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US Supreme Court hands win to Monsanto in case related to claims Roundup causes cancer

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)State courts cannot find liability for labeling shortcomings in pesticides and similar products because such products are covered by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday in a decision backing agricultural giant Monsanto.  The justices, in a 7-2 decision, threw out a $1.25…

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Narrowed Education Department definition of โ€˜professionalโ€™ degrees stopped in federal court

A federal judge paused a U.S. Department of Education rule with implications for federal student loans for nursing students. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON โ€” A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Educationโ€™s new definition of โ€œprofessionalโ€ fields of study, which set stricter borrowing caps for graduate students pursuing certain degrees. Theย ruling from…

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