The Big 12 Conference has dropped its federal lawsuit against Texas Tech University and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, ending a legal fight triggered by quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s extensive sports betting violations and the conference’s effort to sanction one of its own schools.The conference filed a notice of voluntary dismissal... Read More »
President Donald Trump is pushing to rename New Mexico “New America,” sharing altered maps and repeatedly promoting the idea on social media. But the state’s constitution creates an immediate obstacle: Trump cannot change New Mexico’s official name by executive order.Trump first promoted the proposed name Sunday and returned to it... Read More »
A federal judge’s AI-assisted order that named nonexistent people, cited material outside the court record, and misstated Mississippi law is now at the center of a Fifth Circuit fight over whether he should continue presiding over the case.Mississippi is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to... Read More »
King Charles III has confirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle remain non-working members of the Royal Family and are to be treated as private citizens following their return to the United Kingdom, making clear that the couple will not resume official royal duties.The King authorized guidance sent Monday, September... Read More »
Barron Trump could face a congressional subpoena over his reported ties to Andrew Tate if Democrats take control of the House, after Rep. Yassamin Ansari renewed calls to investigate the president’s son and his relationship with the Tate brothers.Ansari, D-Ariz., said Saturday that Democrats should examine Barron’s financial dealings and... Read More »
YouTuber Jack Doherty was arrested in Fort Lauderdale and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery after police said he and a woman became involved in a physical dispute inside a home.Fort Lauderdale police responded to a reported domestic dispute in the city’s Riverside Park neighborhood at about 11:56 a.m. Friday, September... Read More »
Stella Lefty gave Noah Kahan a songwriting credit on her breakout hit “Boston” after his representatives raised concerns about its similarity to “Stick Season,” a decision the rising country-pop singer says was made to avoid a legal fight.Kahan did not take part in writing “Boston.” Lefty says his representatives contacted... Read More »
“Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton has been fired by Sony Pictures Television after the studio completed an investigation into allegations stemming from photos showing him viewing a support chat room for people with pedophilic thoughts during a commercial flight to Los Angeles.Sony terminated Thornton’s employment effective immediately Friday, Sept.... Read More »
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ended in a mistrial Friday after a Massachusetts jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children.Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan formally discharged the jury after seven days and about 36 hours of deliberations. It... Read More »
The Southeastern Conference has sued LSU in federal court as a Louisiana judge cleared a path for former NFL players to return to college football, escalating an eligibility fight days before Lane Kiffin’s Tigers open their season against Clemson.The SEC filed its lawsuit just after midnight Thursday, September 3, in... Read More »
The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive new nationwide restrictions on mail ballots just as North Carolina begins sending the first absentee ballots of the 2026 midterm elections.The Justice Department asked the Court Thursday, September 3, to lift a federal judge’s temporary order blocking a new... Read More »
Romanian prosecutors have indicted Andrew Tate on charges including trafficking minors, sex with a minor, money laundering, and witness tampering in a case alleging he and his brother kept about $1.25 million generated through the sexual exploitation of a girl recruited when she was 15.Tate’s brother, Tristan Tate, was also... Read More »
Oklahoma prisoners were paid $2 an hour to make political calls linked to a conservative super PAC while a private contractor paid the state $10 for every inmate hour worked, under a prison call-center program operating inside four state correctional facilities.The call centers were established through a partnership between the... Read More »
Apple is facing a $2.7 billion lawsuit in Britain accusing the iPhone maker of using its privacy rules to place tighter restrictions on outside app developers than on its own services, allegedly giving its advertising business an unfair advantage.The proposed collective action, filed Thursday at London's Competition Appeal Tribunal, targets... Read More »
Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear for a sworn congressional deposition Thursday and instead sued the House Oversight Committee, asking a federal judge to block subpoenas issued as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.The committee went forward with the deposition for the record, leaving an empty chair where... Read More »
