Federal appeals judges reject lawsuit against Alaska Airlines by former state senator

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by former Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, against Alaska Airlines. Alaska Airlines banned Reinbold in 2021 for refusing to follow its masking policies during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency. She sued the airline in […]

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The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision Is Worse Than You Think

In 2018, David Tyson Jr., an African American, sued Richardson Independent School District in Texas for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In the district’s 164-year history, Tyson was the only person of color ever to serve on the school board. Yet, at the time of the lawsuit, white students made up less than 30 percent of the district while Black and Hispanic students made up nearly…

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Reckless Ben Shares Bad News On Episode 3 of His Bricks & Minifigs Series

Reckless Ben is in a bind right now regarding his Bricks & Minifigs video series and has revealed that he is unable to post episode 3 due to a court order that prevents him from mentioning the company’s name. In a new video updating his viewers on the Bricks & Minifigs situation, Reckless Ben says […]

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Judge blocks Trump DOJ’s latest effort to obtain medical records of transgender minors

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining confidential medical records belonging to transgender youth and their families, intervening just one day before federal prosecutors sought to force a California children's hospital to turn over the documents.

In an emergency order issued Monday night, U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts directed Lucile Packard…

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Bricks & Minifigs Shuts Down Salem Store as Lego Controversy Explodes Online

The decision comes as the dispute over Bryan Mansell's Star Wars LEGO collection continues attracting national attention online. Much of that attention has been driven by YouTuber Reckless Ben's long-form investigative videos, which have themselves become the subject of heated debate.

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DOJ Declares Trump Has Right to Bulldoze Statue of Liberty

Why in the world did the Department of Justice just declare that President Donald Trump has the right to demolish the Statue of Liberty?

During oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington Friday, lawyers for the DOJ presented the government’s case for continuing construction on Trump’s increasingly expensive White House ballroom without the approval of Congress.

In order to…

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Kansas City-based American Shaman agrees to stop selling kratom and 7-OH

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Thursday that Kansas City-based CBD American Shaman – the largest distributor of kratom products in Missouri – has agreed to immediately suspend all in-state sales of kratom and 7-OH. Hanaway sued American Shaman in March, taking particular aim at 7-OH, the company’s more potent products that the attorney general […]

OSU Approves $100M Settlement With Strauss Sex Abuse Plaintiffs

Ohio State University’s Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to approve a $100 million settlement with all but one of the current plaintiffs suing the university over allegations of sexual abuse by former OSU sports medicine and team doctor Richard Strauss. In a statement released by Ohio State on behalf of both the school and plaintiffs, […]

Bricks & Minifigs Suing Reckless Ben Over Star Wars Lego Theft Allegations

A new development in the ongoing Star Wars Lego set dispute has arisen, as Brick & Minifig, the Lego resale chain accused of stealing the sets from 83-year-old Eric Mansell, is suing Reckless Ben, the YouTuber who has been investigating the company and its alleged theft of the Lego sets. Bricks & Minifigs has filed […]

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Why is Florida suing OpenAI?

Florida is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman for marketing a product that the company allegedly knew was unsafe, state Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Monday.

“OpenAI and Altman,” said Uthmeier, “ignored internal and external safety warnings, put children at great risk, and allowed a dangerous product to reach millions of Floridians.”

The lawsuit claims that the company…

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Uncle Nearest Receiver Files Letter of Intent to Sell the Whiskey Brand

Nine months after being named receiver of Uncle Nearest, Inc., Phillip G. Young, Jr., filed a non-binding letter of intent to sell the embattled whiskey brand this past Friday. The filing comes just three days after the case’s presiding judge denied founder Fawn Weaver’s motion to reverse the company’s receivership. Young will potentially hand all assets of the company — with the exception of…

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