Black Women Settling

Black women face a maternal health crisis, and advocates want that to be an election issue

Advocates want the Nov. 5 election to help raise awareness about reproductive health inequities impacting Black women.

How the virtual network "Win With Black Women" is impacting the 2024 presidential race

Jotaka Eaddy is the woman behind the virtual network "Win With Black Women," which started meeting every Sunday during the pandemic via Zoom. Their goal is to support and advance the policy agenda ...

"Win With Black Women" founder on group's role in historic election

Jotaka Eaddy founded"Win With Black Women," a virtual network that started meeting by Zoom every Sunday during the pandemic to support and advance the policy agenda of Black women.

Election history: 2 Black women projected to serve in the Senate at the same time

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks are projected to win. It will mark the first time two Black women will serve in the Senate.

Black women to serve together in Senate for first time with Rochester, Alsobrooks wins

Sens.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither Delaware nor Maryland have ever had a Black ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

For Black Women, ‘America Has Revealed to Us Her True Self’

Kamala Harris’s resounding defeat affirmed the worst of what many Black women believed about their country, even as some looked to the future with a wary determination.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

A Chicago league has spent decades inspiring Black women to take up golf

The Ebony Ladies Golf League of Chicago, which just marked its 50th anniversary, has spent decades growing the game with African American women. Jim Williams has more.

Southwest Airlines Settles Boardroom Fight

Southwest will add five board members as a concession.

Business - Inc. - October 25

Adidas Settles Suit With Rapper Ye

The agreement will end a tangle of litigation between the German sportswear brand and the rapper previously known as Kanye West after his antisemitic comments brought an end to a sneaker brand ...

Business - Inc. - October 29

Woman settles Tesco sexual harassment case for £45k

Former Tesco employee Lara Storey wants other women to know they don’t have to accept unwanted behaviour.

Microsoft settles video gamers' lawsuit over Activision takeover

Microsoft Corp. has settled a lawsuit from a group of gamers who sued to try to stop the company from buying video game publisher Activision Blizzard for $69 billion last year

Tech - ABC News - October 15

Alex Murdaugh settles wrongful death lawsuit over boat crash

Alex Murdaugh has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a teen killed in a boat crash involving Murdaugh's youngest son.

Microsoft Settles Lawsuit With Gamers Over Activision Blizzard Merger

When Microsoft announced its plans to buy Activision Blizzard in 2022 , it set off multiple lawsuits including a battle with the FTC that attempted to block the deal. Microsoft triumphed in that ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 15

Nebraska regulators settle with one of communications companies involved in 911 outages

Nebraska regulators settle with one of the two communications companies involved in separate outages.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 16

Harrods in the process of settling over 250 claims against Al Fayed

The store says the women alleging sexual misconduct against Mohamed Al Fayed came forward after a BBC documentary aired.

Roman Polanski: lawsuit alleging director raped teenager in 1973 settled and dismissed

Civil suit that claimed the now 91-year-old sexually assaulted a 16-year-old in Los Angeles in 1973 has been settled to ‘mutual satisfaction’ of both parties. Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning film ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

Suit against Roman Polanski over alleged rape of minor in 1973 settled

A suit against Roman Polanski over the alleged rape of a minor in 1973 has been settled, both sides say. He fled the U.S. decades ago after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old.

Entertainment - CBS News - October 23

Met Opera and Singer Injured in Onstage Fall Settle Decade-Old Lawsuit

Wendy White, a veteran mezzo-soprano, was performing when she fell in 2011. Her suit, which claimed negligence, had been one of the company’s longest-running court cases.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 24

Owner, operator of ship that rammed into Baltimore bridge settles with DOJ

The owner and operator of the cargo ship that rammed and caused the collapse of a Baltimore bridge earlier this year settled a civil lawsuit that was brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Companies to Pay $101.9 Million to Settle Baltimore Bridge Collapse Lawsuit

The suit by the Justice Department was filed last month and laid out what investigators had learned about the ship’s short and catastrophic journey.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 25

Britain's Labour government to deliver debut Budget this week, settling weeks of uncertainty

U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will deliver the government's hotly awaited debut budget on Wednesday, putting to bed weeks of uncertainty over potential tax hikes and spending cuts.

Business - CNBC - October 28

Which is better, New York or LA? The epic rivalry will soon be settled

The Dodgers-Yankees World Series is giving the two cities a chance to do their favorite thing: obsess about themselves. The 2024 World Series has been a thrilling contest between baseball’s two ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Seminole Tribe settles legal challenges to online sports gambling exclusivity in Florida

The Seminole Tribe of Florida and a group of businesses that operate racetracks and poker rooms have settled a yearslong legal dispute over whether the Seminole Tribe should have exclusive rights ...

Sports - ABC News - October 28

Nature presenter Chris Packham settles case over axing of green policy

The TV presenter says the previous Tory administration was "reckless" to scale back climate policy.

Air pollution death settlement is not a win, says mum

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who lived near London's South Circular Road, had a fatal asthma attack in 2013.

This Retired General Settled the 9/11 Case. Then the Defense Secretary Took Charge.

Susan Escallier’s approval of a plea deal, one of the most important decisions in the history of Guantánamo Bay’s war court, has drawn attention to her role and the dysfunctional military commissions.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Kroger to pay nearly $1.4 billion to settle opioid lawsuit claims

Supermarket chain Kroger has finalized a nearly $1.4 billion agreement to settle the majority of the claims made by states, counties and Native American tribes that accused the company of helping ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Snow finally settles on Mount Fuji, weeks after it usually appears

Japan's Mount Fuji finally got its trademark snowcap more than a month after it normally would, after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years.

Takeaways from Drake Maye's first NFL start: QB settles in after sloppy start, shows flashes in Texans loss

Maye finished the game with more touchdowns than Jacoby Brissett had in the first five games this season

Sports - CBS Sports - October 13

Bengals vs. Giants score: Cincinnati wins ugly 17-7 defensive slugfest at the Meadowlands on Sunday Night Football

Neither offense played well, but the Bengals' run game did just enough for the win.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 13

RTX subsidiary Raytheon to pay more than $950 million to settle foreign bribery, export control fraud probes

The huge legal settlement by Raytheon related to bribery in Qatar, and to defrauding the Pentagon in regard to the Patriot Missile systems.

Business - CNBC - October 16

Archdiocese of Los Angeles Agrees to Pay $880 Million to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

The settlement is the highest single payout by an archdiocese, experts said, and brings Los Angeles’s cumulative payout in sex abuse lawsuits to more than $1.5 billion.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 17

Los Angeles Archdiocese agrees to pay over $800M to settle sexual abuse claims

The Archdioceses of Los Angeles has reached an $880 million settlement Wednesday with 1,353 victims of childhood sexual abuse cases. Survivors came forward after California passed Assembly Bill ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to pay $880 million to settle over 1,300 sexual abuse claims

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay $880 million to settle sexual abuse claims made by more than 1,300 alleged victims dating back to the 1940s. CBS News legal contributor Jessica ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has “settled its account” with Sinwar but "war is not yet ended."

World - ABC News - October 17

Middle East latest: Netanyahu says Israel has ‘settled its account’ with Sinwar

Israel says Hamas top leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza