Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the U.S. Senate on Monday after a 92-day absence, casting his first floor vote since June after missing 60 votes and spending much of the summer recovering from a fall that left him hospitalized.The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican arrived in a wheelchair on September 14 and... Read More »
Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers over the team’s dealings with Kawhi Leonard, escalating a controversy that has already led to major NBA penalties over off-court payments tied to the star forward.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn... Read More »
Kim Zolciak’s 15-year-old son, Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., has been granted a $200,000 bond in his seven-felony sexual assault case under conditions barring him from contact with younger minors, including his siblings, as prosecutors disclosed in an earlier juvenile sexual battery case.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Melynee Leftridge granted Biermann... Read More »
LG is facing new privacy scrutiny after researchers said some of its smart TVs recorded conversations, scanned home networks for other devices and tracked what people watched, including content displayed through gaming consoles and computers.The allegations come from a Sept. 6 investigation by Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs and independent security researchers... Read More »
Longtime Republican voters in Texas’ Big Bend region say President Donald Trump’s border wall push could drive them to vote Democratic in November, as federal officials seek access to private ranches and warn landowners that property could be acquired through eminent domain.Some residents who have traditionally backed Republicans told MS... Read More »
Samsung is asking a federal judge to throw out Dua Lipa’s $15 million lawsuit over her photo appearing on television boxes, arguing the packaging showed content available through Samsung TV Plus and did not suggest the singer endorsed its TVs.The electronics company filed its dismissal request Thursday in the Central... Read More »
The Justice Department has carried out the first deportation ordered through a little-known federal court created three decades ago to remove noncitizens accused of terrorism using procedures that permit the government to rely on classified evidence.Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old Afghan national and lawful permanent resident who had been living... Read More »
Seven women who say they survived Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse have sued celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai, claiming his salons helped Epstein make women look younger and style them to fit his preferences as part of the grooming that preceded his alleged abuse.Kersti Ferguson, Audra Christiansen and five women identified as Jane... Read More »
Tylenol maker Kenvue and several major retailers are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a decision that revived more than 500 lawsuits alleging that acetaminophen use during pregnancy contributed to autism or ADHD in children.In a filing Thursday, Kenvue and defendants including Walmart, CVS, Walgreens and Target urged the... Read More »
Mastodon is being sued by the estate of late cofounder Brent Hinds over an $80,000 buyout offer and the band’s alleged use of his image to promote a new album and merchandise after his death.The estate claims Hinds still owned interests in Mastodon-related businesses when he died in an Atlanta... Read More »
Shabba Ranks is suing Greensleeves Publishing in a bid to reclaim U.S. publishing rights to some of his best-known songs, including “Mr. Loverman” and “Dem Bow,” after the company rejected his attempt to end a publishing deal signed more than three decades ago.The Jamaican dancehall star, whose legal name is... Read More »
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from continuing to use an essay question that asked applicants for career federal jobs to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s policies and executive orders.U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. in Boston issued a preliminary injunction Friday, September 11,... Read More »
The Kennedy Center could close its main building as early as Tuesday as leaders warn the Washington performing arts institution is nearing bankruptcy and say deteriorating conditions have made the property unsafe for continued occupancy.A 57-page packet prepared ahead of a Sept. 15 meeting of the center's board of trustees... Read More »
Meta is facing a proposed class action accusing the company of using Facebook and Instagram photos without consent to extract biometric data, train artificial intelligence models, and develop facial recognition technology for its smart glasses.The lawsuit, filed September 4 in federal court in Chicago, claims Meta collected information from faces... Read More »
Arizona has sued L’Oréal, accusing the cosmetics giant of selling chemical hair relaxers while concealing evidence linking the products to increased risks of uterine and ovarian cancer.Attorney General Kris Mayes filed the consumer fraud lawsuit Sept. 10 in state court, making Arizona the first state to sue over alleged cancer... Read More »
