A judge has temporarily halted enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily halting enforcement of that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps.
U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley’s temporary restraining order came in by NetChoice, a trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies. The litigation argues that the law unconstitutionally impedes free speech and is overbroad and vague.
While calling the intent to protect children “a laudable aim,” Marbley said it is unlikely
Russian woman barred from citizenship for antiwar stance becomes Canadian
OTTAWA — A Russian woman who feared being deported to face a conviction for opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has been granted Canadian citizenship, months after officials blocked her from taking the oath.
“I was very anxious today when I woke up, but now I feel way more relaxed,” Maria Kartasheva said Tuesday afternoon, moments after becoming a Canadian citizen.
“I just don’t want anyone else to go through the same thing, because that was a very scary experience.”
Kartasheva went public last week
Key moments in the arguments over Donald Trump’s immunity claims in his election interference case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Appeals court judges Donald Trump’s claims that he is in his election interference case. The outcome seemed clear during arguments that touched on a range of political and .
The Republican presidential primary front-runner made his first trip in months to Washington’s federal courthouse, where his lawyers sought to convince an appeals court to dismiss the case charging him with . The defense’s argument was met with outright skepticism by the three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals
ChatGPT-maker braces for fight with New York Times and authors on ‘fair use’ of copyrighted works
A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn’t be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works.
But are AI chatbots — in this case, widely commercialized products made by OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft — breaking copyright and fair competition laws? Professional writers and media outlets will face a difficult fight to win that argument in court.
“I would like to be optimistic on behalf of the authors,
A judge has found Ohio’s new election law constitutional, including a strict photo ID requirement
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has upheld as constitutional provisions of the that Ohio put in place last year, rejecting a to strict new photo ID requirements, drop box restrictions and tightened deadlines related to absentee and provisional ballots.
In a ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Nugent determined that the state’s new photo ID requirement “imposes no more than a minimal burden, if any, for the vast majority of voters.”
Nugent also rejected the other claims asserted by
South Carolina no longer has the least number of women in its Senate after latest swearing-in
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tameika Isaac Devine didn’t break a glass ceiling when she took her oath of office Tuesday to be South Carolina’s newest senator, but she did pull her state up from having the least number of women in its upper chamber.
South Carolina now has six women in its Senate. They are still a small enough group that they sometimes band together across party lines as the “Sister Senators,” such as when they last year or worked to expand child care
Lawyers may face discipline for criticizing a judge’s ruling in discrimination case
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A father-daughter pair of lawyers in Florida may face disciplinary action for speaking out against a judge’s ruling that overturned a jury decision awarding $2.7 million to a Black doctor who alleged he was subjected to racial discrimination.
Civil rights attorney Jerry Girley represented the doctor after he was fired from AdventHealth in Orlando in 2021. A jury sided with Girley’s client, but the judge presiding over the case reversed that decision because he said the plaintiff
Six Nations man fatally shot after Bills football game in Miami
A Brantford, Ont. resident shot to death outside a football stadium in Miami, Fla., on the weekend has been identified by family members as a Six Nations man.
Susan Isaacs, the mother of 30-year-old Dylan Isaacs, says her son was at the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins football game on Sunday, Jan. 7.
Miami Gardens Police detectives that a preliminary investigation revealed that Isaacs and his friends were walking through traffic after the game and verbally argued with a man driving a vehicle.
Guam police say a man who fatally shot a South Korean tourist has been found dead
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a South Korean tourist during a robbery last week in Guam was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and his alleged getaway driver was in custody, police in the U.S. territory said Tuesday.
Police said the first suspect was found dead inside a parked car Tuesday night, reported. Police won’t release his name until his family has been notified.
A second man believed to have been the driver of the SUV allegedly used
Trump suggests unauthorized migrants will vote. The idea stirs his base, but ignores reality
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seizing on his party’s frustration with the recent surge of at the southern U.S. border to churn up fears around another top GOP concern — .
In the final stretch before next Monday, the former Republican president has repeatedly suggested that Democrats are encouraging migrants to flow into the country illegally in order to register them to vote in the 2024 election.
The unsupported claim, which Trump and other Republicans have carted out in past election years, is resonating