New York’s mask ban for ICE agents sparks dueling suits with DOJ
MANHATTAN (CN) — New York and the Trump administration are suddenly in a contentious legal battle over the state’s ban on federal agents wearing masks, a restriction set to take effect later this week. The state and the federal government sued each other late Monday...
EU bets on digital euro to cut US tech addiction
BRUSSELS (AFP) — The EU believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to U.S. payment systems like Visa and Mastercard as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay as the bloc seeks to favor European firms over others. Brussels hopes it could provide an...
Kenya halts US Ebola facility, health minister tells court
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Kenya has ordered a halt to preparations for a U.S.-run Ebola quarantine facility, the health minister told a court Tuesday, after being held in contempt for ignoring a previous stop-work order. Kenyans have strongly opposed the plan and deadly...
Niger hands in formal request to quit ICC
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Junta-ruled Niger has officially submitted its request to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, the Hague-based tribunal said on Tuesday, nine months after announcing the move alongside allies Mali and Burkina Faso. The three Sahelian...
Israel’s ‘deliberate targeting’ of children part of ongoing Gaza ‘genocide’: UN probe
GENEVA (AFP) — Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children in what has become a key factor in an ongoing “genocide” in Gaza, United Nations investigators charged on Tuesday, in a report slammed by Israel. The U.N. Independent International...
Former Scottish leader’s ex-husband lands 5 years in prison over embezzlement scandal
MANCHESTER, England (CN) — Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of Scotland’s governing nationalist party, was sentenced Tuesday to five years and three months in prison after admitting he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the party over more than a...
Judge dismisses Trump administration’s lawsuit against LA over ‘sanctuary city’ ordinance
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Los Angeles over the city’s ordinance that prohibits use of municipal resources to assist with immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin, in a ruling...
Attorney presses difference between farms, physical location in Apple Hill case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After almost a decade of litigation, the federal trial of trademark dispute at the core of a seasonal California tourist attraction began Monday. Apple Hill Growers, a collective of farms, sued El Dorado Orchards and others over the use of the...
States sue California over plastic recycling mandate
(CN) — Over a dozen states and a wholesaler association sued the administrator of California’s agency responsible for recycling Monday, seeking to stop a state policy that would curb access to California markets if producers don’t align with its single-use plastic...