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Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires
The U.S. Justice Department has launched a double-barreled antitrust attack on Google’s dominant search and Apple’s trendsetting iPhoneABC News - Tech - Google -
Columbia threatens expulsion for student protesters
University seals campus as demonstrations over Israel-Hamas war intensifyFinancial Times - Business -
Columbia threatens expulsion for student protesters
University seals campus as demonstrations over Israel-Hamas war intensifyFinancial Times - World -
How Technology Has Outpaced the Law
Abortions in the U.S. have risen slightly since Roe was struck down. One factor: pills ordered online.The New York Times - Top stories -
Binance Founder Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison
Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, had pleaded guilty to a money-laundering violation.The New York Times - Top stories -
Binance Founder Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison
Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, had pleaded guilty to a money-laundering violation.The New York Times - Business -
Greene threatens vote on ousting Mike Johnson
If Rep. Majorie Tayler Greene invokes the motion the vacate, "it will not succeed," House Democrats said in a statement Tuesday.CBS News - Politics -
Columbia threatens to expel students occupying Hamilton Hall
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to launch a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah with or without a hostage deal. In the U.S., demonstrators against the war broke into a Columbia University building. CBS News' Tom ...CBS News - Top stories -
Tornado, severe weather continues to threaten Midwest
One person was killed in Westmoreland, Kansas, on Tuesday after a tornado tore through the small city. Another tornado in Oklahoma touched down, damaging several buildings. The severe weather risk continues Wednesday, stretching from Nebraska to ...CBS News - Top stories -
Arizona Lawmakers Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, Creating Rift on the Right
Two Republican state senators broke with their party to ensure final passage of the repeal. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is expected to sign it on Thursday.The New York Times - Top stories - Abortion -
Breaking down Florida's newly enacted abortion law
Florida's six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday, overriding the 15-week ban that had been in place in the state. CBS News Miami reporter Morgan Rynor has more on the law and the constitutional amendment on abortion that Florida voters will ...CBS News - Top stories - Abortion -
Civil servants in court challenge over Rwanda law
The government argues the act, passed last week, does not breach the law or the civil service code.BBC News - Top stories -
Biden to meet with families of killed law enforcement officers
President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with the families of law enforcement officers who were killed on Monday in North Carolina, the White House announced.NBC News - Top stories - Joe Biden -
Biden to meet with families of killed law enforcement officers
President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with the families of law enforcement officers who were killed Monday in North Carolina, the White House announced.NBC News - Politics - Joe Biden -
Donald Trump Embraces Lawlessness, but in the Name of a Higher Law
When authorities are seen as corrupt, we celebrate those who defy them.The New York Times - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Binance CEO Will Serve Four Months in Prison, But Will Be a Very Rich Inmate
Changpeng Zhao ran his crypto company differently from the way Sam Bankman-Fried ran FTX: Binance is still going strong. Leadership lessons abound from both bad examples.Inc. - Business -
Even as He Faces Prison Time, Binance’s Founder Plans a Comeback
Since pleading guilty to violating money-laundering rules, Changpeng Zhao, who ran the giant crypto exchange Binance, has networked across the United States to set up his next act.The New York Times - Business -
Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison
A US judge has sentenced crypto kingpin Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, to four months in prison for breaking anti-money-laundering rules.Wired - Tech -
U.S. citizens are languishing in Chinese prisons with little hope of release
As Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China this week, the most important issue for hundreds of families in the U.S. was when their loved ones imprisoned in the country are coming home.NBC News - Politics -
Iran commutes a tycoon's death sentence to 20 years in prison
Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported that a tycoon's death sentence has been commuted to 20 years in prison after he returned around $2.1 billion in assets from illegally selling oil abroadABC News - World - Iran -
Binance Founder Should Get 3 Years in Prison, Prosecutors Say
Lawyers for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the crypto exchange Binance, countered that he should receive no prison time.The New York Times - Tech -
Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘support’ of women’s rights
Manahel al-Otaibi, who promoted female empowerment on social media, was arrested under anti-terror laws. A young women’s rights activist in Saudi Arabia was secretly sentenced to 11 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court after being arrested ...The Guardian - World -
Prisoner meets son, 14, whom he last saw as a baby
Thomas White's family have been fighting for the meeting for more than a decade.BBC News - Top stories -
Even as He Faces Prison Time, Binance’s Founder Plans a Comeback
Since pleading guilty to violating money-laundering rules, Changpeng Zhao, who ran the giant crypto exchange Binance, has networked across the United States to set up his next act.The New York Times - Tech -
Judge threatens Trump with jail time if he violates gag order again
The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial held him in contempt of court Tuesday for violating a gag order. Judge Juan Merchan also threatened to jail Trump if he violates the order again. CBS News ...CBS News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
New York Mayor Says Conflict at Columbia Must End as Police Amass Nearby
Police waited on request from the university to act as pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied an academic building.The Wall Street Journal - World - New York -
Ireland Threatens to Return Asylum Seekers to U.K., Sparking Diplomatic Squabble
The Irish government said it was drafting emergency legislation to return asylum seekers to Britain, after seeing a surge of people leaving there for sanctuary in Ireland.The New York Times - World -
Protests Threaten College Graduations, Denying Seniors Second Chance at Normalcy
After Covid ruined high school graduation for the class of 2020, the response to campus protests might upend their college commencements.The New York Times - Lifestyle -
Judge Fines Trump for Contempt in Hush-Money Case, Threatens Jail Time
The New York judge said the former president repeatedly violated a gag order and cautioned that future violations could result in harsher sanctions.The Wall Street Journal - World - Donald Trump -
Environmental Law Revamp to Speed Clean Energy, Infrastructure Project Approvals
An overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act promises faster greenlighting of solar andwind sites, as well as semiconductor manufacturing.Inc. - Business -
Trump says Republicans always wanted to leave abortion law to states. That's false.
Donald Trump is playing down the prospect of nationwide abortion restrictions, falsely saying Republicans have long sought to leave abortion law to states.NBC News - Politics - Donald Trump -
EEOC says workplace bias laws cover bathrooms, pronouns and abortion
The EEOC said employers refusing to use transgender workers’ preferred pronouns and barring them from using bathrooms that match their gender identity amounts to unlawful workplace harassment under federal anti-discrimination law.NBC News - Politics - Abortion -
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas age-verification law for pornographic content
The Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law that required pornographic websites to verify a user’s age. The high court denied Tuesday an emergency appeal filed by the Free Speech Coalition, which is a trade association for the adult ...The Hill - Politics -
Biden Signs TikTok Ban Bill Into Law. Here’s What Happens Next.
President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.The New York Times - Tech - Joe Biden -
Law Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case
The firm, LaRocca Hornik, has represented Donald Trump’s political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, including a pregnancy discrimination case in New York.The New York Times - Top stories - Donald Trump -
FKA Twigs uses AI to create deepfake of herself
The musician tells a US Senate committee her digital clone will interact with fans and journalists.BBC News - Top stories -
'Leave it to the states' won't work: Why we need a federal abortion law
Dobbs did not simply “return abortion to the states.” Rather, it returned the power to the voters, who can exercise it through both their state and federal elected officials.The Hill - Politics - Abortion -
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Eyewitness describes ambush that killed four law enforcement officers in North Carolina
A witness in Charlotte, North Carolina — who was home next door when an ambush killed four officers and injured four others — describes what he saw. The local police chief said the suspect, who was also killed, was armed with a .40-caliber handgun ...CBS News - Top stories -
TikTok Broke the Tech Law Logjam. Can That Success Be Repeated?
For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.The New York Times - Tech - Tiktok