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University of Cincinnati sues ex-QB Brendan Sorsby after his transfer to Texas Tech

February 25, 2026February 25, 2026 · Sports

The 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…

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Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil, gas companies trying to block climate lawsuits

February 23, 2026February 23, 2026 · Breaking News

WASHINGTON — 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…

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Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 · Technology

For 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…

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Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial

February 17, 2026February 18, 2026 · Technology

LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta’s platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Meta’s…

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Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 · Technology

LOS 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…

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Police conclude investigation into ex-MAG, transfer findings to Levin’s legal adviser

February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 · World News

Police Commissioner Daniel Levi has decided that the evidence from the investigation of the former military advocate-general (MAG) Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi won’t be transferred to the Attorney General. Israel…

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17 former NC State athletes join lawsuit alleging abuse by ex-head trainer, bringing total to 31

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 · Breaking News

RALEIGH, 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…

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Detainees to testify about legal access at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 · Breaking News

FORT 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…

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Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims

January 26, 2026January 27, 2026 · Technology

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…

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‘A Team’ of real estate brokers faces sex crimes trial in New York

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 · Finance

NEW YORK — The brothers operated in the glitz and glamour of the Hamptons and South Beach. Two were high-end real estate brokers dubbed “The A Team.” The…

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Elizabeth Hurley describes ‘monstrous’ privacy invasion by Daily Mail in British media hacking case

January 22, 2026January 24, 2026 · Technology

LONDON — Elizabeth Hurley accused the publisher of the Daily Mail on Thursday of tapping her phones, putting microphones outside her windows and stealing her medical records among…

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Judge rules against lawmakers pressing for monitor to ensure release of Epstein files

January 21, 2026January 21, 2026 · Breaking News

NEW YORK — A judge overseeing Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case said Wednesday that two members of Congress lacked the legal right to intervene and press their demand for…

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Prince Harry’s court battle against British tabloids reaches final chapter

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 · Entertainment

LONDON — Prince Harry has arrived in a London court for the third and final chapter in his legal quest to tame the British tabloids. Harry, also known…

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Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe of ICE shooting

January 13, 2026January 14, 2026 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department does not believe there is any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation of the killing of a woman by a U.S.…

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‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse standing trial in Las Vegas

January 12, 2026January 13, 2026 · Entertainment

LAS VEGAS — The jury trial for Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances with Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls, is expected to begin…

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Red lines and increasing self-censorship reshape Hong Kong’s once freewheeling press scene

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 · Finance

HONG KONG — From 18th place to 140th. That’s how much Hong Kong’s ranking plunged in a global press freedom index over some 20 years. Behind the decline…

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Florida sets execution date for man convicted of killing a traveling salesman

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 · Breaking News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery is set to become Florida’s first execution of 2026 under a death warrant signed…

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Supreme Court will take up Cisco’s bid to shut down lawsuit by Falun Gong

January 9, 2026January 10, 2026 · Technology

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up an appeal from tech giant Cisco seeking to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was…

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Harvey Weinstein says jurors were bullied into convicting him. A judge is set to rule

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026 · Entertainment

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein returns to court Thursday, seeking to get his latest sex crime conviction thrown out because anger and apprehensions flared…

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Nick Reiner to be arraigned in killing of parents Rob and Michele Singer Reiner

January 7, 2026January 7, 2026 · Entertainment

LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Reiner is set to be arraigned and enter a plea Wednesday in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and…

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