Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit in the U.S. by giving plaintiffs a share of the company’s potential value, rather than a traditional payout, over lack of liqudity (apnews.com)
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI reached a settlement Friday in an Illinois lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights, a deal that attorneys estimate could be worth more than $50 million....
Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say (apnews.com)
Ex-Florida law enforcement official says he was forced to resign for defying illegal DeSantis orders (apnews.com)
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered illegal surveillance of immigrants and ignored concerns that relocating them from Texas to another state could could be considered kidnapping or false imprisonment, the former chief of staff at the state’s top law enforcement agency said in a whistleblower lawsuit....
Lockheed Martin subsidiaries reach $70 million settlement for claims they overcharged Navy for parts (apnews.com)
Two Lockheed Martin subsidiaries have agreed to pay the federal government $70 million for overcharging the Navy for aircraft parts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday....
Ex-CEO of Nevada-based health care company Ontrak convicted of $12.5 million insider trading scheme (apnews.com)
The former CEO and chairman of Ontrak, a publicly traded health care company based in Nevada, was found guilty Friday of a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme....
Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal (apnews.com)
A Nevada judge dismissed an indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election, potentially cutting from four to three the number of states with criminal charges pending against so-called fake electors....
The Supreme Court rules against California woman whose husband was denied entry to US (apnews.com)
As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign (apnews.com)
Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely (apnews.com)
Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
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Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
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Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
An influential politician in the Philippines, who has been a cheerleader for natural gas power, is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation of thousands of pages of documents has found....
Motion after motion puts Trump Florida case in slow motion as 3-day hearing begins (apnews.com)
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump is hearing arguments Friday on a long-shot defense effort to get the indictment thrown out based on the claim that the prosecutor who brought the charges was illegally appointed....
The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests (apnews.com)
How Nvidia became an AI giant (apnews.com)
Chinese coast guard ram and puncture Philippine military boats in disputed shoal (apnews.com)
South Korean and US air forces hold joint drills, as tensions on Korean Peninsula highest in years (apnews.com)
IRS says 'vast majority' of 1 million pandemic-era credit claims show a risk of being improper (apnews.com)
FBI raids several California homes, including Oakland mayor's (apnews.com)
California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls, would have made it harder to raise taxes (apnews.com)
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Two French Boys Accused of Raping 12-Year Old Girl In Act of Antisemitism (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests, declining their invitation to weigh in on a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth....