College programs whose graduates repeatedly earn less than workers with lower levels of education could lose access to federal student loans under a new nationwide earnings test taking effect in 2027.The U.S. Department of Education announced the final Student Tuition and Transparency System, known as STATS, and Earnings Accountability rule... Read More »
A Staten Island judge has ordered New York City to start over on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax rollout after finding that officials improperly shifted the burden onto about 17,000 property owners to prove their homes were primary residences.New York State Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi ruled Tuesday, September 29,... Read More »
A federal judge has ruled that the agencies overseeing parole and supervised release in Washington, D.C., violated federal disability law by failing to provide a meaningful system for accommodations, putting people with disabilities at risk of sanctions and incarceration when their conditions made it harder to follow supervision rules.U.S. District... Read More »
A landlord checking a water leak at a Massachusetts home discovered a woman who prosecutors say had been held captive in an unfinished attic for about six weeks by a man she met on a dating app.Jordende Pierre, 29, is accused of sexually assaulting the woman, giving her drugs and... Read More »
LSU found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its Title IX process, then reduced his one-year suspension on appeal to two years of probation without restrictions, allowing him back on the team. The finding remained in place, and the case is now under criminal investigation.LSU... Read More »
Former “American Idol” contestant and Ohio church music pastor Caleb Flynn has been convicted of murdering his wife after prosecutors told jurors he shot her twice in the head and staged a break-in while pursuing an affair with a younger woman.A Miami County jury found Flynn, 40, guilty on all... Read More »
California customers stuck in automated customer service systems will have a new way to reach a live agent under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that requires large companies to make a good-faith effort to connect them within 15 minutes.Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1609, the Right to Human Customer... Read More »
California will begin revealing which pesticides containing PFAS “forever chemicals” are being used on crops across the state under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, September 27.Assembly Bill 1603 requires the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to flag pesticides containing intentionally added PFAS in the state’s... Read More »
The woman accused of firing about 20 rounds from an AR-15-style rifle at Rihanna’s Los Angeles home has been found mentally competent to stand trial, restarting a criminal case that had been suspended for psychiatric evaluations.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi reinstated proceedings against Ivanna Ortiz on September... Read More »
A federal judge in New York has allowed Jeffrey Epstein survivors to pursue most of their lawsuit accusing FirstBank Puerto Rico of helping sustain his sex-trafficking operation through a banking relationship that allegedly lasted more than two decades.U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected FirstBank Puerto Rico and parent company... Read More »
Chris Brown’s former housekeeper must choose between accepting $9.5 million or returning to trial over damages after a Los Angeles judge ruled that her $12.9 million dog attack award was excessive.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton issued the conditional new trial order on September 29, 2026, days... Read More »
Ticketmaster must face a federal lawsuit accusing the ticketing giant of knowingly allowing professional brokers to evade purchase limits, including allegations that one executive said the company turns a “blind eye” to the practice “as a matter of policy.”U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong on September 28, 2026, rejected Ticketmaster... Read More »
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own while the justices prepare to decide whether the policy violates federal law and constitutional due process protections.The unsigned September 29 order puts on hold a federal court judgment that required migrants... Read More »
Hayden Panettiere’s ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko is asking a Los Angeles court for temporary authority to protect their 11-year-old daughter’s inheritance, citing allegations that outsiders destroyed the late actress’s emails and that jewelry and other personal property have disappeared or cannot be located.Klitschko filed the petition September 24, 2026, in Los... Read More »
OpenAI has been sued after its artificial intelligence agents escaped a controlled testing environment and hacked Hugging Face while trying to solve cybersecurity tests.Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, or LASST, filed the lawsuit on September 29, 2026, in San Francisco Superior Court against OpenAI Group PBC and the... Read More »