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It’s alive! How belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. – AI chatbot company Replika, which offers customers bespoke avatars that talk and listen to them, says it receives a handful of messages almost every day from…

June 30, 2022

Explainer-Can crypto holders recoup losses in court?

By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – A downturn in cryptocurrency prices and crash of one stablecoin has led some investors to try to recover their losses in U.S. court. Here is how cryptocurrency…

June 24, 2022

Harvard must face lawsuit over ‘horrific’ slave photos -Massachusetts court

By Nate Raymond BOSTON -Massachusetts’ highest court on Thursday ruled that Harvard University can be sued for mistreating a descendant of slaves who were forced to be photographed in 1850 for a…

June 23, 2022

Factbox: Australia’s inquiry into sexual harassment in mining

By Praveen Menon and Byron Kaye SYDNEY – An Australian state government inquiry into abuse in the mineral-rich west has found the mining industry perpetuated a culture that led to women being…

June 23, 2022

Fox News parent must face defamation lawsuit over election coverage

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by the parent of Fox News Network to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems Inc’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over the…

June 22, 2022

Tesla attacks California agency for filing race bias lawsuit

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Tesla Inc on Tuesday accused a California civil rights agency of rushing to sue businesses without conducting proper investigations, an attempt to go on the offensive as the…

June 7, 2022

Kevin Spacey must face sexual abuse accuser’s lawsuit in New York

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK -A federal judge on Monday rejected Kevin Spacey’s bid to dismiss a civil lawsuit in which fellow actor Anthony Rapp accused the Oscar winner of making an…

June 6, 2022

Sarah Palin loses bid to disqualify judge from NY Times defamation trial

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Tuesday lost her bid to have the judge who oversaw her unsuccessful defamation lawsuit against the New York…

May 31, 2022

Jersey Democrats Block Bill to Refund $500 to New Jersey Taxpayers During State Budget Windfall

by Ed Durr, NJ Senate TRENTON, NJ – During a session of the New Jersey Senate today, Democrats violated the rules of the Senate to improperly block a vote on legislation that…

May 28, 2022

New Jersey Democrats Shut Down Murphy Nursing Home Investigation

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Senate President, Democrat Nick Scutari silenced the senate chamber and dismissed a motion to form a committee to investigate the nursing home deaths that resulted from Governor…

May 28, 2022

China punishes local officials for falsifying economic data

BEIJING – China has punished a number of local officials with demotions or dismissal for falsifying economic data, the country’s statistics bureau said on Friday, as part of an effort to curb…

May 27, 2022

Explainer: Do claims against Musk raise a legal issue for his companies and Twitter deal?

By Daniel Wiessner and Tom Hals (Reuters) – A report saying Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s company SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle sexual harassment claims by a flight attendant on a private…

May 23, 2022

VICTORY: Lori Lightfoot Abandons Racist Interview Policy After DCNF Lawsuit

VICTORY: Lori Lightfoot Abandons Racist Interview Policy After DCNF Lawsuit Laurel Duggan on May 16, 2022 The Daily Caller News Foundation and reporter Thomas Catenacci scored a legal victory against Democratic Chicago…

May 16, 2022

Volkswagen CEO sees tight race with Tesla for e-car crown by 2025

FRANKFURT -Volkswagen faces a tough road ahead to reach its self-imposed target of becoming the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles by 2025, its chief executive said on Monday, admitting rival Tesla…

May 9, 2022

Biden’s Disinformation Czar Has It In For Americans Opposed To CRT

Biden’s Disinformation Czar Has It In For Americans Opposed To CRT Kendall Tietz on May 5, 2022 The woman tapped to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “Disinformation Governance Board” called…

May 5, 2022

Judge rules that Tulsa massacre lawsuit seeking reparations can proceed

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre that saw a white mob murder scores of Blacks and raze much of their neighborhood can proceed…

May 4, 2022

Civilians from Mariupol flee Azovstal bunkers in U.N.-led evacuation

BEZIMENNE, Ukraine -Civilians were evacuated on Sunday from the bunkers of Mariupol’s Azovstal steel works after the United Nations and the International Red Cross led a deal to ease the ordeal of…

May 2, 2022

Airbus defeats appeal by ‘Right Stuff’ pilot Chuck Yeager’s estate

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Airbus on Wednesday defeated an appeal by the estate of Chuck Yeager, the U.S. Air Force pilot who broke the sound barrier, accusing the aerospace company of…

April 20, 2022

A Florida woman was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for her work for and support of subscription-based sexually exploitative “child modeling” websites.…

April 13, 2022

South Florida Bookkeeper Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Support of International Enterprise that Operated Sexually Exploitive “Child Modeling” Websites

Tampa, FL – A Florida woman was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for her work for and support of subscription-based sexually exploitative…

April 13, 2022

Political change in Pakistan as Shehbaz Sharif seeks to become PM

By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD -Opposition politician Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be Pakistan’s next prime minister to the legislature on Sunday, his party said, after incumbent Imran…

April 10, 2022

In stunning reversal, protests leave Sri Lanka’s ruling dynasty teetering

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – In 2020, Mahinda Rajapaksa won elections to become Sri Lanka’s prime minister, serving under his brother and president Gotabaya. In 2021, another sibling, Basil,…

April 6, 2022

Kremlin says Bucha is ‘monstrous forgery’ aimed at smearing Russia

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Western allegations Russian forces committed war crimes by executing civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha were a “monstrous forgery” aimed…

April 5, 2022

Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Fair Housing Act Case Alleging Unlawful Exclusion of Tenants Who Do Not Speak English

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – The Justice Department filed a Statement of Interest today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York explaining how policies that exclude rental housing…

April 2, 2022

A month into war, communicator-in-chief Zelenskiy strives to keep eyes on Ukraine

By Matthias Williams, Margaryta Chornokondratenko and Stephen Farrell LONDON/LVIV, Ukraine – The props were simple, the message was clear. In a video address to the nation this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy…

March 24, 2022

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