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The Justice Department may drop its criminal prosecution of Boeing for allegedly misleading federal regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to a weekend court filing. The department said in a Saturday status report that two representatives had met with the families of some crash [...]
PARIS (AP) — The government of French President Emmanuel Macron covered up decisions over the illegal treatment of mineral water by food industry giant Nestle, including the world-famous Perrier brand, a Senate inquiry commission says. The report focused on Nestle’s years of use of treatments to avoid bacterial or chemical contamination of water labeled as [...]
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange based in the United States, said that criminals improperly had obtained personal data on the exchange’s customers for use in crypto-stealing scams and were demanding a $20 million payment not to publicly release the info. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said in a social media post last week that criminals had [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal safety regulators have asked Elon Musk’s car company to explain how its driverless taxis will avoid causing accidents when they hit the road in Texas next month before a national “robotaxi” launch that is key to keeping its stock price aloft. Tesla has been told to provide information on how [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City no longer will have full control of its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a federal judge found the city had failed to stem spiraling dysfunction and brutality against those in custody. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain instead said she would appoint an outside [...]
In a victory for global agrochemical maker Bayer, Georgia has become the second state to shield pesticide manufacturers from some lawsuits claiming that they failed to warn customers of potential dangers. The legislation signed by Gov. Brian Kemp is designed to protect Bayer from lawsuits claiming that it failed to tell customers that its weed [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Seventeen states are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for withholding billions of dollars for building more electric vehicle chargers, according to a federal lawsuit announced last week. The Trump administration in February directed states to stop spending money for electric vehicle charging infrastructure that was allocated under President Joe Biden, part [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently upheld an appellate court dismissal of a Marion Correctional Institution inmate’s effort to order the state Adult Parole Authority to cease future parole hearings on his behalf. Justices noted that the Tenth District appellate panel dismissed 55-year-old James Ellis’ complaint on the basis that the man, convicted in 1995 [...]
BUFFALO (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts last week defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive.” “Judicial independence is crucial,” Roberts, the leader of the Supreme Court and the entire federal judiciary, said at a gathering of judges and lawyers in his hometown. He described the creation [...]
A Franklin County Appeals Court panel upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a Philadelphia real estate buyer’s motion to compel Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin to set deposit amounts on properties subject to foreclosure auctions at the amounts prescribed in R.C. 2329.211. The three-judge panel affirmed the Franklin County Common Pleas Court ruling which rendered [...]