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Month: June 2023

Supreme Court to decide whether Second Amendment protects gun owners subject to domestic violence restraining orders

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a federal law that bars an individual subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm, adding a major Second Amendment case to next term’s docket. A federal appeals court invalidated the law in March

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The Supreme Court will decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after its sweeping gun rights ruling, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether judges are going too far in striking down restrictions on firearms. The justices will hear the Biden administration’s appeal of one such ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a federal law

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News directors at Michigan TV station ousted after telling staff to ‘get both sides’ of Pride coverage

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Two news directors at a Michigan NBC affiliate were ousted on Thursday following the circulation of an internal memo calling for scaled-back coverage of Pride Month events and directing the station’s journalists to “get both sides” on LGBTQ issues, a source with knowledge of the situation told

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Hundreds of dolphins and sea lions have washed up dead or sick in California amid toxic algae outbreak

CNN By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The scene is unsettling: hundreds of sea lions and dolphins are sprawled across the beaches in Southern California, either dead or sick and exhibiting abnormal behavior. Officials have received more than 1,000 calls in recent weeks from beachgoers, tourists and residents reporting sick, dying and dead sea mammals

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Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was rejected by the Supreme Court. Here’s what borrowers need to know

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program Friday, blocking millions of borrowers from receiving up to $20,000 in federal student debt relief, just months before student loan payments are set to restart after a yearslong pause. Biden had announced the student loan forgiveness

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