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March 26, 2024

Malaysia convenience store owners charged over allegedly offensive socks that angered Muslims

The founders of a Malaysian convenience store chain, KK Mart Group and one of its suppliers are facing charges over socks with the word "Allah" for sale.

March 26, 2024

Loggers cannot expand timber harvesting into Oregon national monument area, Supreme Court says

The Supreme Court declined to take up challenges to the 2017 expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, an expanse of wilderness along the California-Oregon border.

March 26, 2024

Supreme Court dives back into abortion debate, will hear arguments on mifepristone regulation

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday about the federal government's approval process for the drug mifepristone, used to terminate pregnancies.

March 26, 2024

Legal experts raise alarm on President Biden's 'plan B' student loan handout

The Biden administration's continued push to cancel tens of billions of dollars in student loan debt is facing pushback from experts who warn the effort may attract legal challenges.

March 25, 2024

Alex Murdaugh court clerk Becky Hill resigns after allegations of jury tampering

Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill announced her resignation on Monday. Hill's conduct during the Alex Murdaugh murder trial is currently under investigation.

March 25, 2024

Lithium demand and development swell, but US laws lag behind

Companies in the U.S. are ready to begin extracting lithium from beneath the ground, but the jumbled intersection of state and federal law has made the legality of doing so murky.

March 25, 2024

Chinese pastor, free after 7 years in prison, says he is unable to get an ID

Chinese pastor Rev. John Sanqiang Cao said he is facing severe restrictions upon his release from a seven-year prison sentence, including the inability to get an ID.

March 22, 2024

German government to decriminalize limited amounts of marijuana

The German government has passed legislation to liberalize cannabis rules, with possession of limited amounts of marijuana set to be decriminalized on April 1.

March 22, 2024

UK police investigate allegedly racist remarks by top Conservative Party donor

Police in northern England are investigating whether a major donor to Britain's Conservative government committed a crime after allegedly making racist remarks.

March 22, 2024

Former Filipino congressman arrested over alleged involvement in governor's killing

Arnolfo Teves Jr., a former Filipino congressman, has been arrested on accusations of orchestrating the killings of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others.