Yelp’s antitrust case against Google over search results will proceed
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge Tuesday ruled Yelp’s claims that Google has a monopoly over local search services and local search advertising will continue. Yelp sued Google in August, claiming the search behemoth has a monopoly, because it uses its search...
California Assembly committee greenlights reparations housing bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California lawmakers in both chambers on Tuesday examined bills by the state’s reparations task force intended to address systemic inequality stemming from the country’s history of slavery. The bills touch on tracing the lineage of a...
Exec says OpenAI would buy Chrome if judge orders Google breakup
WASHINGTON (CN) — ChatGPT head Nick Turley suggested on the stand Tuesday that parent company OpenAI could buy Google Chrome if a federal judge determined a company breakup is warranted to remedy Google’s internet search monopoly. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta,...
‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Daybell convicted of conspiring to murder ex-husband
PHOENIX (CN) — An Arizona jury found Lori Vallow Daybell, the media-dubbed “Doomsday Mom” who murdered her two children whom she said were turned to zombies, guilty on Tuesday of conspiring to murder her ex-husband Charles Vallow. “This is a good day,” Vallow’s...
Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens joins Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed in primary
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fourth-term U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her run for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday with a video focused on the economic crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s volatile tariffs policies. Walking through a lot...
RFK Jr. plans to phase out artificial dyes from the US food supply
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday said they would phase out petroleum-based artificial colors in the nation’s food supply, potentially triggering an ingredients overhaul for scores of brightly hued products on American store shelves....
Judge extends safeguards for Venezuelan detainees in NYC
MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal judge on Tuesday extended a temporary restraining order stopping the Trump administration from removing a group of eight noncitizens from Venezuela who are being detained by ICE under suspicion of being gang members. The order protects any...
LA hip-hop entrepreneur, accused gang leader ‘Big U’ denied bail
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A South Los Angeles hip hop entrepreneur and community organizer who federal prosecutors accuse of being a longtime leader of the Rollin’ 60s Crips street gang will remain jailed while awaiting trial on racketeering charges. Eugene “Big...
Minnesota sues to stop Trump decrees on transgender sports ban
ST. PAUL (CN) — A lawsuit filed by the state of Minnesota against President Donald Trump seeks to bar the enforcement of two executive orders he issued that seek to restrict the rights of transgender students to participate in school sports and deny civil rights to...