• Make cities pay for not enforcing the law

    If your next-door neighbor decided to start brewing beer in his garage, and the fermenting yeast made your house smell like rotten eggs, you could sue him for nuisance, enjoin him from making beer, and seek damages to repair the damage to your house. That is a fair common law principle. But what if the […]

  • The TikTok ban is law. Here's what happens next.

    President Biden signed the bill that bans TikTok in the U.S. So is TikTok really going to be banned? There's a long fight ahead to determine if that's the case.

  • Marcos orders reconstitution of OP human resources

    President Marcos has amended the composition of his office’s human resource promotion board for first-level and second-level career posts and awards and incentives committee.

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    Gov. DeWine orders flags lowered on Sunday

    DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered all U.S. and state flags be flown at half-staff on May 5. All flags upon public buildings and grounds throughout the state of Ohio will be flown at half-mast on Sunday in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. This order is in effect from []

  • Top of the order leads UTRGV past ACU

    The top third of UTRGV’s lineup combined for eight hits and six runs scored in a 7-4 victory over the Abilene Christian Wildcats on Friday at Crutcher Scott Field in Abilene. Batting leadoff, senior Kade York went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. Hitting second, freshman Easton Moomau went a career-best 3-for-5 with […]

  • VanEtten man sentenced after violating order of protection

    VANETTEN, N.Y. (WETM) – A VanEtten man has been sentenced to serve time in state prison after he pleaded guilty to a criminal contempt charge back in April in Schuyler County Court. According to the Schuyler County District Attorney's Office, Joshua R. White, 38, was sentenced on May 2, by Hon. Matthew C. Hayden to []

  • New law aiming to fight fentanyl passed

    The Fend Off Fentanyl Act, passed by the House and the Senate, is designed to help combat the ongoing opioid crisis by targeting the fentanyl supply chain.

  • Should Harming the Planet Be a Crime? The Case for Ecocide Laws

    On December 3, 2019, the Pacific island state of Vanuatu made an audacious proposal: Make ecocide—the destruction of nature—an international crime. “An amendment of the Rome Statute could criminalize acts that amount to ecocide,” stated Ambassador of Vanuatu John Licht at the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) annual Assembly of States Parties in the Hague. He More

  • EFCC Vs Yahaya: Rule of law on trial

    By Innocent Anaba On April 17, Nigerians woke up to the sordid spectacle of a large contingent of heavily armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission swooping on the Abuja resident of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello ostensibly to arrest him to face trial on charges that were still being disputed. The […]

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    Pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA ordered to disperse

    A large law enforcement presence on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles Wednesday has ordered pro-Palestinian demonstrators to disperse, calling the encampment an unlawful assem

  • Starr brothers ordered to pay over a million in restitution

    COFFEE COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) -- A federal judge has brought down an order forcing the infamous Starr brothers to pay a hefty sum in restitution. Jason and his brother Darin Starr were found guilty of racketeering murder in the death of Jason’s wife, Sara Starr. The brothers were sentenced to life in prison, and Judge []

  • Marcos orders review of minimum wages in regions

    President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Labor Day ordered the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board to conduct a "timely review" of minimum wage rates in the regions.