DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- On Friday, the highest court in Alabama refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Harvest Church in Dothan against the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. The fight began early last year when Harvest split from the AWFC and feared the denomination would seize their property. The church then []
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were “illogical” and violated the state constitution, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct specifics of the IRS investigation. TOPEKA (KSNT) - A federal court decision paves the way for the IRS to access the bank records of God's Storehouse in Topeka, as the thrift shop is under investigation for campaign finance issues and unpaid taxes. The United States Court []
(The Center Square) - The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled against exorbitant government fees in a case that centered on one California retiree forced to pay a flat-rate $23,000 “traffic impact fee” for the construction of a single small home to raise his grandson in. This ruling combined earlier rulings on government permitting fees, which must both have “essential nexus” — related to the government interest from having the fee — and be “roughly proportional” to the...
Leaders, activists and groups across Arizona are reacting to the state Supreme Court's ruling to revert to a 1864 pre-statehood law, handing Arizona one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
The Ohio Supreme Court issued a decision Wednesday in a case that goes back to the height of the pandemic and a reporter’s request for death records.
Shafaqna English- A UK court on Tuesday declared a ban on Muslim prayer at a school in London to be lawful. Michaela community school in Brent, founded by conservative campaigner and former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh, introduced the ban last year. A challenge was brought by a Muslim
The Palestinian Diab family will be evicted from their homes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ruled Monday morning. This comes following a complaint by the Nahalat Shimon real estate company, who petitioned for the family's eviction.console.log("2390 BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){ console.log("2390 BODY. YES for anyclip script"); var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src =...
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Europe's top rights court on Tuesday said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change in a historic decision that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies.
(The Center Square) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled in a 4-2 decision on Monday that the 1864 ban on abortion altogether will take effect in two weeks, instead of keeping a 2022 law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. “Absent the federal constitutional abortion right, and because [the law] does not independently authorize abortion, there is no provision in federal or state law prohibiting [the law’s] operation. Accordingly, [the 1864 law] is now enforceable,” the court’s...
"We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit," said one of the older Swiss women who won.