Connecticut's 'lax' homeschooling rules could have aided boy's abuse, some education advocates say
After a Connecticut woman was accused of holding her stepson captive for two decades, education advocates said the state’s ...
North Dakota Senate rejects resolution asking US Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Senate on Thursday rejected a measure that would have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to ...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out.
Trump is dismantling the Department of Education. What does it mean for student loans?
President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job.” Since Trump took office, staffing at the Department has been cut in half, and he has ...
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Supreme Court declines to hear Republicans’ ‘Hail Mary’ effort to block climate lawsuits
The rejected complaint, filed directly to the Supreme Court by a coalition of 19 red-state attorneys general, argued that the climate lawsuits in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and ...
USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documents
An organization representing foreign service workers said it was "alarmed" by the directive because there could be documents ...
Court upholds conviction of man in murder of wife whose Fitbit exercise tracker helped crack case
Police said Richard Dabate gave them information that conflicted with data on his wife's Fitbit, which showed she was moving ...
CT Supreme Court upholds 'Fitbit murder' conviction, but finds prosecutorial misconduct
The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of Richard Dabate in the killing of his wife in case that was ...
CT Supreme Court upholds ‘Fitbit’ killer conviction despite ‘improprieties’ by prosecution
We acknowledge that the prosecutor’s conduct did not meet the standard of professionalism expected of prosecutors in the state and that he was admonished multiple times by the trial court,” the ...