An environmental coalition on Monday charged that coal and coal dust spilled from railroad hoppers is polluting the scenic Columbia River Gorge, and pledged to sue mining companies and the Burlington ... Read more
TUCSON — Prosecutors who seek a conviction on a charge of arson must first prove that a fire was intentionally set, and then that the defendant was the one who set it. Louis C. Taylor was ... Read more
FORT WORTH (AP) — American Airlines said Monday that it had settled lawsuits with the online travel agency Orbitz over the agency’s display of information about American flights and fares. ... Read more
Five airports have mounted a legal challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to close 149 air traffic control towers because of federal budget cuts. The Central Illinois Regional ... Read more
LOS ANGELES — In the midst of a frenzied weeklong manhunt, Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa put together one of the largest rewards in Southern California history: $1 million for information leading to the ... Read more
WASHINGTON — When Edith Windsor and her girlfriend got engaged in 1967, she was too nervous about how to answer the inevitable “Who is he?” queries to wear an engagement ring. So they ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a proposed class-action antitrust lawsuit against Comcast, the nation’s largest cable television company, in which a group of more than two ... Read more
WASHINGTON — When Edith Windsor and her girlfriend got engaged in 1967, she was too nervous about how to answer the inevitable “Who is he?” queries to wear an engagement ring. So they ... Read more
Monsanto and DuPont, which have bitterly battled for dominance in the seed business, have settled their major disputes with a broad patent-licensing deal. Under the terms of the agreement, ... Read more
WASHINGTON — In the conference room at the Justice Department’s august Office of Legal Counsel, portraits of Theodore B. Olson and Charles J. Cooper hang side by side. Both men headed the office ... Read more