SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book…
Read more Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbotAssociated Press — An attorney in Washington state promised “miracles” to tens of thousands of immigrants seeking legal status in the United States. Instead, Alexandra Lozano created fake…
Read more Thousands of immigrants got scammed by an attorney exploiting humanitarian visas, lawsuits sayWASHINGTON — Comedian Bill Maher was the guest of honor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night. But President Donald Trump’s presence wasn’t far away. Just moments after…
Read more Bill Maher accepts Twain humor prize as the Kennedy Center navigates Trump-era upheavalDENVER (AP) — Days before the beginning of Pride Month in June, a glamorous drag queen with long, wavy red hair, a matching mustache and carabiner earrings stared…
Read more Patagonia Is Suing Pattie Gonia, a Drag Queen Performer With an Environmental MessageWASHINGTON — A federal judge said Thursday that the IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information “approximately 42,695 times” to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U.S. District…
Read more IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times: JudgeNEW YORK — New York’s attorney general has sued video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote…
Read more New York sues ‘Counter-Strike’ game developer saying ‘loot boxes’ promote gamblingThe University of Cincinnati is suing Brendan Sorsby, accusing the former Bearcats quarterback of breaching his name, image and likeness contract following his transfer to Texas Tech. The…
Read more University of Cincinnati sues ex-QB Brendan Sorsby after his transfer to Texas TechSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that ExxonMobil can bring a defamation lawsuit against California’s attorney general over comments about the company’s plastic…
Read more Federal Judge in Texas Allows Lawsuit Against California Attorney General Over ExxonMobil RemarksThe family of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield served notice Monday to the city of Aurora that they intend to file a lawsuit in connection with the August shooting death of…
Read more Family of Black man killed by Aurora police intends to sue the cityTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Basketball center Charles Bediako is asking the Alabama Supreme Court to let him play the rest of the season for the Crimson Tide. The…
Read more Bediako Appeals NCAA Eligibility Decision to Alabama Supreme Court as Season Winds DownWASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry…
Read more Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil, gas companies trying to block climate lawsuitsFor years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their platforms and fail to protect…
Read more Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to childrenMayor Cherelle Parker reacted to the city’s recent legal win against the federal government in a video Tuesday, issuing a rare, albeit indirect, critique of the Trump administration.…
Read more Parker vows, ‘We will not allow anyone to erase our history,’ following President’s House lawsuit rulingRYE, N.Y. (AP) — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has filed a $250,000 negligence lawsuit against her suburban hometown north of New York…
Read more Jeanine Pirro Files a $250,000 Negligence Suit in New York Over a Trip-And-FallNEW YORK (AP) — The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving her post amid tension about greenlighting big mergers in recent months. Gail Slater, the…
Read more Top Trump Antitrust Official Leaves Post Following Disputes Over Big MergersLOS ANGELES — The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their…
Read more Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los AngelesGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge refused Sunday to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities, declining requests to overrule…
Read more Judge Rejects Democrats’ Plea for Early Voting Sites at 3 North Carolina UniversitiesRALEIGH, N.C. — Seventeen additional former N.C. State male athletes have joined a state lawsuit alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s…
Read more 17 former NC State athletes join lawsuit alleging abuse by ex-head trainer, bringing total to 31FORT MYERS, Fla. — Former detainees planned to testify Wednesday about conditions at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” as a federal…
Read more Detainees to testify about legal access at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’Three of the world’s biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims that their platforms — Meta’s Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok and…
Read more Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
