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Busiest US death chamber: Florida executes 2 men in a day, including an octogenarian
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida on July 28 became the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, the last an 80-year-old man who was the second-oldest inmate known to receive a lethal injection in modern U.S. history.
Hours earlier, the state executed a former police officer convicted of killin ... (full story)
Legal Legacy: School's right to limit free expression upheld
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Wearing a Marilyn Manson band T-shirt to class in August 1997, Van Wert High School senior Nicholas Boroff could reasonably have expected it to cause a stir. What he never could have predicted was that it would lead to a landmark federal ruling concerning schools' rights to limit the free expression of students.
By many standard ... (full story)
Federal officials investigate after a video appears to show a person kicking a California sea lion
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea lion at a beach in California.
A spokesperson for the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed an ongoing investigation into the incident but declined to provide additiona ... (full story)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeks to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to and that has been adopted around the world.
Currently, facilities such as nuclear plants, hospitals or academic institutions that use radioactive mat ... (full story)
Church failed to explain mistake to justify setting aside a binding appraisal award paid by insurer
The Supreme Court of Ohio on July 23 upheld a trial court’s decision to dismiss a church’s lawsuit challenging its insurer’s refusal to pay more than the amount the parties' appraisers agreed to during a binding appraisal procedure that the church had initiated under its policy. The Court ruled that the church&rsqu ... (full story)