David Pecker says Trump refused to reimburse him for covering up McDougal's story.
Facebook processes years' worth of personal data for advertising purposes. The lucrative business model suffered a blow after an EU court adviser found it violates EU privacy rules.
Spanish authorities are investigating the business dealings of the wife of Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. He calls the corruption claims baseless, accusing right-wing opponents of persecution to derail his progressive agenda.
The state's high appeals court ordered a new trial for Weinstein in part because a judge allowed women to testify about other uncharged sexual assaults and "prior bad acts" at his 2020 trial.
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A new Pew Research survey shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in the presidential race by a hair's breadth, but voters have little confidence in either.
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“Mr. Trump’s continued defamation of Ms. Carroll — even during the course of trial — in turn warranted a finding that he would not stop attacking Ms. Carroll unless faced with a significant deterrent, a critical function of substantial punitive damages awards," the judge found.
Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and others were indicted Wednesday on fraud and conspiracy charges alongside several Republican leaders who signed a document claiming to be Arizona’s certified presidential electors.
The California attorney general has accused Diana Teran of improperly accessing a computer and taking data from it.
A federal judge spared the former executives of the classified ads website of more than half the convictions they were handed by a jury in November.
News of the bill came the same day that the Arizona House sent a bill to the state Senate that would overturn a near-total abortion ban that became law in 1864.
House Bill 82 is too vague and could chill voter participation, a Montana judge ruled.
The bill would give Hawaii counties the authority to ban short-term vacation rentals in an effort to alleviate the islands’ housing crisis, which was exacerbated by the Lahaina wildfires.
Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Snap have been sued by 668 personal injury plaintiffs and 615 school districts who claim the companies have fomented a mental health crisis.
Shou Chew has said that his company will challenge the order, which demands TikTok divest from its Chinese-owned parent company or face a national ban, in court.
The Arab Student Union at Jackson-Reed High School in Washington has been effectively barred from hosting pro-Palestinian events on campus, forcing the group to host an event at a local restaurant instead.
In a mixed ruling, a California judge threw out some claims by the comedian and his company against the internet talk show host but allowed others to proceed.
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Wednesday’s ruling puts the kibosh on claims that the federal government ignored climate change when developing a 20-year plan for managing the Glen Canyon Dam.
North Carolina's Democrat governor is pushing for legislators to pause Republican-led private school vouchers and focus funding on public education and child care stabilization.
The saber-toothed salmon wasn’t so saber-toothed after all. In fact, its teeth protruded to the side like tusks — so scientists suggest "spike-toothed salmon" is a better name.
The bill, which cleanly repeals the Civil War-era ban that provides no exceptions for rape or incest, now must receive a majority vote from the state Senate.
State leaders and local community groups expressed skepticism of the project, which would draw roughly half of its budget from public funds.
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A federal court in Illinois approved a $12.25 million settlement for residents of Chicago’s La Villita neighborhood, stemming from the April 2020 botched implosion of an abandoned coal stack in the area — which coated the surrounding area with toxic coal soot.
The Ninth Circuit granted the National Labor Relations Board’s application for enforcement of its order directing Starbucks to cease and desist from its failure and refusal to recognize and bargain with a union. The NLRB held that this refusal constitutes an unfair labor practice. Starbucks says the union conducted a mail-in vote instead of an in-person election, as it should have; the NLRB says this decision was an appropriate exercise of the union’s regional director’s discretion.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the sentencing of a criminal defendant who formed his hand in the shape of a gun and pointed it at a testifying witness during trial. The court had enough evidence to convict him of criminal contempt.
A federal court in Louisiana denied Walmart’s request to dismiss, as time-barred, an overnight stocker’s suit for malicious prosecution and defamation. The store had her arrested for twice purchasing multiple packages of newly marked-down meat after her shift ended, a violation of Walmart employment policies. She says her behavior was not criminal because she had relabeled the packages of meat with store-ordered lower prices, and did not alter the labels she was told to put on the products.
The Hawaii Supreme Court upheld a tax court’s ruling in favor of Maui County, which was challenged by timeshare managers who say the county unfairly taxed visitors by creating a tax classification separate from existing hotel taxes. The creation of a timeshare tax classification is constitutional because it acts as a real property tax and does not actually tax individual timeshare unit users.
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Hunter Biden filed an interlocutory appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Friday, arguing a federal judge improperly rejected his bid to dismiss tax evasion charges because a plea agreement barred the special counsel from charging him.
Airline passengers and former travel agents seek to stop Alaska Airlines from acquiring Hawaiian Airlines Inc., saying the deal creates a monopoly, shrinks competition in multiple passenger airline markets and threatens Hawaii's economy.
Popular Lunchables meal kits contain lead, cadmium and phthalates, two mothers say in a class action that accuses Kraft Heinz of deceiving customers. A recent report showed that Lunchables — often consumed by children — contained over 60% of the maximum allowed levels of the toxic chemicals that can cause brain damage and other health issues.
Mike Tyson punched out a fellow JetBlue passenger after he declined the former heavyweight boxing champ's offer of magic mushrooms on the flight, the passenger says in a lawsuit that looks to also hold the airline accountable for Tyson's behavior.
Those who are arrested in Travis County aren't provided counsel for initial bail hearings, one arrestee says in a class action that accuses the county of creating a "two-tier" system that favors those who can afford to hire an attorney.
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