Law

It's official.  By unanimous vote, the Lufkin City Council has adopted a city ordinance that prohibits panhandling and solicitation of vehicle occupants on city roadways.

Who can forget Lauren Scruggs, and the horrifying accident that left her maimed and half blind back in December?  Lauren is the young Dallas model who lost part of her left arm and her left eye when she was hit by a spinning airplane propeller at a Dallas area airport.

A Houston State Representative says he will work to repeal Texas’ “Castle Doctrine”, the law that gives Texans protections similar to Florida’s “stand your ground” law that is coming under fire in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Remember Andrea Yates?  She's the Houston woman who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her five children back in June of 2001.  Yates is now a patient at the Kerrville State Hospital, and through her attorney, she's asking to be allowed out of the facility once a week to go to church.

A federal appeals court says Texas cities cannot pass ordinances that prohibit landlords from renting to illegal immigrants.

The U.S. Department of Labor is considering changes in federal child labor laws that would prohibit children under the age of 16 from doing most any kind of work around a farm.  If the changes are adopted, farm kids not yet 16 years old wouldn't be allowed to operate farm machinery or even work with livestock. As you might expect, this is causing a firestorm of protest from Congressmen, farmers an

George Clooney and several others were arrested in Washington, DC on Friday while protesting the Sudanese government.

Apple iPhone 4S users know that Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant, can be hit or miss. Sometimes she understands you perfectly and reacts with precision, and other times? Well, not so much. But a New York man is so upset by Siri’s flaws and foibles that he’s filed a lawsuit against Apple.