Judge: Trump Liable for Defamation in Carroll Lawsuit On Wednesday, US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan found Donald Trump liable for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll and allowed jurors to decide how much the former president will need to pay in restitution.... Politics
Air France, Airbus Acquitted Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash On Monday, both Airbus and Air France were acquitted of manslaughter charges by a French court for their involvement in the 2009 crash of Flight 447. The aircraft was traveling from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France. All 228 passengers and crew died in the accident.... France
Dominion vs. Fox News Trial Delayed Until Tuesday On Sunday, the Delaware Superior Court judge overseeing Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News announced the start of the trial would be postponed from Monday to Tuesday. Judge Eric Davis didn’t provide a reason for the delay.... Mali
Biden to Extend Healthcare For DACA Migrants On Thursday, US Pres. Joe Biden's administration announced a plan to allow undocumented immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — known as 'Dreamers' — to apply for access to federal health insurance services.... Immigration & refugees
Trump Deposed for Seven Hours in NY Civil Suit On Thursday, former US Pres. Donald Trump was deposed for close to seven hours as part of Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil lawsuit over fraud allegations against Trump and his family.... Lawsuits
Juul to Pay $462M to Six US States Over Youth Addiction Claims On Wednesday, E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc agreed to pay $462M to settle lawsuits filed by six US states and the District of Columbia over allegations the company marketed to underage vapers.... Lawsuits
Trump Lawyer Asks for Delay of Civil Trial On Tuesday, former US Pres. Donald Trump’s lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, requested a one-month delay in the civil trial regarding columnist E. Jean Carroll’s claims Trump raped her in 1996. The trial is scheduled to begin on April 25.... China
Musk: Twitter 'Roughly Breaking Even' In an interview with BBC broadcast live on Wednesday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk addressed several topics surrounding the company since his $44B purchase of the platform, including revealing that Twitter is “roughly breaking even.”... Science & Technology
Manhattan DA Sues to Stop Republican 'Intimidation' in Trump Case Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg on Tuesday sued US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, to halt what he called a 'campaign of intimidation' against the criminal prosecution of former Pres. Donald Trump in New York.... Lawsuits
US: Mother of 6-Year-Old Teacher Shooter Indicted On Monday, Deja Taylor, the mother of a six-year-old boy who shot an elementary school teacher in Newport News, Va., in January was indicted by a grand jury on felony child neglect and a firearms charge.... Schools
Fox News Settles Election Defamation Lawsuit Fox News has announced that a settlement has been reached with Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, ending a defamation case in which Khalil claimed he was falsely accused by host Lou Dobbs of helping rig the 2020 US presidential election against Donald Trump.... Shows etc
White House, Dept. of Justice Plan Response to Abortion Pill Ruling On Monday, the US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) initiated a request in a federal appeals court to block last week's ruling from a Texas federal judge that would restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone.... Abortion
Oklahoma Eyes First Religious Charter School Since SCOTUS Ruling An Oklahoma school board that considers applications for charter schools in the state next week will consider whether to approve the application of the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be the first-ever taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the US.... Schools
Sutherland Springs Shooting Victims, DOJ Reach $144M Settlement The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) has reached a tentative $144M agreement to settle claims from more than 75 plaintiffs stemming from the November 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.... Murders and attempted murders
J&J Unit Files For Bankruptcy to Pursue $8.9B Talc Settlement Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay $8.9B, far larger than its original offer of $2B, to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that talc in its famous baby powder product caused cancer.... Lawsuits
US Judge Strikes Down ACA Preventive Care Mandate A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate requiring health insurance plans to cover preventive care, including screenings for certain cancers and pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP), at no cost to patients.... India
US DOJ Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Thursday over potential environmental damage caused by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that spilled hazardous chemicals in early February.... Accidents
Virginia Judge Rules Frozen Embryos Are Property A Virginia judge has ruled that frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, basing his decision on a 19th-century slavery law.... Research
Court: USA Powerlifting Must Allow Trans Athletes to Compete in Women's Division Transgender female athlete JayCee Cooper won a discrimination case against USA Powerlifting last week, reversing the federation's previous ban on Cooper from competing in female events.... Discrimination
Dept. of Justice Rejects Trump’s Claims of Lawsuit Immunity In reponse to the US Court of Appeal for the DC Circuit’s request for its opinion, the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a brief urging the rejection of former Pres. Trump's claim to automatic immunity from lawsuits filed over his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots.... Politics
DOJ Sues Louisiana Chemical Maker Over 'Cancer Alley' Risk The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed suit on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against chemical manufacturing company Denka Performance Elastomer LLC. The lawsuit is over the company’s alleged failure to reduce the community’s exposure to the carcinogenic chloropre... Pollution
Dominion Lawsuit: Murdoch Says Fox Hosts Endorsed False Election Claims Fox News' controlling owner, Rupert Murdoch, admitted that some of the network's broadcasters endorsed false claims regarding the 2020 Election results. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6B claiming the network made false allegations about the ballot technology company that hurt their b... Lawsuits
US States Suing for Improved Abortion Pill Access A lawsuit filed Thursday by a dozen Democratic Party-led US states, led by Washington and Oregon, challenges federal restrictions put on mifepristone, the abortion pill, by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).... Abortion
Final Arguments Scheduled in Musk's $56B Tesla Pay Plan Trial On Tuesday, lawyers for Tesla CEO Elon Musk and shareholder Richard Tornetta were scheduled to begin presenting their closing arguments to a Delaware judge in the trial over Musk's $56B compensation package from Tesla.... Lawsuits
SCOTUS to Hear Two Landmark Cases on Internet Speech The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is slated to hear a pair of cases this week relating to the regulation of content posted online. Specifically, the cases focus on Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act which protects online platforms from being sued over content posted by their users.... Metaculus
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