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US Soccer to pay $24 million to settle equal pay suit by women’s team
The U.S. Soccer Federation settled a lawsuit by current and former members of the women's national team, including Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd, who claimed they were paid less than players on the men's team.
UM research: 2020 was the worst fire season in 2,000 years; expected to get worse
Rocky Mountain high-elevation forests burned more in 2020 than they have in 2,000 years, according to researchers from the University of Montana and the University of Wyoming.
After congressional collapse, national eviction ban ends as Covid-19 cases rise
After a last-minute Congressional scramble on Friday failed to extend the federal eviction moratorium, the measure is set to expire Saturday, ending protections that have helped millions of Americans keep a roof over their head during an unprecedented medical emergency.
Glacier reports 41% increase in visitors on Going-to-the-Sun Road
The park said it saw a 41% increase in vehicles on the road compared to opening day in 2019, with the overall number of cars and trucks on the road between Memorial Day and the end of June up 20 percent compared to the same year.
Confederate statues at US Capitol get the boot; Rosendale wants to keep them
Rosendale said, "Unfortunately, Democrats, animated by the Critical Race Theory concepts of structural racism, microaggressions, and a United States based solely on white supremacy, have chose to remove statues that underscore the failures of our pre- 1861 Constitution."
Biden says fight against U.S. extremists is one from ground up
Laying out his plan to root out homegrown extremism hiding in plain sight, President Joe Biden on Tuesday released a national strategy that calls for a whole-of-government approach.
Will the dawn of social media regulations pass constitutional muster?
Federal courts have long been balancing individuals’ free speech rights with the rights of private companies that control venues of expression. The battle over Florida’s new social media regulation stands to ink a new chapter in the saga.
Biden champions legal aid for low income in latest raft of justice reforms
Tallying up some the challenges that low-income people have historically faced while trying to get a fair trial, President Joe Biden signed a memo late Tuesday to expand access to civil legal aid and public defenders.
U.S. shooting statistics beckon stricter gun laws, but some still want less
By the time the Senate Judiciary Committee's scheduled a hearing on gun violence in America got underway after the Atlanta shooting last week, the U.S. had endured seven mass shootings in seven days, the last of which left 10 dead at a grocery store in Boulder.
Idaho Legislature shuts down due to Covid outbreak in Statehouse
The Idaho Legislature voted Friday to shut down for several weeks due to an outbreak of Covid-19. At least six of the 70 House members tested positive for the illness in the last week, and there are fears a highly contagious variant of Covid-19 is in the Statehouse.