A Montgomery County Public Schools administrator who sued over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate received a religious exemption this week, rendering his federal lawsuit moot, the school system contends in a new court filing. The employee’s suit, filed last month in ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge with an audacious plan to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by local governments against the drug industry over the destruction wrought by prescription opioid painkillers has altered his course. Cleveland-based Judge Dan Polster issued ...

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A few government and politics headlines for Friday.

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A few government and politics headlines for Thursday.

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FREDERICK — Book publisher PublishAmerica is celebrating the dismissal of a federal lawsuit alleging it deceived several authors with a false promise to show summaries of their books to “Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling. The Frederick News-Post reported Thursday that ...

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FREDERICK — Several authors claim in a federal lawsuit that Maryland-based book publisher PublishAmerica deceived them with false marketing claims that included offering to show summaries of their works to “Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling. The three authors filed the ...

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West Coast burger chain In-N-Out Burger has filed a federal lawsuit against an Aberdeen restaurant whose red, white and yellow logo and pared-down menu of hamburgers and hot dogs are allegedly too similar to its own. The Irvine, Calif.-based company ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court blocked a federal lawsuit Monday by states and conservation groups trying to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The court said that the authority to seek reductions in emissions rests with the ...

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A court battle by New York and North Carolina over out-of-state air pollution could help clean the Chesapeake Bay. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Monday that he has asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to promptly implement rules ...

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Four former members of the disbanded Southwestern District Flex Squad have lost their $40 million federal lawsuit alleging that police department leaders violated their constitutional and civil rights by suspending them from active duty. The officers also alleged that internal ...

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