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RALEIGH, N.C. — Two Black property owners in Kinston have lost their final legal challenge over the city’s decision to condemn their properties, after the North Carolina Supreme Court declined to review their racial discrimination case. Joseph Askew and Curtis Washington claimed that the City of Kinston unlawfully condemned

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas can soon begin enforcing a state law banning delta-8 and similar hemp-derived substances, following a federal appeals court ruling that overturned a previous injunction. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit sided with the state in a

RALEIGH, N.C. — An animal rights group is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to take up its lawsuit against a chicken producer accused of widespread animal cruelty. Legal Impact for Chickens filed a petition this week requesting the state’s highest court review a case it brought in 2023

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A federal judge has ruled that Texas has violated federal law for decades by placing individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in nursing homes instead of offering them appropriate community-based services. In a sweeping 475-page opinion issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia said the state

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian inmate in Louisiana who says prison officials violated his religious rights when they forcibly shaved his dreadlocks. Landor had not cut his hair for nearly 20 years, in keeping with his religious beliefs. His lawsuit,

HONOLULU — A nonprofit group has filed suit to stop the planned demolition of the Haʻikū Stairs, an iconic and controversial hiking route in the Koʻolau mountains of Oʻahu. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the Friends of Haʻikū Stairs, challenges a decision by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) that greenlighted