Environmentalists sue feds to protect dwindling sunflower sea star
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — An environmental nonprofit sued the National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday in a bid to push the federal agency to issue protection guidelines for the sunflower sea star, one of the largest sea star species in the world. The Center for...
California sues EPA over bid to revoke waivers for stricter emission standards
WASHINGTON (CN) — The state of California sued the Trump administration on Monday over its effort to nullify the state’s recent Clean Air Act waivers that allow California to enact stricter emission standards than the federal government. In a federal lawsuit...
Judge rejects subpoenas of Minnesota officials, rebukes Trump administration’s ‘coercive’ actions
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) — A federal judge delivered a blow to the Trump administration Monday, blocking a series of “unconstitutional” grand jury subpoenas aimed at top Minnesota state and local officials. In his 29-page order, Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz found...
California voters to weigh $11.25 billion affordable housing bond
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California voters will decide this November whether to approve an $11.25 billion housing affordability bond, Democratic leaders announced Monday. Governor Gavin Newsom and top lawmakers in both legislative chambers touted the Veterans and...
World Cup concessions: $75 caviar-topped tots in Miami, a day’s pay worth of beer in Mexico City
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — World Cup tickets are expensive. Flights to North America are expensive. Hotel rooms in many places are expensive. Then there’s the price of beer. There are some fun — and yes, sometimes pricey — food and drink offerings at...
Trump-endorsed outsider wins Colombia presidency after razor-thin runoff
BOGOTÁ (CN) — Far-right populist Abelardo de la Espriella claimed victory in Colombia’s presidential runoff on Sunday night, according to preliminary vote counts, capping a meteoric rise that has reshaped the country’s political landscape and ended four...
Google says its shopping search is fixed. Rivals beg to differ
(CN) — Nine years after European regulators found Google unfairly steered shoppers toward its own services, a London tribunal heard Monday that the company’s fix may have changed the packaging but not the practice. At the opening of a major damages trial before the...
SCOTUS won’t review role of race in police stops
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to consider the role of race in policing, refusing on Monday to review whether D.C. officers recovered a federal agent’s stolen gun through an unlawful police stop. A lower court found that officers...
Top Justice Department officials can remain part of prosecution of press gala attack, judge rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday denied a request to disqualify top Justice Department officials from supervising the prosecution of the man charged with trying to kill President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner....