Colorado has a law on the books that says, in simple terms, a business open to the public can’t discriminate against gay people. The radical right-wing majority of the US Supreme Court issued a ruling last week saying that, yes, it can. The court took the side of a web designer in Colorado who said […]
Continue ReadingTwenty years after she was imprisoned for killing her four children, Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned and released from jail. Key points: Kathleen Folbigg was notified of her release on Monday morning She will stay with childhood friend and advocate Tracy Chapman Ms Folbigg has always denied killing her four children NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley […]
Continue ReadingAn attorney who represented conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a defamation case has been ordered to pay nearly $100,000 in sanctions for his misconduct leading up to the trial he lost. Texas attorney Andino Reynal was ordered to pay $97,169 last month to the parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school […]
Continue ReadingOn Friday, the high school basketball world was rocked by the news that Memphis committed Mikey Williams had been arrested on five charges of assault with a deadly weapon on Thursday afternoon. Ranked No. 17 overall in the class of 2023 by 247Sports.com, the 6-foot-3 combo guard has been released on $50.00o bail and is […]
Continue Readingst. PETERSBURG — Through the surge of phone calls and texts following the disappearance of Pinellas County attorney Steven Cozzi, Michael Steven Montgomery said he’s felt like he’s met his husband a second time. Montgomery had heard stories in those calls about Cozzi, he had not before his husband went missing. He said even while […]
Continue ReadingMARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — A new prosecutor has joined the US Attorney’s Office to assist with the increasing criminal caseload in the Eastern Panhandle. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced the addition of Daniel Salem to his Martinsburg office. Salem has been a prosecutor for nine years, first with Harford County (MD), then with the […]
Continue ReadingThis post originally appeared in the Feb. 4 Politics Reports. The weekly newsletter is an insider’s guide to San Diego politics and public affairs. Subscribe here (Must be a Voice of San Diego member to access.) Heather Ferbert’s profile has a track record. The chief deputy city attorney launched her campaign to replace her boss, […]
Continue ReadingFILE – Austin, Texas, attorney Harry Whittington steps out to talk with members of the media, Feb. 17, 2006, in front of Christus Spohn Corpus Christi Hospital-Memorial. Whittington, the man who then-Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while they were hunting quail on a Texas ranch 17 years earlier, died Saturday, Feb. […]
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