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A can of Coors Seltzer Mango, center, is shown with Vizzy Blueberry Pomegranate, left, and Vizzy Pineapple Mango, in front of the Utah State Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Salt Lake City. A bill advancing at the Utah Legislature would remove nearly half of popular hard seltzer products from the shelves of grocery and convenience stores. At issue is a unique-to-Utah dustup over flavoring...

The House committee investigating Jan. 6 says it has evidence showing that former President Trump broke the law by trying to overturn the 2020 election. Popular on NPR.org NPR Editors' Picks Sponsor Message Become an NPR sponsor

President Joe Biden signed a groundbreaking bill Thursday, effectively banning employers from forcing workers to resolve sexual assault and harassment complaints behind closed doors. Businesses have long put arbitration mandates into contracts without the knowledge of employees and consumers, leaving them with little choice to seek justice in public court when a dispute arises. “President Bid...

Tracie Crook, COO of Lenczner Slaght. Courtesy photo When Tracie Crook took on her first chief operating officer position in Big Law, she said the most challenging thing coming in from the business world was having 200 bosses in the form of the firm partnership. A decade on, she knows her way around the legal profession and is joining Toronto litigation boutique Lenczner Slaght as its new COO...

The city Law Department has appealed a judge’s ruling striking down a controversial law blocking NYPD cops from putting pressure on a suspect’s diaphragm — despite Mayor Adams calling the law “just not realistic” while on the campaign trail. The diaphragm law, which was passed by the City Council in 2020 over opposition from the NYPD and police unions, was blocked last year by a judge who cal...

The city Law Department has appealed a judge’s ruling striking down a controversial law blocking NYPD cops from putting pressure on a suspect’s diaphragm — despite Mayor Adams calling the law “just not realistic” while on the campaign trail. The diaphragm law, which was passed by the City Council in 2020 over opposition from the NYPD and police unions, was blocked last year by a judge who cal...

PROVIDENCE — Michael Manni, owner of La Salle Bakery in Providence, noticed something unusual on his security camera about four months ago: a thief. “He was in and out in five minutes,” Manni recalled. “He pulled up in a black Mercedes … couldn’t get the plate because he parked too far away. Walked in the back of the bakery, got underneath the car, cut it with a [saw] … just cut it all out.”...

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the parallels between dominance-based traditional masculinity (AKA “toxic” or “Patriarchal” masculinity or “the Man Box’) and traditional law firm culture and the internalized lawyer identity. One of my conclusions is that this connection has a lot to do with law firms’ continuing struggle with diversity/equity/inclusion issues and individual lawyers’ c...

City Comptroller Brad Lander with climate activists calling on Mayor Eric Adams to fully fund and implement Local Law 97 in front of 1 Bryant Park. City Comptroller Brad Lander joined a number of elected officials and environmental advocates Thursday to call on Mayor Eric Adams to fully fund and implement a city law mandating energy efficiency targets for large buildings. The law was passed b...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Thursday prohibiting transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams from kindergarten through college. “This is a victory for girls sports in Iowa,” Reynolds said before signing the legislation, according to NBC affiliate WHO of Des Moines. The Republican lawmaker was surrounded by young female athletes during the signing ceremony at...