A federal judge has again blocked efforts to place President Donald Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center, ruling that the board overseeing the performing arts institution cannot rename the building, its grounds or its public spaces without approval from Congress.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the ruling Tuesday, September 15,... Read More »
A federal appeals court is weighing another challenge to mifepristone, the medication used in most abortions in the United States, in a case that could affect whether patients can continue receiving the drug through telehealth and the mail.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard arguments September 9... Read More »
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is threatening to move one of Hollywood's oldest studios out of Los Angeles as an antitrust fight stalls his $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery and pushes the deal toward a costly new deadline.Ellison has signaled that he is prepared to sell Paramount's historic... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed fiduciary-duty claims against two doctors involved in denying a former NFL player’s neurocognitive disability benefits, drawing a significant legal line between physicians who influence benefit decisions and the officials who ultimately administer an employee benefit plan.U.S. District Judge Edward S. Kiel of the District of... Read More »
TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that she joined her father and ex-boyfriend in an alleged dark-web murder-for-hire plot targeting former Why Don't We singer Jack Avery, the father of her daughter.Gonzalez, 25, appeared in a Los Angeles County courtroom with her father, Florida attorney Francisco... Read More »
A former Activision Blizzard employee is suing the gaming giant after 14 years in its sound department, alleging she endured a "frat boy" workplace filled with sexual harassment, unwanted touching, retaliation, and pornography displayed openly at work.The woman, identified as Jane Doe, accuses 10 men of misconduct during her employment... Read More »
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Monday from imposing new limits on how long foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists can remain in the United States, stopping the immigration rule one day before it was scheduled to take effect.U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Massachusetts postponed the... Read More »
President Donald Trump’s push to impose new nationwide mail-in ballot rules before the 2026 midterms suffered two setbacks in less than 24 hours, with a second federal judge blocking the U.S. Postal Service plan Sunday and the Supreme Court rejecting the administration’s emergency bid to revive it Monday.The Supreme Court... Read More »
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 »
