A man who participated in the January 6, 2021, events at the U.S. Capitol has filed a federal lawsuit seeking nearly $18 million in damages, alleging he endured severe physical abuse and medical neglect during his pretrial detention. Ryan Samsel, a barber who prosecutors identified as the first person to breach the Capitol grounds that...
Federal regulators faced intense scrutiny Tuesday as a three-judge panel questioned whether proper procedures were followed when implementing strict marketing requirements for flavored electronic cigarette products. The case centers on two vape manufacturers, Wages and White Lion Investments and Vapetasia, whose applications to market flavored e-liquids were denied by the Food and Drug Administration. The...
Federal regulators faced intense scrutiny Tuesday as a three-judge panel questioned whether proper procedures were followed when implementing strict marketing requirements for flavored electronic cigarette products. The case centers on two vape manufacturers, Wages and White Lion Investments and Vapetasia, whose applications to market flavored e-liquids were denied by the Food and Drug Administration. The...
Three states have initiated legal action against the federal government over the cancellation of multi-million dollar grants designated for special education staff development programs. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading the multistate effort alongside Rhode Island and Wisconsin, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The legal...
A Texas jury has convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in McKinney, Texas. The verdict, delivered Tuesday after less than half a day of deliberations, means Anthony faces a sentence ranging from five to 99 years or life in state...
Environmental groups achieved a mixed victory in federal court on Tuesday when a judge determined that government agencies failed to properly consider how increased road access would affect endangered grizzly bears and bull trout in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen found that the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
President Donald Trump’s legal team has requested a federal judge in Miami not to dismiss his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, following criticism about missed court deadlines. U.S. District Judge Roy Altman had set a June 5 deadline for Trump to respond to the broadcaster’s motion to dismiss the case. When...
A major civil rights organization found itself defending against federal fraud charges during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, even as it released its annual report documenting hate and extremism trends across the United States. The House Judiciary Committee convened a four-hour hearing to examine allegations that the organization had misused donor funds and engaged in...
A federal district court has intervened to prevent the U.S. Forest Service from utilizing presidential emergency authority to accelerate the approval process for a major electricity transmission project spanning 226 miles across Nebraska’s Sandhills region. U.S. District Judge Nina Wang issued a 30-page ruling on Tuesday determining that the Fish and Wildlife Service acted arbitrarily...
The city of Denver has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to temporarily block a $14 million payment to twelve individuals who sustained injuries during demonstrations in 2020 following George Floyd’s death. The emergency application, filed Wednesday, seeks to prevent enforcement of a jury verdict that found Denver police violated protesters’ constitutional rights through excessive...