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The mother of Quawan Charles has filed suit against Baldwin Police, the St. Mary Parish Sheriff and the three people who police believe were the last to see him alive. The suit, which was fax-filed this past weekend, was filed by Roxanne Charles Nelson on her on behalf and on behalf of her son. Charles was 15 when he died in 2020. Investigators released a video that they say showed Charles le...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The number of abortions performed in Texas plummeted by half in September, which is the month the state’s new abortion law restricting the procedure went into effect, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Austin. The study compared the number of abortions performed i...

A woman stands in a voting booth to mark her ballot Oct. 29, 2020, at an early voting area in the Lindale Mall food court in Cedar Rapids. (The Gazette) Despite a state law passed earlier this year limiting early and absentee voting, the number of people voting early in Tuesday’s local elections in Linn and Johnson counties was up from similar elections in the past. County auditors said the s...

Parham Smith & Archenhold LLC office. Photo provided Parham Smith & Archenhold LLC announced Nov. 1 it has merged with two Greenville-based law firms, DeMint Law Firm and Dodson Law. “This merger paves the way for our continued positive track record of protecting the rights of our clients for decades to come,” said Parham Smith & Archenhold LLC managing partner S. Blakely Smith....

A late-night, often tense City Council meeting Monday resulted in changes to the city code relating to police officer discipline and the green light for a number of new construction projects. After much debate, the council unanimously voted to update the city code to include new rules for disciplinary procedures for police officers in line with Senate Bill 26, an expanded police bill of right...

CASES OF NOTE CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY RESULT OF MUTUAL MISTAKE Thomas v. Medeiros, 100 Mass. App. Ct. 1106 (2021) The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently affirmed a determination by the Land Court that a conveyance of certain property on Martha’s Vineyard was not intended by the parties and was a result of a mutual mistake. In 1955, Carrie Luce conveyed by deed to Plaintiffs’ parents “all of ...

Economic Backdrop A recent AP news headline indicated that the price of cars, gasoline, restaurants, food, and other goods matched a 13-year high,[1] raising pressure on the Federal Reserve, “whose officials have repeatedly said the increases will be transitory.” However, others believe inflation will remain elevated based on ongoing supply chain bottlenecks amid strong late-stage pandemic de...

Photo By Airman Roxanne Belovarac | Pepion, a military working dog with the 5th Security Force Squadron, runs after a... read more GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – K-9 handlers across the state of North Dakota came together at Grand Forks Air Force Base where the 319th Security Forces Squadron held the first statewide military working dog joint training session on Oct. 21, 2021. The traini...

Missouri Supreme Court judges are considering whether a sexual assault victims’ rights law is unconstitutional. (KY3) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Supreme Court judges are considering whether a sexual assault victims’ rights law is unconstitutional. Judges heard arguments in the case Tuesday. Part of the law says defense attorneys must inform their clients’ alleged victims that they ca...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Supreme Court judges are considering whether a sexual assault victims rights law is unconstitutional. Judges heard arguments in the case Tuesday. Part of the law says defense attorneys must inform their clients' alleged victims that they can have a support person present while they’re being questioned. Missouri public defenders say that violates their free ...