississippi case that overturned Roe v. Wade clears the way for the law to take effect. The Supreme Court ruled on June 24 and Georgia’s attorney general asked the appeals court that afternoon to overturn the lower court ruling and allow the state’s abortion law to take effect.

In a matter of days, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case that could have heavy environmental impact, West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency.

As a federal judge considers whether to block a new state law that Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act,” businesses filed a second...

Lynn Fitch says she wants to empower women. Her next step is to repeal Roe v Wade.

The rulings came as the court begins a sprint to try to clear its docket by the end of the month or early July.

The law would bar social media companies from removing posts based on a user’s political ideology.

A North Korean army medic hands out medication to counter 'fever' -- a term Pyongyang often uses to refer to Covid -- and related sickness. The medic, Jong Jun Ho says the number of people receiving treatment for 'fever' has gone down in recent times. North Korea says its Covid-19 outbreak has been brought under control, but experts question the official numbers given the isolated country has one of the world's worst healthcare systems and likely no Covid-19 drugs or mass testing ability.

Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints

The Roe v. Wade decision from the U.S. Supreme Court could soon be overturned or significantly weakened as the nine justices prepare to release their ruling in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed an emergency request for a stay, seeking to overturn an appeals court ruling that allowed Texas's social media law to take effect.

The leak has stirred expectations that the 1973 decision legalising US abortion could be overturned.

Transgender Birth Certificate Lawsuit FILE - In this March 15, 2021, file photo, demonstrators gather on the steps of the Montana State Capitol protesting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Helena, Mont. — (AP) — A Montana judge on Thursday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law that required transgender people to have undergone a “surgical procedure” before being allowed to change their sex on their birth certificates. Both argue having a birth certificate that does not match their gender identity puts them at risk of embarrassment, discrimination, harassment or violence if they are asked to provide their birth certificate. Having a birth certificate that does not match her gender identity puts her at higher risk of harassment, hostility and discrimination, the lawsuit said. Before the 2021 Legislature passed the challenged law, transgender residents seeking to change their birth certificate needed only to provide an affidavit to the state health department.

A Montana judge on Thursday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law that required transgender people to have undergone a “surgical procedure” before being allowed to change their sex on their birth certificates. District Judge Michael Moses of Billings ruled the law is unconstitutionally vague because it does not specify what surgical procedure must be performed. The law also required transgender people to obtain a court order indicating they'd had a surgical procedure.

Critics say the legislation championed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would move the country away from the production of clean energy, jeopardize foreign investment and deepen a rift with the United States.

Two lawsuits were filed after the state's Republican-controlled legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Beshear's veto of a restrictive abortion bill.

Activists from the Cambodian environmental group Mother Nature are increasingly being targeted.

Under the new law, anyone harassing a woman going into an abortion clinic will be committing a crime that can be punished with up to one year in prison.

MADRID — (AP) — Spain is awaiting the publication in coming days of a new law banning the intimidation or harassment of women entering abortion clinics. Spain’s government, led by the center-left Socialist government, proposed the law last year and lawmakers approved it in September. They argued that the alterations flew in the face of the constitutional right to free speech and the right to assemble. Anti-abortion groups said their gatherings outside abortion clinics were organized to pray and offer help to the women. The national Association of Accredited Clinics for Pregnancy Termination says that more than 100 cases of harassment are reported outside clinics each year.

Spain is awaiting the publication in coming days of a new law banning the intimidation or harassment of women entering abortion clinics

A pivotal lawsuit in Florida could have heavy implications for what classroom discussions may sound like when it comes to the First Amendment.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it would review a challenge to a California law that set certain conditions for pork sold in the state. The case stems from a 2018 ballot measure where California voters approved the nation’s toughest living space standards for breeding pigs. Two agricultural associations challenging the law say almost no farms satisfy those conditions. The law had a Jan. 1 effective date, but California is currently allowing the continued sale of pork processed under the old rules. The groups challenging the law are the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation.

The Supreme Court is agreeing to review a challenge to a California law that set certain conditions for pork sold in the state.

The Supreme Court said Monday it would review a challenge to a California law that set certain conditions for pork sold in the state. The case stems from a 2018 ballot measure where California voters approved the nation’s toughest living space standards for breeding pigs. Two agricultural associations challenging the law say almost no farms satisfy those conditions.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to review a case involving a federal law that gives Native Americans preference in adoptions of Native children. The high court said Monday it would take the case involving the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act. The law has long been championed by Native American leaders as a means of preserving their families and culture. The law gives Native American families priority in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native children, and it places reporting and other requirements on states. But the judges also found some of the law's provisions unconstitutional, including preferences for placing Native American children with Native adoptive families and in Native foster homes.

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a case involving a federal law that gives Native Americans preference in adoptions of Native children.

Recent Florida A&M University Law and Howard University Law students are fighting to change the lack of Black representation in courts across the state.

France’s government spokesman says more than 1 million adults have got their first vaccine shot over the past month

Analysis suggests seven water companies illegally dumped sewage thousands of times between 2017 and 2021.

A Florida bill requiring the study of Asian American Pacific Islander history in applicable classes passed unanimously on Tuesday.

Effective from New Year's day, officials hope the law will prevent a billion items of single use plastics every year.

Pub landlords on the Wales/England border say the situation is confusing for customers.

Abortion rights advocates want the case resolved by a judge who previously blocked S.B. 8, which bans the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a measure to repeal a requirement that abortion providers notify the parents of minors seeking the procedure.

A law that infringes on Second Amendment rights is as damaging as one that denies a woman’s right to choose.

The Supreme Court leaves controversial Texas abortion law in place, but allows lawsuits

A divided Supreme Court refused Friday to block a Texas law that has banned most abortions in the state.

Planned Parenthood celebrated the ruling but said abortion services still remain "virtually inaccessible" in Texas.

A jury convicted the former Empire actor of five of six counts of felony disorderly conduct.

AUSTIN, Texas — A new law going into effect on Jan. 18 in Texas mandates that dogs cannot be chained outside. >> Read more trending newsThe law, passed during a special session, bans any “unlawful restraint” of a dog, banning both chains and heavy weights, the Texas Tribune reported. The law also requires that any animal outdoors have “adequate shelter,” which includes shade from direct sunlight and drinking water, KSAT reported. Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed the bill into law in October after vetoing a previous version over the summer, People Magazine reported. ©2021 Cox Media Group

Rules intended to protect borrowers and rein in fees have drained the profit from small-dollar mortgage lending. Who suffers? People who are straining to start building wealth.

Polk County firefighter says state law will help him in fight against cancer.

Ten months after several clients lodged complaints against him, Orlando attorney Justin Infurna has been permanently disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court.

An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race.

A social justice group files a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY – The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented for public comment a proposed set of regulations on Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies, a move that drew criticism Tuesday. López Obrador was close to Trump and was outraged by the blocking of his accounts. Like Trump, López Obrador thinks traditional media outlets are biased against him, and like Trump, the Mexican president has used the term “fake news,” or Spanish variants of it. López Obrador said in January that his administration is reaching out to other government to form a common front on the issue. “I can tell you that at the first G20 meeting we have, I am going to make a proposal on this issue,” López Obrador said.

Tampa-based Florigrown LLC is challenging the 2017 law, which created a regulatory structure for the state’s medical marijuana industry. Several prospective medical marijuana operators have intervened in the case, hoping to gain access to what is forecast to be one of the nation’s most lucrative markets. Triangle’s principles hold medical marijuana licenses in Colorado and Arizona, according to court documents. “We are not allowed to use the statutes to hand out special favors to private corporations, which is exactly what has happened in the medical marijuana arena,” he said. “Ultimately, our goal is to provide affordable, safe medical marijuana to patients.

It was a historic and powerful day on Capitol Hill as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Trumps efforts to end protections for young immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program Thursday. The program covers people who have been in the United States since they were children and are in the country illegally. According to the AP, young immigrants will retain their protection from deportation and their authorization to work in the United States. The American Dream means that if you play by the rules and work hard, you can make it in America, and Im thrilled to see the Supreme Court agree, Demings said in a statement. On Monday, the Supreme Court also ruled that its illegal to fire people because theyre gay or transgender.

Florida lawmakers propose bill to prevent young children from being arrestedPublished: March 2, 2020, 12:52 pmA Florida senator who filed a bill to prohibit children under 12 from being arrested has announced a compromise with lawmakers that is expected to pave the way for the legislation to pass.

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