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San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo stops to view a makeshift memorial for the rail yard shooting victims in front of City Hall in San Jose on May 27, 2021. (Haven Daley/Associated Press) A California city voted Tuesday night to require gun owners to carry liability insurance in what’s believed to be the first measure of its kind in the United States. The San Jose City Council overwhelmingly approved...

Illinois' Republican gubernatorial candidates focus on law and order  The Center Square

KVIAA mail in ballot drop off box location. El Paso election administrators are rejecting a higher number of absentee voter applications than in previous years because of new statewide voting restrictions. El Paso County Elections Administrator Lisa Wise said her office rejected 7% of 2,400 mail-in vote applications received for the March 1 primary election as of Friday. The majority of those...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and mother-in law in a home near Philadelphia in which two small children were also present. Frederick Clea, 59, was immediately sentenced Wednesday in Montgomery County to two consecutive life terms in prison without possibility of parole in the slayings of 41-year-old Latiya Clea and 74...

Increasing diversity among attorneys: SIU Carbondale and Stillman College officials sign an agreement to help Stillman students enroll and earn degrees from the SIU School of Law. Participating in the ceremony from SIU were (at table from left): Wendell Williams, associate chancellor of enrollment management; Camille Davidson, dean, SIU School of Law; Chancellor Austin Lane, and Meera Komarra...

FARMINGTON — An emergency bill signed by Gov. Janet Mills on Jan. 5, changed the makeup of the three Franklin County Commission districts. Franklin County Commissioners Lance Harvell of Farmington, left, Chairman Terry Brann of Wilton, center, and Clyde Barker of Strong represent districts that were amended on Jan. 5 by a new law. Sun Journal file photo District 1 gained townships and plantat...

The New Jersey State House is seen in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) New Jersey state agencies are preparing to implement more robust strategies to recruit workers with disabilities in compliance with a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy last week to help people find and maintain steady employment. The new law requires the state’s Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative ...

A Milbridge man convicted of attempted murder for shooting two men while robbing a drug dealer’s house in Trenton, now is facing charges in Penobscot County that he sexually assaulted a child in the 1990s. Larry W. Smith, 52, says he has terminal cancer and that he wants to be allowed to use Maine’s death with dignity law while serving his sentence for the December 2020 robbery. Larry W. Smit...

What Is Elder Law Elder law refers to legal issues that concern older adults, generally defined as people above the age of 65. It is often understood as an extension of traditional trust and estate law, but overlaps other legal specialties too. The growing number of elderly in the U.S. has created a need for lawyers trained to serve clients with the distinct needs of the elder, and several or...

PARIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The French government said this week it was closing down an activist-run media outlet and a Muslim website deemed at odds with "national values", the latest in a series of steps that rights groups and lawyers say infringe on democratic freedoms. Following a violent protest against the extreme right in Nantes, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said he would shut down ...