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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel. The suit, filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, alleges that it was a political decision and [...]
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other devices. The proposed settlement filed in an Oakland, Calif., federal court would resolve a five-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple, for more than a decade, [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel sided with a New Albany doctor’s argument that she was not required to plead an exception to Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s assertion that it was immune from her medical-negligence claim. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel reversed the Ohio Court of Claims decision in favor of the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts last week issued a defense of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation, disinformation and the prospect of public officials defying court orders. Roberts laid out his concerns in his annual report on the federal judiciary. It was released after a year where the nation’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a federal official said. The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty to [...]
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns’ push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, saying the city intends to invoke the “Modell Law” to prevent them from leaving the Browns’ [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in December were little changed from a month earlier, an American official said, hovering near the lowest levels since July 2020 and indicating that an anticipated surge ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as president hasn’t happened. There were about 44,000 arrests during December [...]
The state auditor’s office has recommended repayment of about $1.96 million from a Lucas County-based behavioral-health services provider that failed to comply with state and federal Medicaid guidelines for reimbursement for services provided. Grove Behavioral Health LLC, which operates facilities in Toledo and Cincinnati, received $1.75 million in improper Medicaid payments over a two-year period, [...]
The United States saw an 18.1 percent increase in homelessness last year, a rise attributed mostly by to a lack of affordable housing as well as natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said last week. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally required [...]
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport abruptly fired one of its investigators last month after learning he’d been arrested for stealing money confiscated after a drug bust he was part of during his previous job as a police officer. Jason Krasley left his job with the Allentown Police Department in Pennsylvania in 2021 [...]