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Goldman Sachs ordered to pay male banker £1.45 million for sex discrimination
A former Goldman Sachs senior compliance officer has been awarded £1.45 million ($1.93 million) for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal after he was fired while on parental l...
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US court revives lawsuit claiming AI software fueled price-gouging by New Jersey casinos
A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a proposed antitrust class action that alleges major casino operators in Atlantic City, New Jersey, used an AI-powered revenue manage...
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Trump's attorney general nominee hits snag as senator withholds support
Todd Blanche's bid for Senate confirmation as U.S. attorney general faced a potential setback on Wednesday when Republican Senator John Cornyn cited unresolved concerns over a co...
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US Democratic lawmakers press SEC to probe Trump Media's fast feed
Trump Media has discussed charging as much as $100,000 a month for the Truth API product.
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Prosecutors say Charlie Kirk was attacked for his politics, cite anti-LGBT views
Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, targeted the right-wing activist for his political views, prosecutors said on Tuesday, citing Kirk's opposition to gay mar...
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Musk's X says Australia social media ban crackdown undermines international law
Elon Musk's X accused Australia of trying to give its internet regulator unfair information-gathering powers and undermining U.S. law with plans for tougher enforcement of a teen s...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out E. Jean Carroll's $83 million verdict, Axios reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to overturn an $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to writer E. Jean Carroll, Axios reporte...
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California's largest ICE facility did not provide adequate medical care, monitor says
A court-appointed monitor has found that California's largest immigration detention facility did not provide adequate medical care to detainees and violated an earlier court orde...
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US judge blocks Houston's minority contracting program
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the city of Houston, Texas, from enforcing race-conscious policies governing a program that sets aside certain public contracts for minority-owne...
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Life in prison without parole for Georgia teen who killed four in 2024 US school shooting
A Georgia teenager will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing four people and injuring nine others in a 2024 school shooting, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
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EEOC stopped hearing federal workers' class action cases, union claims in lawsuit
The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination has illegally ceased processing class action-style complaints by federal employees, a major labor union alleged ...
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says X account was hacked
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said on Tuesday that a hacker had posted fake content about a memecoin on his X account after it was compromised last week.
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UN says human trafficking into Asian scam centres is surging
The U.N. migration agency on Tuesday warned of a dramatic increase in the number of people forced into working in Asian scam compounds, saying people from more than 80 countries h...
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EBay, former executives to pay $56 million to settle couple's harassment case
EBay and three former top executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a Massachusetts couple who fell victim to a bizarre stalking and harassment campaign...
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Trump's diversity crackdown reverberates through US boardrooms
As U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies his campaign against diversity programs, appointments of women and racial minorities to S&P 500 boards have dropped to their lowest level...
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Chobani must face lawsuit over zero-sugar yogurt claim, US appeals court rules
A federal appeals court has revived a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Chobani of deceiving consumers by falsely advertising some of its Greek-style yogurt as sugar free.
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Trump, Zelenskiy discussed Patriot deal before funeral of Ukraine ally
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday discussed efforts to revive peace talks with Russia and a deal to allow Ukraine to make Patriot mi...
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Moldovan businessman Platon fights extradition from UK, alleges political prosecution
Moldovan businessman Veaceslav Platon is fighting extradition from Britain on charges relating to an alleged $22 billion money laundering ring, giving evidence in a London court on...
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