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USDA ARS Washington state apples are ready for shipment. A coalition of farm groups is pushing for a legislative fix after a Supreme Court ruling subjected farms to lawsuits for back overtime pay. A Washington state court ruling has prompted lawyers to file 24 lawsuits for back overtime pay for farmworkers. Dairy and other farm groups in Washington state are seeking protections from lawmakers after a state Supreme Court ruling in November opened the door to lawsuits against growers for back overtime pay for workers. In a 5-4 decision that’s expected to apply to all...

There was no crime committed, the police came and quickly went on their way . . . but surely it didn't require the sight of a PSNI uniform for those assembled members of the Down senior football camp to appreciate that, well, "we shouldn't really be here"?

Down GAA chairman John Devaney has launched a staunch defence of his county's track record of adherence to Covid-19 restrictions after controversy erupted over a gathering of senior football squad members on Tuesday night. But the Mourne County chief appeared to accept that the assembly of "around 18 players" - in two separate groups, to receive individual training programmes for the coming weeks – may have been ill-advised. "Okay, they probably shouldn’t have come together like that," Devaney told Independent.ie. "But it was brief, it was light, they were responsible in terms of doing it...

Andrea McCabe jailed for four years and husband Alan McCabe for three years and six months after police found a gun and ammunition at their home, Anthony Berry Anthony Berry jailed for six years for robbery, attempted robbery, assaulting a police officer, affray and criminal damage. He poured boiling water on police trying to end a siege at his home. Antuanne Elson Antuanne Elson jailed for 32 months for possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. He walked into a bar in Radcliffe and threatened the landlord. Aqeel Ahmed Aqeel Ahmed jailed for four years for attemp...

Donald Trump and his soon-to-be-former Vice President Mike Pence’s attempt to invalidate Wisconsin’s vote in only Milwaukee and Dane Counties appears to be racially motivated, two of the state’s Supreme Court justice remarked in a brutal Saturday hearing for the lame duck president. Trump’s attorney, James Troupis, had barely begun to address the high court when Justice Jill Karofsky noted that the attack focused on the two counties with the state’s largest number of Black voters. “This lawsuit, Mr. Troupis, smacks of racism,” she declared. Her colleague, Justice Rebecca Dal...