A Louisiana bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks was given final legislative approval Wednesday. The act makes it illegal for a physician to perform an abortion after 15 weeks gestational age. Any physician who does so would face up to 10 years in prison and be subject to fines up to $100,000. The [...]
The European Court of Justice on Thursday upheld a partial ban of a group of insecticides that were found to harm bees. Drug companies Bayer and Syngenta had appealed a European Commission regulation approved in 2013, which restricted the use of the chemicals clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid, all used in insecticides. The European Food Safety [...]
The city of Pensacola, Florida, on Wednesday urged the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a lower court order to remove a 34-foot cross in Bayview Park because the cross violates the Establishment Clause. Pensacola argued both that the plaintiffs lack standing and that Pensacola’s actions are constitutional because the lower [...]
Davidson County state court chancery judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle ruled on Wednesday that the removal of three statutes of Confederate generals in Memphis public parks did not violate state law. The Tennessee Heritage Protection Act prohibits the removal of monuments with historical significance from public property. However, the city sold the parks to a nonprofit, [...]
Judge Richard Berman of the US District Court for Southern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced former banker at the Turkish state-owned bank Halkbank, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, to 32 months in prison for aiding Iran in evading US sanctions. Atilla was convicted in January for conspiring with other officials. According to the prosecution, Atilla [...]
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released a report on Tuesday concluding that chemical weapons were “likely used” during the February attacks in Syria. According to the report, the OPCW found chlorine gas in two cylinders and in the environment. Their findings were also supported by eyewitness testimony and the symptoms from [...]
The US Senate approved a resolution on Wednesday that rejects the Federal Communication Commission’s “Restoring Internet Freedom” ruling that dismantled net neutrality. The resolution passed the Senate with a vote of 52-47. Three Republican senators voted for the resolution, including Collins of Maine, Kennedy of Louisiana and Murkowski of Alaska. Senator McCain of Arizona did [...]
The European Commission announced on Thursday that they will be referring France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania and the UK to the European Court of Justice over air quality. France, Germany and the UK are being referred to the court due to excessive nitrogen dioxide levels and for “failing to take appropriate measures to keep exceedance [...]
Environmental groups filed suit against Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt on Wednesday after he halted the rulemaking process for a regulation that would would required mining companies to show that they have enough funding prior to commencing operations to cover the cleanup of harmful substances produced from mining. The suit was brought by [...]
Uber announced on Tuesday that they will no longer require claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment committed by Uber riders, drivers or employees to be resolved through arbitration. Uber stated that sexual assault and sexual harassment survivors will have the choice to bring claims through mediation, arbitration or through open court. Uber also stated [...]
