Lawsuit Ai Related Discrimination

Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement

A federal judge has signed off on a settlement agreement Wednesday in a class action lawsuit alleging that an algorithm designed to score rental applicants discriminated on the basis of race and ...

Tech - ABC News - 12 hours ago

Private equity landlords’ screening process discriminated against renters, lawsuits contend

Two large private equity-backed landlords discriminated against prospective tenants by relying on faulty screening systems, according to two lawsuits.

Ex-Phoenix Suns employee files racial discrimination, retaliation lawsuit against the team

A former Phoenix Suns employee is suing the team, alleging racial discrimination and unlawful retaliation that led to her termination

Sports - ABC News - 6 days ago

Florida mother files lawsuit against AI company over son's death

Megan Garcia says her son was in a monthslong virtual emotional and sexual relationship with a chatbot. Garcia claims the Character.AI bot encouraged her son to take his own life.

Mother says AI chatbot led her son to kill himself in lawsuit against its maker

Megan Garcia said Sewell, 14, used Character.ai obsessively before his death and alleges negligence and wrongful death. The mother of a teenager who killed himself after becoming obsessed with an ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges

A Florida mother is suing a tech company over an AI chatbot that she says pushed her son to kill himself

Tech - ABC News - October 25

NI early pregnancy screening delay 'causing trauma'

Pregnant women in NI face discrimination over not being offered early scans for abnormalities, experts say.

Justice Dept. Sues Rocket Mortgage for Appraisal Discrimination

After a white appraiser slashed the value of a Black woman’s duplex, the Justice Department sued all involved in the assessment, including the nation’s largest lender.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 1

House Republicans probe allegations of FEMA discrimination in Florida

House Republicans are probing allegations of discrimination by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Florida following the termination of an agency employee who advised a survivor ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Former 'Jeopardy!' staffers file discrimination, retaliation complaints against Sony

Former 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune' staffers have filed discrimination and retaliation complaints against Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 25

New Yorkers may change their constitution to ban discrimination over ‘pregnancy outcomes’

An amendment to New York’s constitution could bar discrimination based on things including “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes.”

Health - ABC News - November 5

Latino mobile home park residents denounce conditions, allege discrimination

Latino residents in Ohio and Colorado have filed lawsuits or complaints as experts warn of the risks, especially financial, of renting or buying manufactured homes in mobile parks.

Oversight panel presses FEMA administrator on hurricane relief discrimination allegations

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee grilled Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell on Tuesday over a since-fired FEMA employee's directive that staff ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

A look at food-related illnesses at restaurants over the years

Outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are pretty rare for well known restaurant chains, but they do happen

Health - ABC News - October 23

Sixers fined $100K in relation to Embiid's status

The 76ers have been fined $100,000 by the NBA for public statements made by coach Nick Nurse and president of basketball operations Daryl Morey about the health status of Joel Embiid.

Sports - ESPN - October 29

FBI warns of election-related fraud schemes

The FBI warned this week of multiple types of election-related fraud schemes perpetrated by scammers targeting American voters in the lead-up to Election Day. The bureau said Tuesday that scammers ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

FBI 'aware' of 2 fake videos related to the election

The agency did not say if the videos have a foreign nexus.

Expert tips on lowering election-related stress

Between assassination attempts, a last-minute candidate switch and ongoing personal attacks, the nail-biter 2024 election has some Americans stressed out. In fact, the American Psychological ...

Amy Dowden's injury not related to health scares

Dowden told Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two that she has a insufficiency stress fracture.

Florida alleges FEMA officials conspired to discriminate against Trump supporters after hurricane

Florida sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director and an employee who was fired for telling a survivor assistance team after Hurricane Milton not to visit homes displaying signs ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Former Suns employee sues team for discrimination, harassment and retaliation; seeks $60M in damages

The team has called her allegations 'misleading' and 'egregious'

Sports - CBS Sports - 6 days ago

PepsiCo Wins Plastics Pollution Lawsuit

The state Supreme Court Justice in Buffalo said the case failed to show PepsiCo created a public nuisance.

Business - Inc. - November 3

Judge orders Army to release records related to Trump Arlington visit

A federal judge has ordered the Army to release records related to a late August visit former President Trump made to Arlington National Cemetery in which a reported confrontation between Trump ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Deloitte axes 250 UK employees in performance-related cull

Round of job cuts affecting Big Four accounting and consulting firm’s advisory divisions staff not announced across business

Business - Financial Times - October 23

Cocaine-related fatalities surge as England and Wales report record drug deaths

Campaigners say falling prices and social acceptability have driven higher use

Business - Financial Times - October 23

A 'Gangster' Is Blowing Up India-Canada Relations---From Behind Bars

Authorities see Lawrence Bishnoi, a hero in his home village in India, as the head of a global crime network accused of murder and extortion.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 23

EU's Charles Michel says bloc leaders will debate Israel relations

World - Yahoo News - October 25

Fake election-related videos being spread on social media

A video circulating on social media purporting to show a Pennsylvania election worker ripping up a ballot is fake. Our CBS News Confirmed team traced the video to an anonymous account with a ...

Over 100 sentenced for drug-related crimes in Belgium’s largest trial

Decryption of Sky ECC messaging system leads to 119 convictions

World - Financial Times - October 29

How the Supreme Court has ruled on 2024 election-related cases

A majority of Supreme Court justices ruled to allow Virginia to proceed with removing roughly 1,600 alleged noncitizens from its voter rolls. This comes just days before the Nov. 5 election and as ...

Abortion-related ads in Nebraska prompt tension between health department and doctors

Two abortion measures are on the Nebraska ballot. Its health department issued an alert suggesting that ads about Nebraska's abortion law had created “confusion.”

Politics - NBC News - October 31

Washington governor activates National Guard against election-related violence

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) activated the National Guard to be on stand-by in the event it is asked to support local law enforcement and the Washington State Patrol during election week, a press ...

Politics - The Hill - November 2

Israel officially informs U.N. of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency

Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it was cancelling the agreement that regulated its relations with the main U.N. relief organization for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) since ...

What would a Trump or Harris win mean for relations with the UK?

Security and defence will be difficult areas if the Republicans triumph but neither candidate seems keen on a trade deal with Britain. Early on Wednesday morning the results will start to trickle ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

Some traders see opportunity in Wall Street’s election-related anxiety

Wall Street is still on edge ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. election. But some traders appear to be getting a head start on bets that a relief rally will take hold once the vote tallies are known.

Business - MarketWatch - November 4

American convicted on drug-related charges in Russia loses appeal

A court in the Russian capital has rejected an American citizen’s appeal against against his sentence on drug-related charges

World - ABC News - November 5

Starmer congratulates Trump in first phone call

The PM and president-elect agreed UK-US relations will "continue to thrive", No 10 says.

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