Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Jury resumes deliberations in Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury resumed deliberations on Tuesday in a trial to determine how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass s...
Oct 11, 2022
Explainer-How a U.S. rule on independent contracting will affect workers, businesses
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would make it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors, potentially upending the...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas inmate’s race claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a claim brought by a Black Texas death row inmate who said he did not receive a fair trial for the killings of his white wife and two c...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to police qualified immunity defense
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to a legal defense called qualified immunity that has been employed to shield police officers a...
Oct 11, 2022
SEC scrutiny into Wall Street communications widens to investment funds – sources
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's scrutiny of how Wall Street handles work-related communications on personal devices and apps such as WhatsApp has...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court spurns bid to keep landmark same-sex marriage trial video sealed
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a bid by gay-marriage opponents to block the public release of video of a watershed 2010 trial in California that...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court spurns McKinsey & Co appeal in bankruptcy conflicts case
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear McKinsey & Co's bid to escape a lawsuit by retired turnaround specialist Jay Alix accusing the management consulting firm...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs fetal personhood appeal
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether fetuses are entitled to constitutional rights in light of its June ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decis...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court backs Republican in Pennsylvania ballots case
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an unsuccessful Republican candidate for a judgeship in Pennsylvania and threw out a lower court's ruling that had a...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. government back and forth on ‘gig’ workers, contractors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would make it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors, potentially upending the gig eco...
Oct 11, 2022
