A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from treating four California Clean Air Act waivers as federal rules that could be quickly overturned by Congress, preserving California’s authority to enforce stricter emissions standards for vehicles and small engines while the lawsuit continues.U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington issued... Read More »
New Jersey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether prediction markets such as Kalshi can offer sports betting nationwide without complying with state gambling laws, bringing a rapidly growing regulatory fight to the nation’s highest court.New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and Mary Jo Flaherty, interim director of... Read More »
Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the January shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis, months after video evidence undermined the government’s original account of the confrontation.Christian Castro, the ICE officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the... Read More »
A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Trump administration from applying President Donald Trump’s latest birthright citizenship order to a class of U.S.-born children, finding that the Supreme Court already settled their constitutional right to citizenship earlier this year.U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday,... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit claiming the American Veterinary Medical Association uses its control over veterinary school accreditation to limit the number of veterinarians entering the profession and drive up the cost of pet care.U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan in Tennessee dismissed the case brought by Lincoln... Read More »
The Trump administration is proposing that parents applying for U.S. passports for their children provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status, a new requirement tied to President Donald Trump’s latest effort to restrict birthright citizenship.Draft State Department guidance would require parents or legal guardians to submit documents showing... Read More »
Tiger Woods avoided jail and a DUI conviction Wednesday after prosecutors dropped the impaired-driving charge in a Florida plea deal that left him convicted of reckless driving and without a driver’s license for five years.The 15-time major champion pleaded no contest in Martin County court to reckless driving, second offense,... Read More »
OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman are facing 30 new federal lawsuits from students, teachers and a school principal affected by the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, expanding litigation that claims the company failed to alert Canadian authorities after its safety team identified the shooter as a potential threat months before the... Read More »
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed a law bringing back year-round outdoor dining on city roadways, ending a requirement that restaurants remove their street dining setups during the winter.Mamdani signed Int. 655-A on Aug. 31, allowing restaurants in the city’s Dining Out NYC program to operate roadway cafes... Read More »
Bad Bunny and more than 150 other artists have won a major ruling in a sprawling copyright lawsuit over the dembow rhythm at the heart of reggaeton, after a federal judge reversed an earlier decision that had sent a central part of the case toward trial.U.S. District Judge André Birotte... Read More »
The Pentagon has ordered mandatory testosterone testing for male active-duty and reserve service members age 30 and older, putting into effect a military-wide health policy announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in July.The Defense Health Agency issued clinical guidelines Wednesday requiring the testing as part of troops’ periodic health assessments.... Read More »
The Los Angeles Clippers were hit with a $30 million fine and stripped of five first-round draft picks Wednesday after the NBA found the franchise violated its salary cap circumvention rules by helping Kawhi Leonard obtain outside income through companies doing business with the team.Owner Steve Ballmer was suspended from... Read More »
The U.S. Mint began selling new $1 coins bearing President Donald Trump’s portrait Wednesday, putting the image of a sitting president on legal tender as questions persist over how federal restrictions on living people appearing on U.S. money apply to the design.The Trump coins went on sale September 2 as... Read More »
Jason Isbell and three other musicians have filed a proposed class action against AI music generator Suno, alleging its technology exploits artists’ names, voices and other identifying traits to generate music that evokes them without permission.The lawsuit was filed Aug. 31 in federal court in Massachusetts by Isbell, David Lowery... Read More »
A coalition of 12 state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America is urging a federal judge to reject Paramount Skydance’s demand for a $1.88 billion bond as they seek to block its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust grounds.In a filing Monday, the challengers argued... Read More »
