Texas can ban emergency abortions despite federal guidance, court rules

The U.S. government cannot enforce federal guidance in Texas requiring emergency room doctors to perform abortions if necessary to stabilize emergency room patients, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, siding with the state in a lawsuit accusing President Joe...

Vancouver lawyer suspended after accusations of pseudolegal ‘paper terrorism’ over neighbour’s deck

A Vancouver lawyer accused of filing a groundless pseudolegal lawsuit against her neighbour over a glass deck divider has been banned from practising law in British Columbia while the province's law society investigates a complaint.Naomi Arbabi was temporarily...

L.A. woman, 88, had private security for protection. A guard shot her on New Year’s Eve

A woman was shot and injured at her home on Encino Avenue on New Year's Eve by an ACS Security guard who was patrolling alone. Source

Saving the Panama Canal Will Take Years and Cost Billions, If It’s Even Possible

(Bloomberg) — The vestiges of an ancient forest tell the story of just how bad things are at the drought-stricken Panama Canal.Most Read from BloombergHarvard’s President Quits After Plagiarism, Antisemitism FurorIran Sends Warship to Red Sea After US Sinks...

Trump, potential VP pick and former actress swarm Iowa ahead of caucuses

Trump will appear at more Iowa campaign events in the first two weeks of January than in the last 2 ½ months combined. Source

Justice Dept. accuses 2 political operatives of hiding foreign lobbying during Trump administration

Two well-connected political consultants provided false information about lobbying work on behalf of a wealthy Persian Gulf country during the Trump administration, according to Justice Department court records unsealed Tuesday. Charging documents filed in federal...