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A grand jury has found no wrongdoing by Nebraska law enforcement on a large number of cases. One was the case of Thomas Headley, died in June 2021 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This came after he fired at Omaha police officers at an Elkhorn apartment complex near North Main Street and Park Road. Headley was wearing a tactical vest and carried a handgun and a rifle when officers arrived. ...

Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you. Dozens of major U.S. companies are rallying to renounce a Texas law that would criminalize medical treatments for trans youth. Apple, Google, Gap, Meta and Ikea are just a few of the more than 60 major businesses that signed onto a new full-page ad in Friday’s ...

Jeff Koons Defends Copyright Infringement of a Sculptural Work, Claiming “Useful Article” Defense and Fair Use In 2021, set designer Michael Hayden sued appropriation artist Jeff Koons for copyright infringement arising out of Koons’s use of Hayden’s 1988 sculpture in a 1989 series of artworks titled Made in Heaven. The original sculpture, depicting a serpent wrapped around a rock, was create...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Students at Central Academy in Des Moines held a walkout in protest of Iowa's new transgender athlete law. KCCI's Andrew Mollenbeck was there as students walked out Friday. Previous coverage: Good Housekeeping

TALLAHASSEE — Miya’s Law, which seeks to make apartments in Florida safer through mandatory background checks on employees, is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Florida Senate gave final approval Friday to legislation named after slain Orlando college student Miya Marcano, who grew up in South Florida and lived in Pembroke Pines. Copyright © 2022, Orlando Sentinel You're selected for this spec...

Program gives officers tools to intervene with fellow officers CONCORD, N.H. — Law enforcement officers in New Hampshire are being trained on how to intervene with each other if they see something inappropriate. The training effort is part of a national program designed to prepare officers to intervene to prevent harm and create a culture that supports peer intervention. "It's the first pro...

Below are some of the latest state updates and posters – NEW JERSEY The State of New Jersey has issued a new Wage and Hour Law Abstract in connection with its amendment of the statutory minimum wage rate. Accordingly, employees are not to be paid less than the state minimum wage schedule provided. minimum wage schedule provided by nj.gov Overtime is payable at a rate of 1.5 times the employee...

Marijuana plants at the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File) ALBANY — Gov. Kathleen Hochul praised state cannabis regulators Thursday for deciding to give high priority treatment to applicants for retail pot store licenses who have criminal records for marijuana offenses. Under a plan embraced by the Cannabis Control Board, wou...

Demonstrators gather at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas on Sept. 20, 2021. An employee with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services told a judge she is resigning rather than help enforce Governor Greg Abbott’s order to consider gender-affirming care for transgender children to be child abuse. Randa Mulanax, an investigations officer with Child Protective Services, was the fi...

Legislation giving the state's parole board flexibility to delay its review of a prisoner's potential parole, prompted by serial killer Don Miller's annual reviews, has been signed into law. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 4562 and 4563 into law Friday, according to a news release from State Rep. Sarah Lightner, R-Springport, who, along with State Rep. Angela Witwer, D-Delta Townshi...