Newly released 9/11 records show New York City officials were discussing toxic exposure, health risks and potential legal claims within weeks of the attacks as residents, workers and students returned to Lower Manhattan.Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that more than 170,000 pages of September 11 records are being made public,... Read More »

A payment processing company has agreed to pay $12 million and accept sweeping restrictions on its business after the Federal Trade Commission accused it of helping more than 1,000 sham merchants process unauthorized charges on consumers’ credit and debit cards.The FTC sued 5967 Ventures LLC, which does business as Humboldt... Read More »

Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer asked President Donald Trump to pardon her after her Massachusetts murder trial ended in a mistrial, even though presidential pardon power does not extend to the state murder charges against her.Attorney Kevin Reddington made the appeal Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” asking Trump to consider... Read More »

The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a federal system that allows states to conduct large-scale citizenship checks of their voter rolls using immigration and Social Security records, less than two months before the November midterm elections.The Department of Homeland Security filed an emergency application Tuesday,... Read More »

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh blocked Missouri’s attempt Tuesday to use a Republican-backed congressional map in the November midterms, only for a federal judge to restore the same map minutes later.Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark ordered Missouri to continue using the districts approved by Republican lawmakers in 2025... Read More »

D4vd has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit from the family of Celeste Rivas Hernández, opening a new legal front against the singer and several people and companies tied to him as he awaits trial on murder and child sexual abuse charges.Celeste’s parents, Mercedes Martinez and Jesus Rivas, filed... Read More »

Amazon is accused of denying pregnant warehouse workers basic accommodations and then disciplining or firing them when pregnancy-related breaks and medical absences counted against their attendance records, according to a proposed nationwide class action filed Tuesday.Four former Amazon employees brought the lawsuit in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleging... Read More »

LSU's place in the Southeastern Conference is now formally at risk after the SEC scheduled a Thursday meeting to consider expelling the university, escalating a legal fight over former NFL players seeking to return to college football.The SEC filed an amended federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to protect its... Read More »

Erik and Lyle Menendez could make a new bid for freedom in March 2027 after California officials granted the brothers early parole hearings, moving their next chance at release forward by about 17 months.The California Board of Parole Hearings approved the earlier review after both brothers were denied parole in... Read More »

Bravo has dropped “Below Deck Mediterranean” star Nathan Gallagher after he was convicted of three domestic violence offenses involving former partner and castmate Gael Cameron, while an arrest warrant remains active after he failed to appear in court in Australia.A Bravo spokesperson confirmed the decision to Rolling Stone, saying, “Bravo... Read More »

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, says she walked away from a proposed $40 million nondisclosure agreement rather than accept sweeping restrictions on what she could say about the billionaire. She is now speaking publicly in a new documentary that premiered Tuesday at the Venice... Read More »

Brett Favre is back in the spotlight over Mississippi’s massive welfare scandal after a new state report revealed that just $18,000 was recovered during the latest fiscal year from more than $96 million the state auditor says was misspent.The Hall of Fame quarterback received $1.1 million in welfare funds and... Read More »

A federal appeals court has ruled that clean drinking water is not a constitutional right, rejecting claims from Jackson, Mississippi, residents who alleged city officials exposed them to lead-contaminated water and misled the public about its safety.The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 10-5 on Sept.... Read More »

Grindr will pay £26 million to settle a UK privacy lawsuit involving about 12,000 users who alleged the dating app shared highly sensitive information, including HIV status and testing data, with third-party companies without adequate consent.The settlement ends a two-year group action in the High Court of England and Wales... Read More »

OpenAI says an artificial intelligence system has solved one of mathematics' most famous unsolved problems, but a dispute involving two mathematicians who used the company's Codex tool is raising a separate question: what happens when researchers share unpublished work with an AI platform that is also developing competing research capabilities?The... Read More »