Author: Kelly O'Brien

A tip from a funeral home led to second-degree murder charges against a woman accused of killing her 88-year-old mother-in-law, according to court documents.Read More

The New York Attorney General’s Office has pushed back after RealPage Inc. told a New York federal court that a recent Second Circuit ruling supports the company’s challenge to a state law prohibiting landlords from using software to share information and set residential rental rates.Read More

Experts who spoke with Law.com said the recent New Mexico decision, with its sweeping child-safety order against Meta, may serve as a road map for the California trial, an ongoing suit in Tennessee as well as other claims that social media companies have contributed to harm among young users.Read More

On an evening flight over the city of Auburn last October, the crew of the King County Sheriff’s Office Guardian 1 helicopter was struck by a laser pointer.It wRead More

A new ordinance banning public camping on city-owned property is now in effect in Carbondale.Read More

Tampa Bay area law enforcement agencies are having discussions about their policies surrounding the use of Flock cameras.Read More

A Portland metal recycler is being forced to shut down after a court found it willfully violated environmental laws.Read More

Georgia has no statewide rent cap, but landlords must follow lease terms and notice rules before increasing rent. Here’s what to know.Read More

A new law lets the city reduce speed limits in school zones to 15 or 20 miles per hour, as public schools are set to resume instruction on Monday.Read More

Last week’s column covered the early photographic career of Vincennes native Albert Dawson, up to the time he got the contract to take publicity photographs of German ocean liners onRead More