The Supreme Court of Ohio has denied a Lancaster prison inmate’s motion to compel the Ashtabula County prosecutor to provide records to the inmate that have since been provided to the prosecutor. The state’s high court also denied 35-year-old Alphonso Mobley Jr.’s request for statutory damages and court costs in the recent decision. According to [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, according to a new report from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The report also found increases in early in-person voting and the use of ballot-drop boxes. Analysts say the findings, based on data collected at the local level and submitted [...]
A federal judge earlier this week rebuffed Apple’s request to throw out a federal government lawsuit alleging the technology company has built a maze of illegal barriers to protect the iPhone from competition and fatten its profit margins. The 33-page opinion from U.S. District Judge Xavier Neals in New Jersey will enable an antitrust lawsuit [...]
The number of IV therapy clinics around the country has been increasing since the COVID-19 pandemic, touting quick ways to recover from a hangover or a hard workout, but doctors and regulators preach caution. The clinics offer drips that promise to boost energy, gird immune systems or relieve joint pain by using bags of intravenous [...]
Lululemon has filed a lawsuit against Costco that accuses the wholesale club operator of selling lower-priced duplicates of some of its popular athleisure clothing. Lululemon Athletica claims in its lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that Costco has “unlawfully traded” on its reputation, goodwill and sweat equity by [...]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and the United States said they would gradually reopen the United States border to cattle imports from Mexico this month after U.S. agriculture officials suspended them in May due to fears of the northward spread of the screwworm, agriculture officials in both countries said. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the Senate, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s budget bill. The Senate voted 99-1 to strike the AI provision from the legislation after weeks of criticism from both Republican and Democratic governors [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel belongs in state court. Nessel sued in state court in June 2019 seeking to void the easement that allows the Enbridge [...]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has reached a settlement with the Justice Department that could clear the way for its $14 billion takeover of rival Juniper Networks. The Justice Department had sued to block the acquisition, saying it could eliminate competition, raise prices and reduce innovation. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, calls for Hewlett [...]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The fate of Argentina’s state-run oil company was thrown into doubt this week as an American judge ordered the cash-strapped country to give up its 51 percent controlling stake in YPF in partial compensation for seizing the shares of former investors during its 2012 nationalization of the energy group. The [...]