A Pennsylvania appellate court struck down the state’s “no-excuse absentee voting” law on the grounds it was passed in violation of the state’s constitution. So reports CNN.

Cleveland State University and The University of Akron are no longer in discussions to merge their respective law schools. So reports the Akron Beacon Journal.

Leonardo Silva Oliveira, of South Florida, spent five days in jail after authorities allegedly mistook him for another man named Leonardo Silva Oliveira, who shares a “passing resemblance” and has a birthday within weeks of him. So reports The New York Times.