The state of Hawaii has reached a settlement with young people who sued the state over climate change, agreeing to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its transportation sector. The settlement stems from a 2022 lawsuit in which 13 youths sued Hawaii over its transportation emissions, arguing that the states’ transport system infringed on their right...
Reinvigorating the dwindling Great Salt Lake could both bring benefits to regional ecology and help bridge the environmental justice gaps that impact area residents, a new study has found. As inland seas dry up worldwide, they emit polluted dust into surrounding communities, the study authors explained. Near the Great Salt Lake, exposure to those contaminants is highest...
Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court’s leading conservatives, found himself standing alone when the court handed down a major gun decision on Friday. Thomas broke with his eight colleagues, who all voted to uphold a federal gun ban for people under domestic violence restraining orders, a decision that handed a win to the...
The median price of an existing home that sold in May was $419,300, a record high and up 5.8 percent from last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. This is the strongest gain in prices since October 2022. The National Association of Realtors noted that the mortgage payment for a typical home today...
Border officials are reporting significantly lower numbers of encounters with migrants between ports of entry at the southwest border, weeks after the Biden administration announced an asylum crackdown. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Thursday said that preliminary data since the announcement shows a 25 percent decrease in such encounters, but warned that “migration flows...
President Biden highlighted Friday that 1 million pensions have been saved under the American Rescue Plan. “Today, we mark a major milestone: Thanks to my American Rescue Plan, we have protected one million pensions from devastating cuts,” Biden said in a statement. “Whether it is Social Security, Medicare, or pensions, workers who earn a dignified...
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon filed an emergency appeal Friday with the Supreme Court — a last-ditch bid to stay out of prison while appealing his conviction for evading the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. “An even-handed approach thus strongly favors allowing Mr. Bannon to remain on release,” Bannon attorney Trent...
"Judge Judy" Sheindlin is calling Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's (D) hush money case against former President Trump "nonsense." "You gotta twist yourself into a pretzel to figure out what the crime was. [Bragg] doesn't like him — New York City didn't like him for a while," Sheindlin said of Trump in a "Who's Talking to Chris...