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WASHINGTON (AP) — The level of clout of the nation's labor movement could be at stake in a case before the Supreme Court. Oral arguments are today in a dispute over public-sector union fees that could also sap the finances of organized labor. The case challenges the right of public-employee unions to collect fees from teachers, firefighters and other government workers who choose not to be members.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore police van driver who transported Freddie Gray to the police station where he arrived critically injured and unresponsive goes on trial today for second-degree murder. Caesar Goodson is the only one of six officers charged in Gray's death not to speak to investigators and there is anticipation of hearing his defense. Gray, a young black man, died in April a week after he broke his neck while in custody.
LONDON (AP) — Tributes are pouring in from everywhere following the death of David Bowie, the man who broke barriers and remained a pop music icon for half a century. Bowie's son, director Duncan Jones, posted a picture of his smiling father, with the line, "Very sorry and sad to say it's true. I'll be offline for a while. Love to all." Bowie died of cancer Sunday. He was 69.
NEW YORK (AP) — A trial begins in New York today that's one of six aimed at narrowing legal issues in lawsuits affecting more than 1,000 people with claims against General Motors over faulty ignition switches. The trials will begin with the claims of Robert Scheuer, of Tulsa. His lawyer says a defective ignition switch prevented air bags from deploying in a crash. GM says the air bags weren't designed to deploy the way the car struck the ground before landing among trees.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police are denying that they tried to cover anything up but admit they should have been more forthcoming about widespread sexual assaults at a music festival in Stockholm last summer. Police hadn't mentioned the incidents until a newspaper did in its report on New Year's Eve assaults in Germany. A Stockholm police spokesman confirms there were "a large number" of sexual assaults and that scores of men were detained.
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