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District of Columbia says Amazon secretly stopped fast deliveries to 2 predominantly Black zip codes

Dec. 04, 2024 10:17 AM EST

The District of Columbia sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the company secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods while still charging millions of dollars for a membership that promises the benefit. The complaint...

Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona

Dec. 03, 2024 21:02 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a constitutional amendment recently approved by voters to expand access up to fetal viability. The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the...

FACT FOCUS: Vermont ruling does not say schools can vaccinate children without parental consent

Dec. 03, 2024 18:39 PM EST

Social media users are misrepresenting a Vermont Supreme Court ruling, claiming that it gives schools permission to vaccinate children even if their parents do not consent. The ruling addressed a lawsuit filed by Dario and Shujen Politella against Windham Southeast School District...

10 years and $42 million later, Jersey Shore town ends battle over its eroding beaches

Dec. 03, 2024 17:13 PM EST

NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey resort community that has lived in fear of being wiped out by the next big storm voted Tuesday to end a decadelong battle with the state over the condition of its beaches and protective sand dunes that involved $42 million worth of fines and litigation. ...

A judge has once again rejected Musk's multi-billion-dollar Tesla pay package. Now what?

Dec. 03, 2024 16:27 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — For a second time, a Delaware judge has nullified a pay package that Tesla had awarded its CEO, Elon Musk, that once was valued at $56 billion. On Monday, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick turned aside a request from Musk's lawyers to reverse a ruling she...

Iowa sues Biden administration for citizenship status of over 2,000 registered voters

Dec. 03, 2024 16:26 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials on Tuesday sued the Biden administration for access to information on the citizenship status of more than 2,000 registered voters they had questioned in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election. The complaint details a back and forth with...

Lawsuits seek to protect Hawaiian seabirds from too-bright streetlights

Dec. 03, 2024 15:12 PM EST

Without seabirds returning to terra firma, Polynesian seafarers might never have found the remote Hawaiian Islands. Early Hawaiians searched for seabird flocks foraging in the vast ocean to pinpoint fish schools. And the lush Hawaiian forests would have lacked important soil nutrients if it...

US can continue using Seattle airport for deportation flights, appeals court says

Dec. 03, 2024 14:49 PM EST

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can continue using a Seattle airport for chartered deportation flights, a federal appeals court ruled in a decision that rejected a 2019 local order that sought to counter then-President Donald Trump's immigration policies. ...

Landlords are using AI to raise rents — and California cities are leading the pushback

Dec. 03, 2024 14:37 PM EST

If you’ve hunted for apartments recently and felt like all the rents were equally high, you’re not crazy: Many landlords now use a single company’s software — which uses an algorithm based on proprietary lease information — to help set rent prices. Federal prosecutors say...

What to know about Wisconsin's collective bargaining law for public workers

Dec. 03, 2024 11:49 AM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge's overturning of Wisconsin's 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for teachers and most state government employees has rekindled a battle over labor rights in a state where the first public sector unions were formed 65 years ago. ...