A federal judge has permanently ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to change detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, finding that ICE subjected people held there to “inhumane and unconstitutional” treatment and extending the order to all current and future detainees.U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued the... Read More »
A federal antitrust lawsuit seeking to stop New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s municipal grocery plan is testing whether a Supreme Court rule built around private-sector price wars can reach a taxpayer-backed program promising 30% discounts on staple foods.The National Supermarket Association and two independent grocers sued New York City... Read More »
Roblox failed in two attempts to stop a Los Angeles County lawsuit accusing the gaming platform of exposing children to sexual predators, grooming and sexually explicit content while promoting itself as safe for young users.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dean J. Kitchens rejected Roblox’s challenge to the case and denied... Read More »
A Florida woman who spent 13 days in jail on eight felony charges after a Flock Safety license plate camera search led investigators to her SUV told senators Wednesday how she was wrongly accused of causing a crash that killed three people. Prosecutors later dropped the case against Lindsey Isaacs,... Read More »
The White House blocked a CNN reporter and producer from covering Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival for Thursday night’s state dinner, hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the network’s White House access.CNN said the White House told the network it could send a photojournalist and... Read More »
The California Supreme Court unanimously ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return about 650,000 ballots from California’s 2025 Proposition 50 election Thursday, ruling that his department violated state election law by removing the voted ballots from county election officials.In a companion ruling involving the same election investigation, the justices... Read More »
A lawyer serving as lead counsel for a StubHub customer whose proposed class claims were ordered into arbitration says the legal team is considering additional individual claims from ticket buyers, potentially shifting the dispute into what is commonly known as mass arbitration.U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled that plaintiff... Read More »
Outkast is suing rapper and producer Ovrkast over what the Atlanta duo calls a “nearly identical” stage name, while Ovrkast now says he never signed the agreement the lawsuit claims required him to rebrand.High Schoolers LLC, the trademark company controlled by André 3000 and Big Boi, filed the federal lawsuit... Read More »
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Polymarket on Thursday, accusing the prediction-market company of operating an illegal gambling business and escalating a nationwide fight over who has authority to regulate markets tied to sports and other real-world events.The lawsuit, filed September 24 in Manhattan, seeks to stop Polymarket from... Read More »
CNN, Politico and MS NOW journalists were back inside the White House by midday Thursday after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly blocked President Donald Trump’s ban shortly after midnight and ordered their press credentials immediately restored. Reporters were still turned away hours later, prompting the three outlets to return to... Read More »
Doctors who use ChatGPT to summarize patient charts, interpret test results or work with medical images can violate HIPAA when identifiable health information is sent to a service without the agreements and safeguards required by federal privacy law.The concern is becoming more immediate as artificial intelligence moves rapidly into everyday... Read More »
A blood test that can look for signs of dozens of cancers at once has moved an important step closer to formal FDA approval, but the closely divided vote over whether the test is effective shows why patients should view the technology with both optimism and care.On September 23, 2026,... Read More »
Justin Baldoni is asking a Los Angeles judge to rule that QBE Insurance was required to cover his legal defense in the Blake Lively litigation that grew out of It Ends With Us, potentially shifting a substantial portion of his legal costs to the insurer.Attorneys for Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios... Read More »
Dolly Parton’s estate has secured a temporary restraining order against her nephew and former security chief Bryan Seaver after accusing him of threatening violence, demanding money and vowing to damage the late singer’s business empire.Chancellor I’Ashea L. Myles granted the order Wednesday in Nashville Chancery Court, directing Seaver and his... Read More »
The man charged with murdering longtime American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband, musician Thomas Deluca, remains incompetent to stand trial more than eight months after he was committed to a California state hospital, a Los Angeles County judge has ruled.Raymond Boodarian, 23, will remain at Patton State... Read More »