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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that 'boneless' refers to a cooking style, finding Wings on Brookwood not liable for injuries caused by swallowing a bone from one of their 'boneless' wings.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that 'boneless' refers to a cooking style, finding Wings on Brookwood not liable for injuries caused by swallowing a bone from one of their 'boneless' wings. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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‘Boneless’ chicken wings can have bones, the Ohio Supreme Court says

In a 4-3 verdict against a patron who sued a restaurant after swallowing a bone from a “boneless wing,” the court ruled that “boneless” doesn’t guarantee that there will be no bones in a chicken wing.

A bipartisan bill seeks to ban octopus farming in the U.S., outlawing a practice that has drawn controversy in Spain. Here, an octopus is seen at the Oceanopolis sea center in Brest, western France.

A bipartisan bill seeks to ban octopus farming in the U.S., outlawing a practice that has drawn controversy in Spain. Here, an octopus is seen at the Oceanopolis sea center in Brest, western France. Fred Tanneau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Animals

Octopus farming in the U.S. would be banned under a new bill in Congress

The OCTOPUS Act would ban farming the animal, and imports of farmed meat. It was introduced by a senator whose office says he learned about the plan through a story on NPR.

We The People: Free Speech
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We The People: Free Speech

The First Amendment. Book bans, disinformation, the wild world of the internet. Free speech debates are all around us. What were the Founding Fathers thinking when they created the First Amendment, and how have the words they wrote in the 18th century been stretched and shaped to fit a world they never could have imagined? It's a story that travels through world wars and culture wars. Through the highest courts and the Ku Klux Klan. Today on Throughline's We the People: What exactly is free speech, and how has the answer to that question changed in the history of the U.S.? (Originally ran as The Freedom of Speech)

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Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction in May at the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis. A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit.

Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction in May at the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis. A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit. Laurie Skrivan/Pool/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP hide caption

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A Missouri prison again has ignored an order to free a wrongfully convicted inmate

Christopher Dunn's situation is similar to that of Sandra Hemme, who spent 43 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a woman in 1980 before her conviction was overturned.

FILE - Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus from New York City during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis. A Missouri judge on Monday, July 24, 2024, overturned the conviction of Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit.

FILE - Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus from New York City during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis. A Missouri judge on Monday, July 24, 2024, overturned the conviction of Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit. Laurie Skrivan/Pool St. Louis Post-Dispatch hide caption

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Missouri judge overturns murder conviction of man imprisoned for over 30 years

The ruling means Christopher Dunn is likely to be freed from prison, but no date has been set.

Fox News Channel signage is displayed on a building near the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Fox scored two major legal victories within 24 hours.

Fox News Channel signage is displayed on a building near the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Fox scored two major legal victories within 24 hours. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against Fox, while network scores separate court victory

Hunter Biden dropped the lawsuit he had brought against Fox News citing New York state's "revenge porn" statutes. One day later, a district judge dismissed a disinformation expert's defamation suit against Fox.

At left, Steven Johnson is shown in a photo from the 1990s used in his

Steven Johnson escaped from Mill Creek Correctional Facility in Salem, Ore., during a prison work detail in 1994. He was arrested on Tuesday in Macon, Ga., where had had assumed the identity of a dead child. Oregon Department of Corrections/Bibb County Sheriff's Office hide caption

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Escaped prisoner found in Georgia 30 years later, using the identity of a dead child

Steven Johnson, who escaped from prison in 1994 while on a work detail, was arrested in Macon, Ga., on Tuesday. He had been living there since 2011 and had assumed the identity of a dead child.

Outside view of the Brooklyn courthouse where Michail Chkhikvishvili, leader of a neo-Nazi organization, was indicted Wednesday morning on charges related to soliciting violent hate crimes. If convicted on all four counts, he faces 50 years in U.S. prison.

Michail Chkhikvishvili, alleged leader of a Neo-Nazi organization, was indicted at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse on Wednesday morning for soliciting violent hate crimes. If convicted on four counts, he faces 50 years in U.S. prison. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A neo-Nazi leader is indicted for a plot to have a Santa Claus poison children in NYC

Michail Chkhikvishvili, an alleged leader of an extremist group called the Maniac Murder Cult, outlined a detailed plan to hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and also target racial minorities.

Death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez was set to receive a lethal injection on Tuesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, before the Supreme Court issued a stay.

Death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez was set to receive a lethal injection on Tuesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, before the Supreme Court issued a stay. Texas Department of Criminal Justice/Texas Department of Criminal Justice/AP hide caption

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Supreme Court grants last-minute stay in Texas execution of man requesting DNA tests

Ruben Gutierrez has been seeking DNA tests on multiple crime-scene items from the murder case against him for more than a decade. His legal team says a Texas law blocking his effort is unconstitutional.

The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building. A study on judiciary workplace finds significant problems with the courts’ effort to police themselves.

The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building. A study on judiciary workplace finds significant problems with the courts’ effort to police themselves. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Judicial system fails at policing workplace misconduct, study finds

A hard-hitting exclusive study on workplace issues within the federal judiciary finds fault with the courts’ efforts to police themselves, including a lack of oversight and little record-keeping.

President Biden is expected to announce his support for changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits and a mandatory ethics code.

President Biden is expected to announce his support for changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits and a mandatory ethics code. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Biden is eyeing big changes for the Supreme Court. But he needs Congress to make them

The president is preparing to back term limits and an enforceable ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court justices. But these changes would require Congressional backing, and that won't be easy to get.

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Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was found guilty of bribery charges, including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government.. Menendez is returning to a New York City federal court to enter a not guilty plea to a conspiracy charge alleging he acted as an agent of the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts in bribery trial

A New York City jury convicted the New Jersey senator of accepting bribes to benefit businessmen in his home state and the governments of Egypt and Qatar.

Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts in bribery trial

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A Dollar General store is seen on Aug. 3, 2017, in Luther, Oklahoma. Clothes, pool noodles and plastic lawn chairs are on display for sale outside the store's front doors, and shopping carts are lined up to the store's left.

Dollar General has agreed to pay a $12 million fine and improve conditions at its thousands of retail stores nationwide to make them safer for workers, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Here, a Dollar General store is seen on August 2017, in Luther, Okla. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption

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Business

Dollar General will pay $12 million in fines over workplace safety violations

The agreement says the chain must correct any future safety violations regarding blocked exits or access to fire extinguishers and electrical panels — or face fines of up to $500,000 per violation.

Parents, students, and staff of Chino Valley Unified School District hold up signs in favor of protecting LGBTQ+ policies at Don Antonio Lugo High School, in Chino, Calif., in June 2023. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Monday barring school districts from passing policies that require schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification.

Parents, students, and staff of Chino Valley Unified School District hold up signs in favor of protecting LGBTQ+ policies at Don Antonio Lugo High School, in Chino, Calif., in June 2023. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Monday barring school districts from passing policies that require schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Orange County Register/AP hide caption

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California bans school rules requiring parents notification of child's pronoun change

The law, which is the first in the nation, bans school rules requiring school staff to disclose a student's gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child's permission.

Trump's classified documents case has been dismissed by judge

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Trump's Trials

Trump's classified documents case has been dismissed by judge

For this episode of Trump's Trials, All Things Considered's Ailsa Chang speaks with NPR's Greg Allen and Carrie Johnson.

Trump's classified documents case has been dismissed by judge

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Police continue to block roads around the home of Thomas Matthew Crooks as the FBI continues its investigation into the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump in Bethel Park, Pa., on Sunday. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, was shot in the ear last Saturday in the opening minutes of his campaign rally in Butler.

Police continue to block roads around the home of Thomas Matthew Crooks in Bethel Park, Pa., on Sunday, as the FBI continues its investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What we know about the Trump shooter

The 20-year-old gunman came within a matter of inches of killing the former president, but investigators are still struggling to understand what may have motivated Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Environmental activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on July 6, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The group Climate Action Campaign organized the rally to protest against the Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v. EPA, which limits the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants.

Environmental activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 after it ruled against the Obama administration's plan to cut climate-warming emissions at the nation's power plants. The Supreme Court has since further limited the power of federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Climate

Why the next president's judicial appointments will impact climate action

The Supreme Court's recent term illustrates the judiciary's outsized role in government's ability to address climate change. The coming election could shape the judicial landscape for decades to come.

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