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BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A new law decriminalizing possession of certain drug paraphernalia took effect in Maine Monday. The law eliminates criminal penalties for possessing syringes, fentanyl testing strips, and other safer-use supplies for ingesting substances. The law aims to encourage safe and sanitary practices by removing the threat of a criminal record for those seeking clean supplies. P...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A prominent Central Florida defense attorney was arrested early Monday. Attorney Hal Uhrig was picked up at the Osceola County courthouse and taken in for questioning. “No one is above the law,” Osceola County Sheriff Marco Lopez said in a news conference following Uhrig’s arrest. Uhrig was set to appear in a separate hearing Monday morning at the Osceola County courtho...

Always prolific, author Stephen King seems to have tapped into a bottomless reservoir of narrative. WASHINGTON — While horror writer Stephen King has honed his expertise in a few different genres — supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction and fantasy — he’s never been afraid to sound off on a genre outside his literary wheelhouse: politics. His latest target: Texas’ new abortion...

Ben Allen (arm extended), then chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, speaks with Gov. Gavin Newsom at a meeting in March 2019. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus) Earlier this month Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 101 into law, making California the first state in the nation to add ethnic studies to its list of required high school courses. Though the b...

Corbin Bernsen will see you in court. Again. The actor is reprising the role of Arnie Becker in ABC’s L.A. Law revival pilot, our sister site Deadline reports. Bernsen portrayed the attorney for all eight seasons of the original series, which aired from 1986 to 1994 on NBC, and even returned for the 2002 TV movie. Bernsen joins Blair Underwood, previously reported to be returning for the revi...

A timeline of New Orleans politicians' run-ins with the law since Katrina  NOLA.com

In addition to the countless spinoff shows created over the past three decades, one of the more underrated legacies of the Law & Order universe is its ancillary adventure video games. The first Law & Order tie-in PC game was released in 2002, with four additional games published over the following decade. RELATED: 10 Best Adventure Games To Play On Nintendo Switch Much of the appeal o...

[co-author: Kathryn Isted ] Discovery Return of Privileged Materials Required Due to "Callous Disregard" of Federal Prosecutors Kathryn Isted In Harbor Healthcare System, L.P. v. United States, 5 F.4th 593 (5th Cir. 2021), the court of appeals ruled that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to exercise its equitable jurisdiction over a healthcare provider's motion for return o...

The Supreme Court in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg) The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday for an emergency halt to what it called a “plainly unconstitutional” Texas law that has practically stopped access to abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. The action means the court will again have to confront the controversial law, Texas S.B. 8, which generally out...

WASHINGTON — In a forceful brief filed Monday, the Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to temporarily block a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state while a legal challenge moves forward, calling the law “plainly unconstitutional.” Leaving the law in effect, the brief said, would allow Texas to flout half a century of Supreme Court precedents that forbid states from banning ...