Supreme Court temporarily unfreezes Trump ballroom construction
The temporary order will allow the $400m (£297m) to continue while the high court mulls a final decision on the case.
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01 02 TechnologyUnited StatesTikTok agrees to pay $400 million to settle child privacy lawsuit
The Justice Department sued TikTok in 2024, alleging that it violated a U.S. law prohibiting the collection of kids' data.
CBS News2 sources
03 2 organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were charged in 2021 with inciting subversion under a China-imposed national security law that has effectively crushed the city's previously thriving pro-democracy movement.
PBS NewsHour3 sources
04 ClimateUnited StatesLawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center
One of the nation’s largest environmental groups is challenging the Trump administration’s closure of a leading climate institute, filing a lawsuit Thursday in federal court saying the closure is unlawful. The administration had announced in December that it would dismantle the Colorado-based National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, which conducts advanced climate and weather […]
Inside Climate News
05 PoliticsUnited StatesAppeals court affirms top federal prosecutor in Albany ‘not lawfully serving’
A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that John Sarcone was “not lawfully serving” as the top federal prosecutor in upstate New York when he subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) office last year. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Sarcone’s January disqualification as the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern…
The Hill
06 PoliticsUnited StatesCourt says prosecutor who subpoenaed Letitia James was unlawfully appointed
A federal appeals court said the top federal prosecutor in the Northern District of New York was unlawfully serving when he subpoenaed state Attorney General Letitia James.
CBS News
07 PoliticsUnited StatesScoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit
The Justice Department and TikTok , along with parent company ByteDance , have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws, per an announcement first shared with Axios. Why it matters: The Biden administration's DOJ first filed the suit in 2024. TikTok will clear the allegations it violated the Children's Online Privacy Act by paying a total of $400 million, without undergoing further litigation or admitting wrongdoing. Since the lawsuit…
Axios
08 Los Lobos Settles Sony Music Lawsuit Over ‘Desperado’ Movie Soundtrack Royalties
The Chicano rock band is still suing a different Sony subsidiary over the La Bamba film soundtrack.
Billboard
09 How Israel is expanding settlements in drive to reshape West Bank
There has been a significant expansion of building and road construction on Palestinian land occupied by Israel in recent years.
BBC News
10 PoliticsUnited StatesTrump-appointed judge blocks blue state's crackdown on ICE detention center
A federal judge blocked Colorado's unannounced inspection mandate targeting GEO Group's Aurora ICE detention center, citing the supremacy clause.
Fox News
11 TechnologyUnited StatesTikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit
Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.
TechCrunch
12 TikTok reaches $400M settlement with DOJ over alleged children’s privacy law violations
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to pay $400 million to settle with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations the platform violated a children’s online privacy law, the agency said Friday. The company will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after a court dismisses an earlier consent decree entered against…
The Hill
13 Pink-Slipped Exec Chris Aronson Sues Paramount For Millions Over “Broken Promise”
Pretty sure David Ellison and Paramount need another legal battle right now like a perpetually sore Ethan Hunt needs to hear about what near fatal mission he should or should not accept. Yet, in what may end up revealing more twists and turns than another Mission Impossible sequel, that’s exactly what the Warner Bros Discovery-buying-Paramount […]
Deadline
14 BusinessGlobal · North AmericaLawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers
Logitech increased prices by up to 25 percent last year.
Ars Technica
15 GeneralUnited StatesLaken Snelling, ex-University of Kentucky student, pleads guilty to death of baby found dead in closet
Laken Snelling told the court she "deprived him of oxygen" after her newborn came unexpectedly, changing her plea in the University of Kentucky case.
Fox News
16 Lindsay Clancy murder trial: rebuttal witnesses called after defense rests
Closing arguments could come on Monday as prosecutors seek murder conviction over deaths of three young children Lindsay Clancy ’s defense in her murder trial rested on Friday after calling witnesses to testify about the ailing mother’s mental state and attempts to seek help before she killed her young children. The defense wrapped more quickly than some expected given that the prosecution rested their case on Monday.
The Guardian
17 Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries competent to face sex trafficking trial, judge rules
Michael Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch who was charged with running an international sex trafficking scheme over several years while he ran the company, is mentally competent for trial, a federal judge ruled.
NBC News
18 Ariana Grande granted expedited subpoenas to reveal alleged hackers’ identities
Grande reportedly said she needed to accelerate her lawsuit because if she doesn't identify the alleged hackers, 'their hacking' will 'continue.'
Global News
19 GeneralUnited StatesNSW ‘seeking urgent advice’ on controversial court ruling that found anti-Israel vandalism was not antisemitic
Attorney general considering appeal after justice Desmond Fagan knocks back terror order request for Mohommed Farhat who wrote ‘Fuk Israel’ on cars The New South Wales government could appeal a supreme court judge’s controversial decision to refuse its request for a terror order over a Sydney man convicted of writing “Fuk Israel” on cars and setting another vehicle alight in late 2024. Justice Desmond Fagan this week found disparaging Israel was “political comment” not antisemitism. He rejected…
The Guardian
20 N.S. fishers plan appeal after court dismisses lobster treaty rights case
A group representing commercial fishers in Nova Scotia says it plans to appeal after a court ruled it does not have standing to pursue a case involving Indigenous fishing rights.
Global News
21 PoliticsUnited StatesTrump declares economic warfare on Iran. And, SCOTUS to rule on White House ballroom
President Trump has declared economic warfare on Iran in an effort to pressure the country back into negotiations. And, the Supreme Court is set to decide on the future of Trump's ballroom.
NPR
22 Federal appeals court halts ruling allowing thousands of college players extra year of eligibility
A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a lower-court order that would have granted thousands of players who left college after last season another year of eligibility
ABC News
23 E1 Israeli settlement poses ‘existential threat’ to two-state solution, UN chief warns
The United Nations on Wednesday said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was alarmed by reports of illegal Israeli settlement outposts in the West Bank, warning that development in the E1 area threatened a two-state solution. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the E1 settlement would sever the connection between the northern and southern West Bank and have severe consequences for the territory’s integrity.
France 24
24 GeneralUnited StatesKarmelo Anthony's lawyer asks for new trial over track meet killing as new details emerge
The Texas prosecutor who oversaw Karmelo Anthony's conviction in a deadly stabbing at a high school track meet said Thursday that both sides had agreed to hold back evidence that risked further inflaming a case already boiling with racial tensions and death threats.
PBS NewsHour
25 Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy
The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.
TechCrunch
26 Tupac Shakur murder suspect recounts shooting in audio played to jury
Jurors heard Duane "Keffe D" Davis tell detectives his nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur.
CBS News
27 Japan hangs man convicted of killing 5 people at pachinko parlor
Sunao Takami set fire to the crowded pachinko parlor in Osaka by spreading gasoline and throwing a lit match, engulfing the building, killing five and injuring 10 others.
CBS News
28 Israel re-establishes closed West Bank settlement, defying growing international protests
Thirty "pioneer families" have arrived on a wave of nationalism driven by Israel's government, but the rapid change has left nearby Palestinian residents fearful.
BBC News
29 Life settlements let people cash in on their own life insurance. Here's how it works
What began as a way to help dying people pay for their final years of life has evolved into a robust and morbid financial market.
NPR
30 Meta lawsuit raises questions about social media's impact on young people
A multistate lawsuit against Meta is putting a growing question in the spotlight: How does social media affect young people, and can its use become addictive?
NPR
31 Singham-linked nonprofits fight House subpoenas, accuse lawmakers of McCarthy-era ‘witch hunt’
Breakthrough News and People's Forum accuse the House Ways and Means Committee of McCarthyism over subpoenas tied to Neville Roy Singham's network.
Fox News
32 CultureUnited StatesJury awards teens $550K after Oregon amusement park ride left them hanging upside down: report
Video showed riders suspended vertically on the AtmosFEAR ride at Oaks Park after the spinning pendulum malfunctioned on opening day of summer 2024.
Fox News
33 PoliticsUnited States'I am not running for president,' Attorney General Todd Blanche says at Iowa State Fair
On day five of his Drive to Decision Day series, NBC News senior national politics reporter Jon Allen joins Meet the Press NOW to break down his one-on-one with Attorney General Todd Blanche at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
NBC News
34 ClimateUnited StatesControversial California oil pipeline can continue to operate, judge rules
State sought to stop system off coast of Santa Barbara from resuming operations after Trump ordered its reopening An oil pipeline can continue to operate off the California coast after a judge gave it the green light this week, despite the opposition of state regulators and environmental groups. The system off the coast of Santa Barbara resumed operations earlier this year for the first time in more than a decade after Donald Trump ordered Sable Offshore Corporation to reopen it, citing US…
The Guardian
35 Prosecutors to retry Yung Filly on 3 rape charges in Australia
British social media celebrity and rapper Yung Filly will be retried on three charges that allege he raped a fan in Australia following a music performance two years ago
ABC News
36 Japan executes a man convicted of setting fire that killed 5
Japan says it has executed a man convicted of killing five people after setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009
ABC News
37 PoliticsUnited StatesSupreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a Supreme Court brief filed by Texas families, their attorneys argue that the law violates basic First Amendment principles governing the separation of church and state.
Religion News Service
38 Hong Kong court to deliver verdict for 2 prominent former Tiananmen vigil organizers
Two former organizers of Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted in a national security case
ABC News
39 Harvard agrees to $53M settlement over body parts stolen, sold by ex-morgue manager
Harvard University Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its former morgue manager’s illegal sale of human remains
ABC News
40 Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits — but the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders
Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits. No money was paid. Rippling celebrated by releasing a competing product.
TechCrunch
