Courtside

South Carolina had an execution problem. Although the state’s laws allow the death penalty for capital crimes, the government has not been able to actually execute any prisoners because, like many other states, it could not obtain the drugs used for lethal injections. With a majority of…

It’s been nearly a year since the government of California started legal proceedings against the world’s biggest oil and gas companies. The Golden State accused Exxon, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute (API) of decades of deception and environmental harm. Now, it looks…

A 9-1-1 caller in Ohio reported the unsafe vehicle in the early hours of the morning. Its movement was erratic, swerving all over the road, crossing the center line into the opposite traffic lane. It posed a real danger to anyone traveling the road in either direction…

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade over two years ago, tensions have been higher than ever with state abortion laws. This is even more complicated when such laws run against federal emergency medical mandates. Texan Kyleigh Thurman is one casualty. Last year, the 25-year-old had…

Who could forget tragic incident of the Titan submersible from last summer? Intended to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, the expedition ended in disaster. And where there’s accidental death, there are lawsuits. The first lawsuit against the company that ran the operation, OceanGate Expeditions, has…

If you’ve heard the name Camp Lejeune, it probably hasn’t been in a happy context. The devastating environmental disaster has left a lasting impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. For decades, a military base in North Carolina provided contaminated water to its residents,…