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Supreme Court will weigh Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against leading U.S. gun manufacturers over allegations their commercial practices have helped caused much bloodshed there. The gun makers asked the justices to undo...
Collapse of national security elites' cyber firm leaves bitter wake
WASHINGTON (AP) — The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked with elite members of the U.S. intelligence establishment, IronNet promised it was going to revolutionize the way governments and corporations combat...
Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019. The woman does not use her name and goes by Jane Roe in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior...
US nuclear weapon production sites violated environmental rules, federal judge decides
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at sites in South Carolina and New Mexico in violation of environmental regulations, a federal judge has ruled. Plaintiffs challenged a plan...
Judge refuses to dismiss Alabama lawsuit over solar panel fees
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Alabama Public Service Commission over fees it allows Alabama Power to charge customers who use solar panels to generate some of their own electricity. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled...
Black man details alleged beating at the hands of a white supremacist group in Boston
BOSTON (AP) — A Black teacher and musician told a federal court Thursday that members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with metal shields during a march through downtown Boston two years ago. Charles Murrell III, of Boston, was in federal court...
Les Miles moves lawsuit over vacated LSU wins from federal to state court
BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — Former football coach Les Miles' lawsuit against Louisiana State University and the NCAA over a decision to vacate 37 of his teams’ victories from 2012 to 2015 has been moved from federal court to state court. Miles initially sued in June in U.S. District...
Newsom wants a do-over on the lemon car law he just signed. Will it hurt buyers?
In the chaotic final days of the legislative session, lawmakers jammed through major changes to California’s “Lemon Law ” that protects consumers from defective cars even as members complained that the complex legislation was rushed too quickly. Gov. Gavin Newsom nonetheless...
Judge blocks new California law cracking down on election deepfakes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new California law allowing any person to sue for damages over election deepfakes has been put on pause after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking it. U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez said artificial intelligence and...
ACLU lawsuit details DWI scheme rocking Albuquerque police
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A civil rights group is suing the city of Albuquerque, its police department and top officials on behalf of a man who was among those arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and allegedly forced to pay bribes to get the charges dropped. The DWI...
