Hawaii sues oil companies
Read the complaint here. See the government’s response here.
May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii
HONOLULU (CN) — Beneath clear blue skies and gentle trade winds, thousands converged on Kapiolani Park in Waikiki on Thursday to celebrate the 97th annual Lei Day, a distinctly Hawaiian tradition that bridges generations. The lei — a handcrafted garland typically...
White playwright sues San Diego library for not letting her perform as Black historical figures
SAN DIEGO (CN) — A actress and playwright claims the San Diego County Library violated the Civil Rights Act by cancelling her one-person show that included performances of Black historical figures like Mary McLeod Bethune, and Harriet Tubman because she’s white. ...
Judge tosses most of Elon Musk’s OpenAI suit, but fraud claims remain
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge dismissed numerous claims but allowed fraud claims to survive Thursday afternoon in a fight between Elon Musk and OpenAI, the developers of ChatGPT. Musk, an early investor and cofounder of OpenAI, is suing OpenAI CEO Sam...
Israeli spyware company CEO testifies in Meta damages trial
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — NSO Group CEO Yaron Shohat sparred with lawyers from Meta as he took the stand Thursday in a damages trial with the tech giant. Although the Israeli executive accepted legal responsibility for his company’s 2019 attacks using WhatsApp’s servers,...
‘Swatting’ spree lands Wisconsin man a 44-month prison sentence
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A 23-year-old man from Wisconsin was sentenced to 44 months in federal prison for his part in a week-long “swatting spree,” in which he and his collaborators made bogus 911 calls and recorded through hacked door security cameras as armed...
DOJ accuses Illinois of interfering with federal immigration policy via workplace privacy law
CHICAGO (CN) — The Department of Justice sued the state of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Labor, its director Jane Flanagan and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul Thursday over a state workplace privacy law it says impedes on federal immigration authority....
Judge orders government to explain detention of Georgetown professor
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – A U.S. district court judge on Thursday demanded answers from government attorneys about the detention of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown professor arrested and transported more than 1,000 miles from his Virginia home. “He lived here,”...
San Diego unions join striking UC health care workers at Balboa Park rally
SAN DIEGO (CN) — Hundreds of unionized workers and supporters took to the streets of San Diego to back striking University of California researchers and health care and tech workers on Thursday in their demand to lift a statewide hiring freeze. Local UC hospitals are...