Fourth Circuit says South Carolina must answer Google’s subpoena in antitrust...
(CN) — An appeals court ruled Wednesday South Carolina’s parks department cannot claim immunity as it tries to avoid answering a subpoena in an antitrust lawsuit against Google. U.S. Circuit Judge...
View ArticleIllinois governor signs $53.1 billion state budget
CHICAGO (CN) — Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed his sixth state budget in office on Wednesday. At $53.1 billion, it’s the largest in state history — and about $400 million greater...
View ArticleUS antitrust enforcers will investigate leading AI companies Microsoft,...
(AP) — U.S. antitrust enforcers have decided to investigate the roles Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI have played in the artificial intelligence boom, according to people familiar with the pending...
View ArticleOne image, seen by millions: A social media effort to draw attention to Rafah...
(AP) — The image shows tents in a camp, highlighted to spell out one single phrase: “All Eyes on Rafah.” It has been shared more than 50 million times. A single image, not even an authentic...
View ArticleAbbott Laboratories may have misled diabetic customers
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — A company touting meal replacement shakes and powders as healthy for diabetics cannot dodge most claims from consumers who say its products’ ingredients could cause negative...
View Article‘Whoa, that was gross,’ former NJ top prosecutor recalls Bob Menendez inquiry...
MANHATTAN (CN) — New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez summoned the state’s top law enforcement official for a private meeting in 2019 to discuss a pending insurance fraud case, former state Attorney...
View ArticleHospital merger
STATESVILLE, N.C. — A federal court in North Carolina said no to the Federal Trade Commission’s bid for a preliminary injunction that would keep a medical system from acquiring a general hospital and a...
View ArticleClosing argument gaffe
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that a prosecutor committed misconduct during the closing arguments of a sexual assault trial. By characterizing a witness’s testimony as being “consistent...
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Woman claiming to be real-life inspiration for Martha on hit show ‘Baby...
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A Scottish woman claiming to be the real-life inspiration for the disturbed stalker Martha on Netflix’s hit show “Baby Reindeer” sued the streaming service on Thursday for...
View ArticleFederal judge in Illinois tosses lawsuit hoping to secure sex offenders’...
(CN) — U.S. District Judge Iain Johnston dismissed a class action Thursday that had challenged a provision of an Illinois offense law barring a convicted sex offender on mandatory supervised release...
View ArticleAttempted murder and other charges dismissed against accused Paul Pelosi...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman tossed three of the counts against David DePape mid-trial Thursday afternoon — including the count for attempted murder — amidst...
View ArticleFormer Broncos linebacker sues NFL for blocking access to prescribed...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CN) — A former linebacker for the Denver Broncos says in a lawsuit filed Wednesday the Colorado team and the National Football League prevented him from taking prescribed synthetic...
View ArticleOvernight stays in Europe rose in 2024’s first quarter
(CN) — Overnight stays are on the rise in the European Union, per data published Friday by Eurostat, which examined nights spent at hotels and other accommodations by foreign and domestic guests. The...
View ArticleNinth Circuit revives Seattle Pacific University’s fight against state’s...
SEATTLE (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel cut Seattle Pacific University a break Friday morning by partially reviving its First Amendment challenge against Washington state’s investigation of the religious...
View ArticleThe Danish prime minister is assaulted on a Copenhagen square, media reports say
BERLIN, Germany (AP) — Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, the state news agency Ritzau reported Friday. Copenhagen police...
View ArticleGameStop shares plunge even as meme stock booster ‘Roaring Kitty’ says...
(AP) — The investor at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze said Friday that he still believes GameStop’s management team can turn the struggling video game retailer around. But remarks from...
View ArticleHundreds of asylum seekers are camped out near Seattle. There’s a vacant...
KENT, Wash. (AP) — Kabongo Kambila Ringo stood outside the tent where he has been staying with his pregnant wife and ate from a clear plastic tray of Girl Scout cookies melting in the midday sun. He...
View ArticleCalifornia judge digs into defense attorney in wrongful conviction case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge on Friday lambasted the defense attorney in the civil case of a man wrongfully convicted of murder, doubting his clients’ sincerity about revealing records as...
View ArticleWhat can Mexico expect from a Sheinbaum presidency?
MEXICO CITY (CN) — As President Andrés Manuel López Obrador fades from political activity to his ranch in Chiapas, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum will inherit a host of national problems. Though...
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Lawsuits likely after NYC congestion pricing gutted by governor
MANHATTAN (CN) — The Manhattan Transit Authority is already facing numerous lawsuits from critics of New York City’s slated congestion pricing program. But after New York Governor Kathy Hochul...
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