Christina Grube

1 week ago | wng.org | Christina Grube

A three-judge panel for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday to overturn Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments to hang in every public school classroom. State legislators passed the bill about a month before Gov. Jeff Landry formally signed it into law last June. The law required any school receiving public funding to mount a framed display of the Ten Commandments no smaller than 11 inches by 14 inches, with large, easy-to-read lettering.

1 week ago | wng.org | Christina Grube

The insurance company stopped a cybersecurity breach last week after noticing suspicious activity on its U.S. network, according to a Friday statement from Aflac. The company said it was reviewing potentially impacted files containing health information, Social Security numbers, and other personal information tied to customers, beneficiaries, and other individuals associated with the U.S. business. The hack was shut down hours after it started on June 12, the company said.

1 week ago | wng.org | Christina Grube

U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz issued a bench order on Friday that Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil be released from ICE’s Louisiana detention center on bail, according to reporting from the courtroom. Officials arrested the Syrian national in early March on allegations that he led activities in support of the terror group Hamas, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

1 week ago | wng.org | Christina Grube

The Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling Friday that will allow tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds to continue fighting a product rejection issued by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA in early 2023 rejected Reynolds’ application to market a new tobacco product. Reynolds appealed the rejection, but the FDA’s attorneys argued the appeal was filed in the wrong court.

1 week ago | wng.org | Christina Grube

A federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that Biden administration changes made to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, were illegal. The former administration added a category called reproductive healthcare–which it interpreted to include information about abortions and transgender procedures–to the list of legally protected information under HIPAA.