The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd, will combine elements of the prosecution of Los Angeles officers charged with beating Black motorist Rodney King and the media spectacle of O.J. Simpson’s murder case—all set against the modern backdrop of Black people dying at the hands of police.

Workhorse Group Inc. faces a tough road to overturn its loss of a $6 billion contract award to build trucks for the U.S. Postal Service due to regulations designed to protect the integrity of government bidding and keep politics out.

Utah lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill creating a controversial new water agency, saying it’s urgently needed for the state to defend its rights to Colorado River water from threats by surrounding states.

Bill Magness, chief executive officer of the Texas power grid operator, will leave his post in the wake of the February energy crisis that left millions of people in the state without electricity and heat for days.

A federal appeals panel focused Thursday on whether a lawsuit challenging an EPA paint stripping product rule is ripe for its review, and asked all parties to submit briefs on the potential relevance of two other legal developments on the case.

A firm hired to monitor Texas’ power markets says the region’s grid manager overpriced electricity over two days during last month’s energy crisis, resulting in $16 billion in overcharges.

A man allegedly injured by LG Chem Ltd. batteries that he used for an e-cigarette is dropping claims against the company’s U.S. subsidiary following testimony that it didn’t distribute batteries “to anyone” in the relevant time frame.

A $3.7 million penalty imposed on Corona Clay Co. for alleged water pollution may have to head back to the trial court, following oral argument at the Ninth Circuit over the scope of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Clean Water Act.

The Environmental Protection Agency wants federal appellate judges to scrap a Trump-era methane rule for landfills and toss it back to the agency for review.

Vehicles with internal combustion engines will be in use for several more years, as government and the private sector endeavor to make electric vehicles more affordable and reliable, according to President Joe Biden’s nominee for deputy energy secretary.