Challengers to Florida social media ban call state countersuit ‘gamesmanship’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CN) — Two social media industry groups continued their legal fight against a Florida law restricting minors’ access to certain platforms on Monday, accusing the state of using a new lawsuit to obstruct efforts to resolve the ongoing First Amendment...
Volunteer coaches, NCAA near settlement over compensation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A nearly $50 million settlement for volunteer college baseball coaches appears headed toward approval after a federal judge on Monday signaled that he’d likely agree to it. The agreement, reached after over two years of litigation, would...
Oregon conservationists fight to keep cattle out of sage grouse study areas
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — A conservation group appeared before a federal judge on Monday to ask that thousands of acres in Oregon remain cattle-free this season while it challenges the government. The Oregon Natural Desert Association first sued the Bureau of Land...
Prosecutors defend ‘lawful’ arrest of Luigi Mangione at McDonald’s
(CN) — Pennsylvania prosecutors are defending the “lawful” arrest of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Maryland man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, after Mangione’s attorneys contested that he was illegally detained at a McDonald’s in...
Ninth Circuit rebuffs sovereign immunity for Chinese companies accused of economic espionage
(CN) — A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday rejected a bid from group of Chinese, state-owned companies that hoped to establish they are entitled to sovereign immunity from criminal charges they conspired to steal DuPont’s proprietary technology to...
When kids are evicted, they often lose both home and school
HOUSTON (AP) — Since her birth 10 years ago, Mackenzie Holmes has rarely called one place home for long. There was the house in Houston owned by her grandmother, Crystal Holmes. Then, after Holmes lost her Southwest Airlines job and the house, there was the trio of...
Hundreds of ongoing screwworm cases in Mexico alarm US
MEXICO CITY (CN) — In her Monday press conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government will cooperate with calls from the U.S. to contain the rise of the New World screwworm but called some of the demands excessive. Sheinbaum’s response came...
As Gov. Brian Kemp signs Georgia school safety law, supporters look to implementing it
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a law that supporters hope will prevent future school shootings like the one that killed two students and two teachers on Sept. 4 at the Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta. Richard Aspinwall,...
Judge orders former Wisconsin warden to pay $500 fine in inmate’s death
JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in an inmate’s death to pay a $500 fine to resolve the case after concluding he has no criminal record and didn’t realize his guards weren’t following policy....