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  • Apple Faces Skeptical Judge In App Store Antitrust Case

    Apple (AAPL.O) executives, aiming to avoid new court-ordered restrictions on the company’s lucrative App Store, have struggled to convince a California federal judge that they complied with reforms she ordered in 2021. Over multiple days, Oakland-based U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers grilled them on whether Apple skirted her directives. Judge Rogers convened the hearings…

  • 50-Year-Old Seattle Dad Says Demons Made Him Kill His 9-Month-Old Sleeping Son

    Seattle authorities are grappling with a tragic incident that unfolded in the Magnolia Neighborhood, resulting in the death of a 9-month-old baby boy on Wednesday, May 8. Dion Lamont Montgomery, a 50-year-old resident, stands accused of fatally shooting his sleeping son on Wednesday night. He is currently held in King County Jail on a staggering…

  • Hershey Faces Larger Lawsuit Over Missing Designs On Reese’s Candies

    Hershey (HSY.N) faces a renewed, larger lawsuit claiming it misled consumers about the artistic detail on several Reese’s peanut butter candies after opening the packaging. On Friday, four Reese’s consumers in southern Florida filed a proposed class action, stating they felt “very disappointed” that the candies they bought late last year looked plain and lacked…

  • Man Sentenced To 80 Years For Rape, Faces Additional Charges For Murder Of Jogger

    A Tennessee man, Cleotha Abston, has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for raping a woman in 2021, a year before being charged with the kidnapping and murder of a school teacher. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee handed down the sentence on Friday, allocating 40 years for aggravated rape, 20 years for…

  • Ex-Trump Lawyer Eastman Pleads Not Guilty In Arizona Electors Case

    John Eastman, the first of 18 defendants accused of illegally seeking to claim Arizona’s 2020 electoral votes for then-U.S. President Donald Trump, appeared before a state judge and pleaded not guilty on Friday. Eastman, 64, joined others, including former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, in plotting to…

  • Former Facebook And Nike DEI Manager Sentenced to Federal Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme

    Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) manager at Facebook and Nike, has been sentenced to federal prison for masterminding multi-million dollar fraud schemes at both companies. The 38-year-old admitted to embezzling $5 million through fraudulent activities while employed by the two tech and sportswear giants, according to Fox Business. “Furlow-Smiles shamelessly violated…

  • Judge Upholds South Carolina’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Amid Heartbeat Definition Dispute

    A South Carolina state judge has ruled that the state can continue to enforce a ban on most abortions around six weeks after conception, despite ongoing debates over the legal definition of a heartbeat. Planned Parenthood had requested the law be suspended while courts examine its wording, which includes multiple definitions of when cardiac activity…

  • Spotify Sued Over Millions In Allegedly Unpaid Music Royalties

    Spotify faces a lawsuit in New York federal court, accusing the streaming giant of underpaying songwriting royalties for tens of millions of songs. The royalty-gathering nonprofit Mechanical Licensing Collective filed the lawsuit late Thursday, alleging that Spotify underreported its revenue by nearly half to avoid paying millions of dollars owed to the group. The complaint…

  • Missouri Judge Allows Candidate With KKK Ties To Remain On Republican Ballot

    A Missouri gubernatorial candidate with alleged ties to the Ku Klux Klan will remain on the Republican primary ballot, according to a ruling by Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday. The Missouri GOP had sought to remove Darrell McClanahan from the August primary, but Judge Walker denied the request, allowing McClanahan to…

  • Complaint Dismissed Against Trump Hush-Money Judge Who Donated To Biden

    The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who oversees the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for the judge confirmed. “Justice Merchan said the complaint, filed more than a year ago, was dismissed in July with a caution,” stated Al…