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The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
The ruling came after a day an opinion was briefly posted on the court's website accidently and quickly taken down, but not before it was obtained by Bloomberg News.
The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases
The justices ruled that people accused of fraud by the SEC, which regulates securities markets, have the right to a jury trial in federal court.
The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
The high court had put the settlement on hold last summer, in response to objections from the Biden administration.
The Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants
The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations.
Top 4 common commercial insurance claims and how to handle them
Next Insurance lists the main reasons small businesses file commercial claims and explains how the process is handled.
EG Moody remembered as conscientious, hardworking and intelligent judge
Former Sullivan County Chancellor E.G. Moody, who served as a judge for 16 years, has died.
Walgreens will close a ‘significant’ number of its 8,600 US locations
CEO Tim Wentworth said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the store closures would make up a “meaningful percent” of the quarter-or-so locations that are underperforming.
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US sanctions Boeing for sharing information about 737 Max 9 investigation
Boeing is being sanctioned by U.S. investigators for sharing information about the 737 Max 9 door plug investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that Boeing “blatantly violated” the agency’s investigative regulations as well as a signed agreement by providing non-public investigative information to the media and speculating about possible causes of the Jan. 5 door plug blowout on a Boeing passenger jet in Portland, Oregon. During the incident, a panel that plugged a space left for an extra emergency door blew off an Alaska Airlines Max 9. Pilots were able to land safely, and there were no injuries.
Boeing sanctioned by US for sharing information about 737 Max 9 investigation into January door plug blowout
Boeing sanctioned by US for sharing information about 737 Max 9 investigation into January door plug blowout.
DNA evidence exonerated Darrell Rice, but 'it's too late for a normal life'
“The government had DNA that exculpated Rice for years,” one of his lawyers said. “But the clearer Darrell’s innocence became, the greater became the government’s commitment to prove him guilty.”
Here's what's at stake for Biden and Trump in tonight's presidential debate
Rarely, if ever, has one candidate in a presidential debate had so much material to use against the other.
New Virginia Intermediate School is move-in ready
Construction is complete on Virginia Intermediate School, and workers are delivering computers, desks, chairs and other components to turn the massive $25 million, nearly 100,000-square-foot structure into a functioning school.
Bristol neighbors: Obituaries for June 27
Read through the obituaries published today in Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
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EG Moody remembered as conscientious, hardworking and intelligent judge
Former Sullivan County Chancellor E.G. Moody, who served as a judge for 16 years, has died.
Bristol neighbors: Obituaries for June 27
Read through the obituaries published today in Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
Bristol neighbors: Obituaries for June 26
Read through the obituaries published today in Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
Bristol neighbors: Obituaries for June 25
Read through the obituaries published today in Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
DNA evidence exonerated Darrell Rice, but 'it's too late for a normal life'
“The government had DNA that exculpated Rice for years,” one of his lawyers said. “But the clearer Darrell’s innocence became, the greater became the government’s commitment to prove him guilty.”
Suspect charged after son, daughter-in-law killed in Axton shooting
Two people are dead and a suspect has been charged following a Tuesday night shooting in Axton in Pittsylvania County.
Video shows Chesterfield police shoot, kill mentally ill man with hatchet
Footage of the deadly shooting of Charles Byers by Chesterfield police has been made public through a court filing by his family's attorney after Chesterfield authorities declined to release it.
Former Virginia EMS employee accused of embezzling $4 million
Authorities allege that Adam Lamar Harrell created a fake company with a fake employee and billed the Office of Emergency Medical Services.
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Hurt in a car accident? Big Auto Accident Attorneys recommends these 5 actions
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Follow the yellow brick road to the Gilliam Stage this summer
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A dilly of a trend: Why everyone’s talking about pickleball
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Critical reasons to stay up to date on tetanus shots
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Anxiety vs. depression: What’s the difference?
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Crime
Boswell faces new first-degree murder charge as judge decides whether to move case
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Megan Boswell, the 23-year-old Sullivan County woman accused of killing her child, has pleaded not guilty to a new first-degree murder charge as attorneys argue over whether the case should be heard by a local jury.
Authorities release additional information on fatal Wise County crash
Authorities have released the names of the person killed and others who were injured in a head-on collision last week in Wise County that resulted in charges against a North Carolina man.
Charges filed following pursuit, head-on collision in Wise County
WISE, Va. – A Charlotte, N.C. man has been charged with felony homicide after police say he caused the death of a passenger in a vehicle that was hit head-on by the vehicle the man was driving.
TBI investigating fatal officer-involved shooting
A welfare check led to an officer-involved shooting on Wednesday evening in Bluff City, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Politics
Bristol Virginia council approves higher tax rate on blighted VI property
The Bristol Virginia City Council has officially declared the former Virginia Intermont College campus as a blighted property in hopes of gaining the owner’s attention.
County employees awarded July 5 as paid holiday
ABINGDON, Va. — Washington County’s Board of Supervisors has agreed to make July 5th a paid holiday for county employees this year.
Bays Mountain Park planning upgrades to Farmstead Museum
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — The City of Kingsport has been awarded $75,000 in grant funds from the Tennessee State Museum to help make American Disabilities Act improvements to the Farmstead Museum at Bays Mountain Park.
Commission recommends against solar farm project
Washington County’s Planning Commission turned down a proposal to build a solar farm near Wyndale, Virginia, at the commission’s Monday meeting.
