The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Missouri from using a newly drawn congressional map in the November midterm election, stepping into an escalating legal battle that had produced directly conflicting orders from state and federal courts.In an unsigned order issued Thursday, September 10, the justices granted an emergency request from... Read More »
Colorado home cooks will soon be able to legally sell tamales, burritos and other refrigerated or meat-filled foods made in their own kitchens under a major expansion of the state’s cottage-food law.The changes take effect January 1 under House Bill 26-1033, known as the “Tamale Act.” Colorado is already preparing... Read More »
European criminal investigations sparked by the Jeffrey Epstein files are expanding, but authorities in several countries say key evidence remains in the hands of the U.S. Department of Justice months after they formally asked for help.Poland has been waiting since April for unredacted Epstein records. Latvia says several requests have... Read More »
The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of copying hundreds of thousands of articles without permission to train AI systems and asking a federal court to destroy models and training datasets that incorporate their journalism.The copyright infringement lawsuit, filed September 4 in the U.S.... Read More »
The Justice Department accused UC Berkeley School of Law on Wednesday of illegally favoring Black applicants over white and Asian candidates, alleging the school continued to weigh race in admissions after the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious college admissions in 2023.A joint investigation by the Justice and Education departments found... Read More »
Artificial intelligence can add a fireplace to a real estate listing photo, erase damaged flooring or make a room look larger in seconds. As those alterations become harder to detect, states are beginning to set new rules for how brokers, agents and sellers can use them.California already requires real estate... Read More »
The White House has removed its Tetris-style “Build the Wall” game from its website days after The Tetris Company said it had never authorized the game and was reviewing possible copyright concerns.The immigration-themed game launched Sept. 3 as part of a White House online arcade promoting President Donald Trump’s policies.... Read More »
Kim Zolciak’s 15-year-old son, Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., is asking a Georgia judge to move his seven-felony sexual assault case into juvenile court, a decision that could determine whether he remains exposed to an adult prison sentence of at least 25 years if convicted on some of the most serious... Read More »
Andrew and Tristan Tate will remain in federal custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where prosecutors are seeking to bring the brothers back to face 59 charges involving seven alleged victims.U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis denied their request for release Wednesday, September 9, finding that the brothers... Read More »
A federal jury in Los Angeles began deliberating Wednesday in Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial after prosecutors accused the Chicago rapper of financing a deadly revenge plot and his attorneys argued the government built its case around cooperating witnesses seeking lighter sentences.Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, has pleaded not... Read More »
