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FILE — Debbie Ziegler holds a photo of her daughter, Brittany Maynard, the California woman with brain cancer who moved to Oregon to legally end her life, during a news conference to announce the reintroduction of right to die legislation, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. An appeals court formally ended a lawsuit, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, that in 2018 temporarily suspended a law by ...

The Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF), ​will soon become law, as on Friday the House voted 228-205 in favor of the legislation. After all the drama that preceded final passage, it’s fair to ask: What was accomplished? First, despite all the claims of passing a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill, the Congressional Budget O...

Getty ImagesImage caption, Thousands of people across Poland attended protests sparked by the death of a 30-year-old pregnant woman Poland has reminded doctors that abortions are legal in some cases after the country's strict laws on the practice were linked to a pregnant women's death. The guidance was issued on Sunday, a day after mass protests over the death. The 30-year-old woman died of ...

Ohio lawmakers could vote as soon as next week to relax current gun laws by waiving training and permit requirements to carry concealed guns. CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Ohio lawmakers could vote as soon as next week to relax current gun laws by waiving training and permit requirements to carry concealed guns. If passed into law, House Bill 227 would make a concealed weapons permit optional, includin...

Ride-hailing drivers for Uber and Lyft protest in 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Corporations and the Supreme Court have made it harder to bring class actions. But lawyers have found a way to represent workers through mass arbitration instead. Law firms like Keller Lenkner,...

The “Overcoming Adversity Scholarship” program will award five Rowan County seniors a total of $10,000 ($2,000 each) in spring 2022. ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - The Salisbury law firm Wallace & Graham, PA, through its “Wallace & Graham Gives” community initiative, has announced that it will continue its scholarship program launched in 2020 and will be awarding a total of $10,000 to fi...

U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer for an announcement that state restaurants are now eligible for their own, direct federal pandemic relief, as part of the American Rescue Plan on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Russo's Grill in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union) ALBANY — U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko contends removing Schenectady from the Capital Region congre...

The 16-year-old girl sat beside her alleged kidnapper, looking out the car window at the other people on the road — people who could save her, if they only knew what was happening. She couldn’t scream. She couldn’t bang against the window. She couldn’t wave her arms around and mouth “Help!” Not without putting herself in danger. So she started flashing hand signals, hoping others knew what th...

LAW, Mary Craft Mary Craft Law, former Butler County Treasurer and one of our better angels, peacefully slipped into Heaven on Monday morning, November 1, 2021. Mrs. Law was 90. How appropriate that Mary left this Earth on a beautiful, crisp All Saints Day, to once again be reunited with her beloved husband of 70 years, Richard, who passed away just eight months ago. This unassuming woman of...

Car FILE photo. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A new law will prohibit used car dealers in New York from selling vehicles that don’t have working airbags. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday she has signed the bill into law. It’s named after 18-year-old Anthony Amoros, a Rockland County resident who died in a crash in 2013 while driving a car without airbags. The state Legislature pas...