First Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt in 40 years blocked by federal judge
A federal judge in Montana on Thursday issued a court order temporarily blocking the first trophy hunts of Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in more than 40 years, siding with native American groups and environmentalists seeking to restore the animals’ pr…
New Mexico prosecutor vows charges after compound members released
A New Mexico district attorney vowed on Thursday to reinstate child abuse charges against three defendants from a remote compound after a procedural fumble by his team led to their release, sparking a public outcry.
At least four dead in New Mexico after bus collides with truck
At least four people were killed in New Mexico on Thursday after a Greyhound passenger bus collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck that jumped a highway median strip, and the death toll was expected to rise, the New Mexico state police said.
New Mexico prosecutor vows new charges after release of compound members
A New Mexico district attorney vowed on Thursday to reinstate child abuse charges against three defendants from a remote compound after a procedural fumble by his team led to their release, sparking a public outcry.
California set to serve healthy, ‘ethical’ food to prisoners
California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill requiring hospitals, healthcare facilities and prisons to offer plant-based meals, saying that even inmates deserve to have healthy and “ethical” meal choices.
‘Multiple’ deaths in New Mexico bus-truck crash: officials
A Greyhound passenger bus and a semi-trailer truck collided on an interstate highway in New Mexico on Thursday, leading to “multiple” deaths, the New Mexico State Police said.
U.S. top court rebuffs Catholic agency over same-sex foster care
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to force the city of Philadelphia to resume the placement of children in need of foster care with a Catholic agency that refuses to accept gay couples as foster parents.
Longtime Trump driver’s overtime lawsuit moved to private arbitration
A lawsuit by a former personal driver for U.S. President Donald Trump who has claimed that Trump’s company failed to pay him for thousands of hours of overtime has been moved from federal court to private arbitration, the man’s lawyer said on Thursday….
U.S. top court sides against Catholic agency over same-sex foster care
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to force the City of Philadelphia to resume the placement of children in need of foster care with a Catholic agency that refuses to accept gay couples as foster parents.
NCAA clears Michigan State in Nassar scandal: university
A National Collegiate Athletic Association review found that Michigan State University did not violate the organization’s rules in dealing with former school physician Larry Nassar, who was convicted of molesting hundreds of female gymnasts, the univer…




