New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is warning local port officials and terminal operators against accepting imported Russian diesel, saying that the shipments would break federal law. In a Nov. 2 letter, Sherrill said that Congress in April 2022 banned energy imports from Russia in response to the country’s attack on Ukraine two months earlier. Importing…
The Justice Department took steps to charge James Comey with leaking information earlier this month, court records show, in its third attempt to bring criminal charges against the former FBI director and Trump foe. Prosecutors are seeking to charge Comey with two counts of violating the Espionage Act by transmitting national defense information to a…
Who has oversight of a car that flies, hovers or otherwise defies gravity? We asked Department of Transportation officials, and the answer isn’t readily clear. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s new Roadster Rocket, which he called a “flying car” equipped with “ultra high-pressure air tanks” — describing it as “what happens when…
Washington — The Justice Department said on Friday it will no longer enforce certain provisions of a 1934 law that was passed by Congress to regulate the types of firearms often used by mobsters, after a federal judge declared large parts of the law were unconstitutional. The new guidelines released by the Bureau of Alcohol,…
A growing body of research suggests GLP-1 drugs can do more than just help people lose weight by curbing addictive behaviors. Now, experts at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania want to see whether the drugs can benefit people’s bank accounts by reducing risky financial decisions, such as gambling or compulsive shopping. “We…
The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to a previously unreleased Army study. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders were aware of the findings before signing a $16.7 million contract…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with a complex dispute involving an effort by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, to hold energy companies accountable for the effects of global climate change. Eight of the court’s nine justices heard nearly two hours of oral arguments in the case Suncor Energy v. Commissioners…
Washington — The start of the Supreme Court’s new term is quickly approaching, with cases involving climate change, President Trump’s immigration policies and the Second Amendment among the most high-profile disputes the justices will hear in the coming months. But waiting in the wings at the Supreme Court are several legal battles involving Mr. Trump’s…
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state’s election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots tied to the Proposition 50 special election. The justices ruled unanimously in two cases against Bianco, stating that he violated the law when he seized the ballots and also ignored…
HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the night she stopped by a Houston bar in 2020. Intoxicated and disoriented, she remembers little of what happened after that. A married mother of two who had recently moved to the city, Terrell did not know the Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy who approached her…
