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Pennsylvania asks court to keep Amazon incentives a secret
Top Stories & Analysis 04/19/2018Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration went to court this week to block requests for records of financial incentives it offered Amazon to build its second headquarters in Pennsylvania.An administration lawyer asked Commonwealth Court to reverse an...
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Court rules in favor of fired transgender funeral director
Top Stories & Analysis 03/04/2018A woman was illegally fired by a Detroit-area funeral home after disclosing that she was transitioning from male to female and dressed as a woman, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said R.G. & G.R. Harr...
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California parents face new charges in kids' torture case
Top Stories & Analysis 02/24/2018A Southern California couple suspected of starving and shackling some of their 13 children pleaded not guilty Friday to new charges of child abuse.David and Louise Turpin previously entered not-guilty pleas to torture and a raft of other charges and ...
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Supreme Court: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection Is Narrow
Top Stories & Analysis 02/19/2018The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that whistleblower protections passed by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis only apply to people who report problems to the government, not more broadly.The justices said that a part of the Dodd-Frank Act that ...
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Afghans submitted 1.17 million war crimes claims to court
Top Stories & Analysis 02/13/2018Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case involving Afghanistan, it has gotten a staggering 1.17 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims.The statements include a...