ICE agent Christian Castro was arrested in Minneapolis on Wednesday, months after Minnesota charged him with shooting a Venezuelan man through the door of a home and falsely reporting what happened.Castro, 52, was taken into custody by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents and booked into the Hennepin County Jail.... Read More »
California will require advertisers to tell consumers when a realistic actor selling a product or service was generated by artificial intelligence under a new law signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.Senate Bill 1050 requires a clear and conspicuous disclosure when an audio, video or audiovisual advertisement prominently features an AI-generated... Read More »
Two women whose images as girls were found in material seized from Jeffrey Epstein have filed a proposed class action seeking at least $6 million from his estate for more than 40 people allegedly depicted in thousands of pictures and videos of child sexual abuse.Filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court,... Read More »
Steven Tyler’s sexual assault lawsuit has lost its second judge less than two weeks before trial, forcing the case into reassignment as attorneys prepare to determine whether the Sept. 28 start date can remain on track.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Patricia A. Young recused herself Tuesday after disclosing a... Read More »
Seventeen biomedical researchers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union sued Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya and other federal defendants Wednesday, alleging the government is censoring federally funded science by targeting research involving subjects and viewpoints the Trump administration disfavors.The proposed class action, filed in... Read More »
The family of a pregnant Texas woman who died from preeclampsia has sued Attorney General Ken Paxton and her medical providers, alleging the state’s abortion restrictions deterred doctors from ending her pregnancy during a medical emergency.Tierra Walker, 37, died in San Antonio on Dec. 30, 2024, while about 20 weeks... Read More »
Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce was among 64 victims of a $35 million Ponzi scheme that sent investment adviser Siddharth Jawahar to federal prison for 11 years, prosecutors said during his sentencing in Missouri.U.S. District Judge Zachary M. Bluestone sentenced Jawahar, 38, on Tuesday and ordered him to pay... Read More »
Chipotle is piloting a Palantir-powered system that scores food safety risks at individual restaurants using health inspection results, pest incidents, and employee illnesses, bringing the data company's technology into the burrito chain's safety operations.Chipotle confirmed the initiative Wednesday after Wired reviewed screenshots of what was described as a "food safety... Read More »
Bruce Springsteen has won an appeal over the vintage Pontiac GTO featured on the cover of his 2022 album “Only the Strong Survive,” leaving intact the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking additional payment for use of the car.A New Jersey appeals court ruled Tuesday that the estate of classic car... Read More »
A former assistant director on Apple TV’s “Shrinking” is suing Warner Bros. Television, claiming she was fired after reporting alleged wage theft and accusing one of the show’s executive producers of groping her at a wrap party.Mindy Tessa McKoin, who worked as a key second assistant director on the Jason... Read More »
4chan and Kiwi Farms have lost their attempt to stop Britain’s online safety regulator in a U.S. court, with a federal judge ruling that Ofcom is protected by foreign sovereign immunity.U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday in Washington, D.C., cutting off the forums’ attempt to block Ofcom’s... Read More »
A new bipartisan bill would pressure states to sharply restrict police use of Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers by putting a portion of their federal highway funding at risk.Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., and Michael Cloud, R-Texas, introduced the No FLOCK Act on Tuesday amid growing scrutiny of... Read More »
Sean “Diddy” Combs and NewsNation owner Nexstar Media are weighing settlement talks in his $100 million defamation lawsuit after a federal judge kept alive a claim over an on-air allegation involving drug-laced baby oil.A Sept. 10 court filing shows the parties are considering either mediation or a settlement conference before... Read More »
The Supreme Court has given immigration officials more authority over some green card holders reentering the United States while facing criminal charges, ruling that border officers do not need clear and convincing evidence of a qualifying crime when the resident arrives.The 6-3 decision in Blanche v. Lau allows the government... Read More »
New York prosecutors have taken down 12 websites accused of selling AI-generated pornography depicting about 1,200 real people without their consent, including actors, politicians, athletes, musicians and social media figures.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the September 14 action after his office obtained a court order authorizing the seizure of... Read More »
