2026-10-05
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The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term today.
The first case they'll hear involves climate change.
The city of Boulder, Colorado, is suing two big energy companies.
Boulder officials want the companies to share the cost of paying for disasters that are made worse by global warming.
The companies want to shift this argument from state courts, where it's been heard, to federal courts.
And Pierre's Kerry Johnson says the U.S.
Supreme Court has other cases on its docket this term.
We do have some big cases already, including a challenge to state bans on the very popular AR-15 assault-style rifles.
There's going to be a clash over religion in schools, specifically a universal pre-K program in Colorado.
And there are a number of immigration cases brewing.
But the court is still adding new cases to the docket, so more is going to be coming.
NPR's Kerry Johnson reporting.
Cornell University is expected to announce this week which outside
law firm will independently review its handling of rape allegations involving a former student.
NPR's Windsor-Johnston reports the case is prompting survivors
of sexual assault to share and write about their own experiences.
Erin Smith of Winchester, Kentucky, says reading about the Cornell allegations brought back feelings from an assault