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Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY's Adult Survivors Act

Nov. 27, 2023 22:24 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — For a year, New York's Adult Survivors Act suspended the usual legal deadlines to give sexual assault victims one last chance to file lawsuits over misconduct that occurred years or decades ago. By the time the law expired last week, more than 3,700 legal claims had...

Woman shocked with Taser while on ground is suing police officer and chief for not reporting it

Nov. 27, 2023 19:11 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado, last year is suing the police officer who stunned her and the city's police chief, accusing the police department of failing to report excessive force by the officer to state regulators....

Donald Trump is set to return to the witness stand in his civil fraud trial

Nov. 27, 2023 18:10 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — After a pugnacious first turn on the witness stand, former president Donald Trump plans to testify again next month in his civil fraud trial, his lawyers said Monday. He is to return Dec. 11, defense attorney Christopher Kise said. Trump had plenty...

Roommates sue Maryland county over death of pet dog shot by police

Nov. 27, 2023 17:23 PM EST

Roommates who sued a Maryland county Monday claim police officers illegally entered their apartment without a warrant, detained them at gunpoint without justification and unnecessarily shot their pet dog, which was left paralyzed and ultimately euthanized. The dog, a boxer mix named...

Tesla sues Swedish agency as striking workers stop delivering license plates for its new vehicles

Nov. 27, 2023 10:21 AM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Tesla on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state via Sweden's Transport Agency as striking postal workers in the Scandinavian country halted the delivery of license plates of new vehicles manufactured by the Texas-based automaker. Tesla is non-unionized...

Beijing court begins hearings for Chinese relatives of people on Malaysia Airlines plane

Nov. 27, 2023 03:57 AM EST

BEIJING (AP) — A Beijing court began compensation hearings Monday morning for Chinese relatives of people who died on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 on a flight to Beijing, a case that remains shrouded in mystery after almost a decade. Security was tight around...

Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say

Nov. 26, 2023 23:14 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed...

Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former aide in new legal filing

Nov. 24, 2023 15:28 PM EST

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being sued by a former aide who says Cuomo sexually harassed her while he was still in office. Cuomo's former executive assistant Brittany Commisso filed the case against the ex-governor in state Supreme Court in Albany on...

Daryl Hall is suing John Oates over plan to sell stake in joint venture. A judge has paused the sale

Nov. 24, 2023 15:27 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daryl Hall has sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates duo had forged. The move quickly prompted a judge to temporarily...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of sexual abuse by two more women

Nov. 24, 2023 12:48 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Two more women have come forward to accuse Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual abuse, one week after the music mogul settled a separate lawsuit with the singer Cassie that contained allegations of rape and physical abuse. Both of the new suits were filed Thursday on...