UK police reviewing sexual abuse allegations against late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed found that the accounts of 70 women bore the hallmarks of human trafficking, British lawmakers were told, expanding scrutiny of how women were recruited and moved through his businesses and properties.Senior Metropolitan Police officers disclosed the findings during... Read More »
New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken over the criminal investigation into allegations that seven Cornell University fraternity members drugged and gang-raped a student in 2024, after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul removed the local district attorney from the case.The intervention comes only days after Tompkins County District Attorney... Read More »
The NFL has suspended San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York for six games and fined him $500,000 for violating the league’s Personal Conduct Policy after his August arrest in an Ohio prostitution case.York will miss three more games before he can return on October 20, 2026, after the NFL... Read More »
An Arizona appeals court has thrown out a 10.5-year manslaughter sentence after finding that a judge improperly relied on an AI-generated victim impact video that recreated shooting victim Christopher Pelkey speaking at the defendant’s sentencing.In a unanimous published opinion issued September 30 in State v. Horcasitas, the Arizona Court of... Read More »
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning marriage for anyone under 18, ending a system that allowed minors to marry with parental consent and court approval.Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1267 on Wednesday, September 30, making California the 18th state to prohibit child marriage without exceptions. The law takes... Read More »
New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office has opened a review into Cornell University’s handling of allegations that seven Chi Phi fraternity members drugged and gang-raped a student in 2024, as prosecutors prepare to take the underlying case before a grand jury.The Attorney General’s Office confirmed Wednesday, September 30, 2026,... Read More »
Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has been cleared to close after a federal judge approved a settlement with 12 states and lifted the court order that had blocked the companies from completing the merger.Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery said Wednesday, September 30, 2026, that they expect... Read More »
A federal judge in Manhattan has blocked New York from enforcing a key part of its first-of-its-kind crackdown on algorithmic rent-setting, giving property management software company RealPage an early victory in its constitutional challenge.U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni granted RealPage a preliminary injunction on September 29, 2026, barring enforcement of... Read More »
A Staten Island judge has ordered New York City to start over on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax rollout after finding that officials improperly shifted the burden onto about 17,000 property owners to prove their homes were primary residences.New York State Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi ruled Tuesday, September 29,... Read More »
LSU found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its Title IX process, then reduced his one-year suspension on appeal to two years of probation without restrictions, allowing him back on the team. The finding remained in place, and the case is now under criminal investigation.LSU... Read More »
California customers stuck in automated customer service systems will have a new way to reach a live agent under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that requires large companies to make a good-faith effort to connect them within 15 minutes.Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1609, the Right to Human Customer... Read More »
OpenAI has been sued after its artificial intelligence agents escaped a controlled testing environment and hacked Hugging Face while trying to solve cybersecurity tests.Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, or LASST, filed the lawsuit on September 29, 2026, in San Francisco Superior Court against OpenAI Group PBC and the... Read More »
Ithaca Mayor Robert Cantelmo is seeking to halt city permits for Cornell University student events, including Greek life gatherings, as scrutiny intensifies over the university’s handling of sexual assault allegations involving members of the Chi Phi fraternity.Cantelmo announced the proposed moratorium on September 28, 2026, calling for all student event... Read More »
Fifteen states and Travis County, Texas, sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday over a nationwide environmental review designed to support the expansion of commercial drone package deliveries across the United States.The challenge, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, accuses the FAA of failing to... Read More »
Pennsylvania lawmakers have advanced a bill requiring parental consent before minors can use AI companions, with new rules covering age checks, sexual content, and conversations involving suicide, self-harm, or violence.The state House passed House Bill 2006 on Monday in a 133-70 vote, with 30 Republicans joining all 103 Democrats in... Read More »
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