Nine states have sued the Trump administration over deals that would use more than $1.5 billion in federal funds to reimburse energy companies for giving up offshore wind projects and investing comparable amounts in natural gas and geothermal development.The three lawsuits, filed Sept. 22, target Interior Department agreements with Bluepoint... Read More »
A former Cornell University student has sued the school after alleging seven Chi Phi fraternity members drugged and gang-raped her at a fraternity house, accusing Cornell of responding inadequately after some of the men allegedly received disciplinary options that included writing essays.The former student, identified as Jane Doe, filed the... Read More »
Publix is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from the family of a 74-year-old Florida woman who became seriously ill after eating GreenWise frozen blueberries later linked to a multistate E. coli outbreak and died weeks later.Richard Mullins, the husband of Karla Mullins, filed the lawsuit Sept. 17 in Pinellas County... Read More »
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 »
Major League Baseball lost nearly all of its challenge to how federal copyright officials valued sports programming, but a federal appeals court still threw out the final split of millions of dollars in cable television royalties after finding that the Board never adequately explained how it arrived at the numbers.The... 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 »