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District judge Roy K. Altman denied a motion to dismiss the case against the fast food giant, which has been accused of falsely advertising its products

More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration for withholding funds from for the buildout of electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. The federal lawsuit says $5 billion allocated to states under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 cannot be withdrawn by the Trump administration

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest inside the Jaci-Parana conservation zone and turned it into pasture

The Government pledged to conduct an economic impact assessment of the policy options put forward in its copyright and AI consultation.

The former Fox News contributor is alleged to have misrepresented her medical education

A federal judge says that a Georgetown scholar’s petition challenging the constitutionality of his arrest will stay in a Virginia court, where it was initially filed

President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation designating Thursday as a day for the United States to celebrate victory during World War II

The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week that show support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of new laws passed by their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures that banned the traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings

Maryland inspectors found bodies stored in bags and stacked like cargo at the crematorium, as well as blood and other fluids leaking onto the floor

Tyre Nichols was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop on January 7, 2023

A woman is suing former Los Angeles Lakers player and coach Byron Scott, accusing him of sexually assaulting her during a team event at a high school in 1987, when he was 26 and she was 15

A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than Milan and Cologne

The three new flags will represent the transgender, Black and LGBT+ communities

A former model who alleges that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her almost 20 years ago has taken the stand at his retrial

After a day of ceremony and centuries-old ritual, the 133 cardinal electors have begun voting on who should succeed Pope Francis as head of the Catholic Church

A smoke signal from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday (7 May) has signaled whether cardinals have found a successor to Pope Francis following his death aged 88.

More than 100 cardinals have gathered for a secret vote on who will succeed the late Pope Francis

Donors call Trump’s demands ‘overreaching and excessive’ even as they believe the college needs to take steps to address campus antisemitism

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the baby seal was stabbed multiple times on a beach in Oregon

Consumer and environmental groups are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices

‘Since endorsing Donald Trump the night before the November 2024 election, the popularity of Megyn Kelly’s podcast has soared exponentially,’ The Righting president Howard Polskin noted about The Megyn Kelly Show’s surge

Joann, formerly known as Jo-Ann Fabrics, is in the midst of closing all of its 800 stores in 49 states

Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon

A man who was driving drunk when he crashed into a patio at a popular restaurant, killing two people and injuring nine others, has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges

Musk initially teased Cybertrucks were in high demand with one million people signing up to reserve one but they have vastly underperformed expectations