Supreme Court expresses doubt over rulings that deemed public sleeping ban unconstitutional

The Supreme Court's conservative majority expressed significant doubt on Monday regarding lower court decisions that found an Oregon city's ordinance, ... Read More

Can Homeless People Be Fined for Sleeping Outside? A Rural Oregon City Asks the US Supreme Court

The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court ... Read More

California Bill To Ban the Sale of Anti-Aging Cosmetic Products to Children and Preteens Passes Key First Hurdle

California Bill To Ban the Sale of Anti-Aging Cosmetic Products to Children and Preteens Passes Key First Hurdle ... Read More

Backers of California homeless camp ban cite ‘successful’ San Diego law. But is it?

Additionally, it would ban ... their responses, calling it another tool in the city’s tool box. California cities already have more than 800 laws on their books criminalizing behaviors typically ... Read More

Workers sue to overturn law that exempts Atlantic City casinos from indoor smoking ban

The United Auto Workers, which represents workers at the Bally's, Caesars and Tropicana casinos, and a group of casino workers opposed to smoking in the gambling halls, filed a lawsuit in state ... Read More

AptarGroup: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — AptarGroup Inc. (ATR) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $83.1 million. The Crystal Lake, Illinois-based company said it had profit of ... Read More

US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's about 76,000 fewer than the year ... Read More

FDA finds traces of bird flu virus in grocery store milk but says pasteurized dairy is still safe

The FDA said that it does not think it is likely that the particles would able to infect people but it is conducting additional tests to be completely sure. Read More

Iran fires air defense batteries in provinces as sound of explosions heard near Isfahan

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It was unclear if the ... Read More

Brazilian police detain woman suspected of taking a dead man to withdraw bank loan

Video appears to show the woman at the counter of a Rio de Janeiro branch of Itau Bank, propping up the head of an elderly man in a wheelchair and trying to get his hand to clasp a pen. Read More

House's Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden's support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Read More

Supreme Court expresses doubt over constitutionality of public sleeping ban rulings

The conservative majority of the Supreme Court expressed strong doubt on Monday regarding lower court decisions that deemed an Oregon ... Read More