On Tuesday, a federal judge in Missouri preliminarily approved an antitrust class-action settlement, mandating the National Association of Realtors to pay $418 million and implement changes to the process of buying and selling homes in America. U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough’s approval marks a crucial initial phase in the ongoing process, leading up to a…
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to determine the legality of a federal regulation aimed at controlling homemade “ghost guns” as President Joe Biden’s administration confronts the increasing use of these largely untraceable weapons in crimes across the nation. The justices accepted the administration’s appeal of a lower court’s decision, which found that the…
The mayor and city council of Baltimore filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the ship that collided with a pylon on the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, leading to its collapse and the tragic deaths of six workers on it at the time. The lawsuit, submitted in Maryland federal court on…
Police have taken a suspect into custody after the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was broken into Sunday morning while the house was occupied. Around 6:40 a.m., a person smashed a window to gain entry to the Getty House, the mayor’s official residence, as stated by the Los Angeles Police Department in a…
After witnessing her older sister glide along the lazy river, 4-year-old Demi Williams yearned to join in. The lazy river loop at the Myrtle Beach resort stood at about three feet deep, just half a foot taller than Demi. Her mother, Destiny Morgan, consented to her toddler’s desire, then waited patiently for Demi’s return through…
A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday heard arguments on whether to block a Florida law that prohibits Chinese citizens from owning homes or land in the state, a measure defended by Republican state officials as crucial to counteracting the influence of the Chinese Communist Party. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court…
Bank of America (BAC.N) successfully convinced a U.S. appeals court that its “Erica” virtual assistant does not infringe on the rights of a website creator who owned an earlier “Erica” trademark. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, in a decision on Thursday, upheld a federal district court ruling in favor of BofA,…
On Thursday, U.S. gun manufacturers urged the Supreme Court to hear Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit. Eight companies, including Smith & Wesson Brands and Sturm, Ruger & Co, argued that a lower court erred in granting an exception to a U.S. law protecting them. The trial court dismissed the case citing the Protection of Lawful Commerce…
After years of alleged sexual abuse by probation officers, teenage survivors are now seeking justice, shedding light on a long history of systemic abuse within the Los Angeles County Probation Department. Several former teenage detainees of the Los Angeles County Probation Department have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse by probation officers, sparking a…