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South Korean woman sues government and adoption agency after her kidnapped daughter was sent abroad
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 70-year-old South Korean woman sued her government, an adoption agency, and an orphanage Monday over the adoption of her daughter, who was sent to the United States in 1976, months after she was kidnapped at age 4. The damage suit filed by Han Tae-soon,...
US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appellate court is set to hear oral arguments Monday in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New...
California vineyard owner says he was fined $120K for providing free housing to his employee
Saratoga, Calif. (AP) — A California vineyard owner is suing Santa Clara County after officials fined him for allowing his longtime employee to live in an RV on his property for years. Michael Ballard, whose family owns Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards in a town south of San Francisco,...
Karen Read seeks delay in wrongful death lawsuit until her trial on murder and other charges is done
BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read is seeking to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her Boston police officer boyfriend until her criminal trial in connection with his death is done. The lawsuit filed last month blames the death of John O’Keefe on Read, and also on what...
Advocates urge Ohio to restore voter registrations removed in alleged violations of federal law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voter advocacy organizations have put Ohio's Republican elections chief on notice that voters are being systematically removed from the rolls in several counties in alleged violation of federal law. A letter sent Thursday to Secretary of State Frank LaRose,...
Ken Paxton sues TikTok for violating new Texas social media law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations that the company denied hours later. The Securing Children Online...
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...
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...
Supreme Court will hear an Ohio woman's claim she lost out on jobs because she is straight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up the case of an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight. The justices on Friday agreed to review an appellate ruling that upheld the dismissal of the discrimination lawsuit filed...
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...
