By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Tesla is facing a new proposed class action lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of a slew of wage law violations against factory and warehouse workers …
"albany"
-
-
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) – A New York state judge late on Thursday dramatically scaled back his order from the previous day that had invalidated most of the state’s …
-
ALBANY, NY – Thomas Ullman, 47, from Schenectady, received a 25-year prison sentence in Albany federal court for sexually exploiting a child. The sentence was handed down on Thursday, March …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge in California on Thursday appeared poised to reject Tesla’s bid to toss out a U.S. agency’s lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of …
-
By Daniel Wiessner and Ted Hesson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court has kept on hold a Republican-backed Texas law that would let state authorities arrest and prosecute people suspected of …
-
ALBANY, NY — In a significant legislative shift, the state of New York is poised to decriminalize adultery, overturning a law that has branded the act a crime for over …
-
ALBANY, NY – Jeffrey C. Civitello Jr., 24, from Schenectady, New York, has been sentenced to 132 months and a day in prison for his involvement in drug trafficking and …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of requiring employees who were laid off or fired from the rocket and satellite …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday seemed divided over whether to continue blocking a Republican-backed Texas law that would empower state authorities to arrest and …
-
New York Enacts Legislation to Protect Employees from Wage Theft ALBANY, NY—A landmark bill, A00046A, has been introduced to strengthen protections for employees against wage theft in New York. Sponsored …
-
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Anthony Luizzi, a 24-year-old from Halfmoon, New York, has entered a guilty plea to several charges related to drug trafficking and illegal firearms possession. United States …
-
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Richawn McClain, a 25-year-old resident of Troy, New York, has been detained following his recent indictment on charges of possessing a firearm in connection with drug …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Tesla has settled a long running lawsuit by a Black former factory worker who claimed he was subjected to severe racial harassment, according to a court …
-
United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division; and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge …
-
New York Dems Shoot Down Compromise Congressional Map In Bid For Friendlier Boundaries Mary Lou Masters on February 26, 2024 New York’s Democratic-held state legislature voted down a new congressional …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Home Depot violated U.S. labor law by barring a retail worker from wearing an apron that said “BLM” in support of the Black Lives Matter …
-
ALBANY, NY – Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a significant legal change that will extend the statute of limitations for filing unlawful discrimination complaints in New York State. Effective February …
-
New Haven, CT – The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force, in collaboration with the Hartford Police Department and Connecticut State Police, arrested two men today, each wanted for murder …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Efforts by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott to stem a record number of migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has set off a series of …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A conservative U.S. legal group on Tuesday accused the National Football League (NFL) and its teams of engaging in discrimination through its influential “Rooney Rule,” which …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – SpaceX is being investigated by a California civil rights agency over allegations that the rocket and satellite maker and CEO Elon Musk have failed to …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. labor board official on Monday said men’s basketball players at Dartmouth College, an Ivy League school in New Hampshire, are the school’s employees …
-
Washington, D.C. – James Weeks, a 55-year-old resident of Sodus, New York, has been arrested on charges related to his involvement in the January 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. …
-
ALBANY, NY – On Monday, the New York State Troopers responded to an incident involving an overturned modular home. The incident was reported on I-90 Westbound in the Albany region. …
-
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Walmart has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of using a series of illegal tactics to deter unionizing at a California store. The National …