News nonprofit sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft for ‘exploitative’ copyright infringement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner, Microsoft, marking a new front in the legal battle between news publications fighting against unauthorized
Free speech and digital rights groups argue TikTok law would infringe on the First Amendment
A group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law requiring TikTok’s parent company to sell the platform, or face a ban, is an unconstitutional measure that restricts speech and makes it impossible for
US Senate committee probes 18 oil producers about any price collusion with OPEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate budget committee on Thursday launched a probe of 18 domestic oil producers about any efforts to illegally coordinate with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on oil prices. Senator Sheldon
Air conditioners are a hot commodity in Nashville as summer heat bears down
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — After June temperatures started reaching into the high 90s Fahrenheit, Alexandra Mistekevic’s two-bedroom apartment in Nashville, Tennessee became so sweltering that the air conditioning unit was only able to cool the shared living
Supreme Court blocks enforcement of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will not be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country, under a Supreme Court decision
Wisconsin Supreme Court says an order against an anti-abortion protester violated First Amendment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close to a Planned Parenthood nurse violated his First Amendment free speech rights and must be overturned. The
The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions for now in a procedural ruling that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the
Texas power demand to break June, July records in heat wave, grid operator says
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – The Texas power-grid operator forecast electricity use will break the peak demand record for June on Thursday before rising even higher and topping the July record next week as homes and businesses
Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to permit – for now – abortions to be performed in Idaho when pregnant women are facing medical emergencies, as the justices dispensed with the contentious issue without
Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations. The justices in a 5-4 vote
