Hailey Bieber’s sister Alaia Baldwin Aronow has entered a pretrial diversion program on four misdemeanor charges stemming from a 2024 confrontation with employees at a Savannah, Georgia, nightclub. The program gives her a path to resolve the case outside the usual prosecution process if she completes its requirements.Aronow, 33, faces... Read More »
Hayden Panettiere’s 11-year-old daughter, Kaya, remains the likely heir to the actor’s estate even though she has lived in Europe with her father, Wladimir Klitschko, since Panettiere transferred full custody to him in 2018.Panettiere’s mother, Lesley Vogel, recently said she does not believe her daughter left a will and expects... Read More »
A Twitch streamer has sued Twitch and Amazon in a proposed class action, claiming the companies used creators’ videos, chats and other content to train generative artificial intelligence models without their consent or compensation.Warren Pandiscia, a Connecticut creator who has streamed on Twitch for nearly a decade, filed the lawsuit... Read More »
San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York pleaded no contest Monday to two misdemeanor charges in Ohio after prosecutors reduced an original charge of engaging in prostitution to disorderly conduct following his weekend arrest.York, 46, pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools in Columbiana County. He was... Read More »
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a federal lawsuit accusing the companies of violating children's privacy laws by collecting and keeping personal information from children under 13 without parental consent.The Justice Department announced the settlement Friday, two years after filing the case... Read More »
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is nearing its final stage after her defense rested Friday and prosecutors called a psychiatrist to challenge claims that postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible for killing her three children.Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first degree murder in the deaths... Read More »
Prince Harry, Elton John and five other public figures have been ordered to pay £9.54 million, about $13 million, toward the legal costs of the Daily Mail’s publisher after losing their privacy case against the company.High Court Justice Matthew Nicklin ordered the interim payment to Associated Newspapers by August 28.... Read More »
Meta's AI smart glasses are drawing renewed privacy scrutiny after a woman discovered that an interaction with a man wearing the glasses had been recorded and posted online without her knowledge, while Texas regulators are examining how the devices collect and use personal data.Toluwa Omitowoju said she learned about the... Read More »
A federal jury in Alabama has awarded former University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears more than $9 million after finding The New York Times liable over a 2023 article that falsely placed him at the scene of a fatal shooting involving people connected to the school's basketball program.The March... Read More »
California has approved the nation’s first efficiency standards for replacement tires, setting new performance requirements for most tires sold for passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the state beginning in 2029.The California Energy Commission voted unanimously Aug. 17 to adopt the Replacement Tire Efficiency Program. The rules limit how much... Read More »
The family of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian woman fatally stabbed aboard a Charlotte light rail train last year, plans to file a civil lawsuit around the first anniversary of her death as a new state audit details security and fare enforcement problems within the city's transit system.Attorney Lauren Newton,... Read More »
Jeanie Buss is challenging her siblings’ plan to sell the Buss family’s remaining 17.8% stake in the Los Angeles Lakers, arguing that the family trust and a 2017 court order prevent the shares from being sold without approval from the trust’s current co-trustees.Five of Jerry Buss’s six children have voted... Read More »
Paramount Skydance is asking a federal judge to require 12 states challenging its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to post a $1.88 billion bond, arguing the legal fight could leave the company with substantial costs if the merger is ultimately allowed to proceed.The request, filed Monday in federal... Read More »
Nordstrom, PetSmart, and companies involved in a Nike advertising production face separate lawsuits accusing them of failing to fully compensate hourly workers for time spent working and, in some cases, denying required meal or rest breaks. Filed in Washington, Colorado and California, the cases raise a common wage question over... Read More »
Two Michigan residents are suing Apple after allegedly being stalked with AirTags hidden in their vehicles, claiming the company knew its tracking devices could be misused and failed to provide adequate safeguards. The lawsuit, filed August 10 in federal court in Michigan, accuses Apple of negligence, defective product design, invasion... Read More »
