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The judge overseeing the rewriting of the college sports rulebook threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix last week, insisting parties in the $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit redo the part of the proposed settlement involving roster limits that many schools are already putting in motion. “Any disruption that may occur is a problem of [...]
LONDON (AP) — European Union watchdogs this week fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules. The European Commission imposed a $571 million fine on Apple for preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store. The commission, [...]
The Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center has issued its first strategic report since the center’s creation in 2019 by an executive order signed by Gov. Mike DeWine. The report, which outlines the center’s work to reduce drug use, drug manufacturing and trafficking, drug-related violent crime and violence and drug-related health consequences, recorded a 14 percent drop [...]
A federal review of helicopter safety around some of the nation’s busiest airports, prompted by the deadly midair collision in January between a passenger jet and Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., revealed dangerous flying conditions at the Las Vegas airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said the potential for a collision between air tour helicopters and [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said earlier this week. Currently, about 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. The Trump administration’s announcement marks an end to a [...]
Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which accused the pharmacy of illegally filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade for opioids and other controlled substances. The nationwide drugstore chain must pay the government at least $300 million and will owe another $50 [...]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging it enrolled consumers in its Uber One subscription program without their consent and made it too difficult for them to cancel the service. Uber One members pay $9.99 per month or $96 per year for a range of services, including fee-free Uber Eats [...]
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel overruled a Newark man’s argument that the trial judge misinterpreted the experts’ conclusions of his insanity defense to charges of attempted murder and felonious assault. The three-judge panel affirmed 26-year-old Cameron Bernardo’s conviction on the charges resulting from a February 2024 incident in which he stabbed his mother [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A federal judge permanently struck down an Ohio law last week that would have required children and teens under 16 to receive parental consent to use social media apps. U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley’s decision came in a lawsuit filed by NetChoice, a trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion. The ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Leonie [...]