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Priscilla Presley's Ex-Business Partners Sue Her for $50M

Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko say they were defrauded and betrayed

(Newser) - Priscilla Presley's former business partners have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50 million in damages, alleging fraud and breach of contract. Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko filed the lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, per the AP . Among many other allegations, they say Presley used them to...

First Lady Warns Hunter Biden, Threatens $1B Suit

Legal team for Melania Trump demands apology from former first son over claims on her Epstein ties

(Newser) - Melania Trump has threatened Hunter Biden with a $1 billion lawsuit after he alleged that she met her husband, President Trump, through the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter, attorneys for the first lady called Biden's claim "false, disparaging, defamatory, and inflammatory," reports...

Trump Threatens 'Major Lawsuit' Against Powell

President says Fed chair has done a 'horrible, and grossly incompetent, job' with renovation

(Newser) - President Trump is weighing a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's costly renovation project, a move that would escalate a long-simmering feud. Trump floated the idea on Truth Social , saying he was "considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed because of...

Military Academies Agree: No Race-Conscious Admissions

West Point, Air Force Academy reach agreement with Students for Fair Admissions

(Newser) - A group that sued West Point and the US Air Force Academy over their consideration of race in admissions have now dropped the case. The lawsuits were filed in the aftermath of the 2023 Supreme Court decision that eliminated race as a factor in admissions at colleges, while excluding military...

Suit: He Gave Me Hot Cocoa That Ended My Pregnancy

Texas woman's complaint alleges US Marine secretly slipped her abortion pills

(Newser) - A Texas woman has filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit against a US Marine, alleging he covertly slipped abortion pills into her drink, resulting in the loss of her pregnancy. According to the lawsuit , Liana Davis says Christopher Cooprider, 34, repeatedly urged her to terminate the pregnancy after she informed...

Mandalorian Star Settles With Disney Over Firing

'I hope this brings some healing to the force,' 43-year-old Gina Carano says

(Newser) - Gina Carano has settled her suit with Disney and Lucasfilm. The BBC reports that details are scarce on the settlement with the 43-year-old Mandalorian actor, who'd accused the companies of wrongfully terminating her from the hit Disney+ show and discriminating against her for her right-wing views. Carano wrote on...

Alan Dershowitz Sues Vendor Over Pierogi Snub
What Happens When You Won't
Sell Pierogi to Alan Dershowitz
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Aug 3, 2025 11:10 AM CDT

What Happens When You Won't Sell Pierogi to Alan Dershowitz

He may sue you, as he's doing with a Martha's Vineyard food vendor he says refused to serve him

(Newser) - Alan Dershowitz is once again in the spotlight on Martha's Vineyard, this time claiming a local food vendor refused to serve him pierogi due to his political views. The former Harvard Law professor, known for defending Donald Trump during his first impeachment and bemoaning his own social exile...

Child Forgot iPad on Plane. Then Came Explicit Videos
Child Forgot iPad on Plane.
Then Came Explicit Videos
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Aug 2, 2025 4:10 PM CDT

Child Forgot iPad on Plane. Then Came Explicit Videos

Parents say Delta Air Lines failed to act after worker stole device, filmed himself masturbating

(Newser) - A family's vacation took a disturbing turn after their child's lost iPad was allegedly stolen by a Delta Air Lines worker, who used it to make explicit videos that surfaced in the family's cloud storage. Those claims appear in a federal lawsuit filed against the airline...

Flight Crew Sues Boeing Over Mid-Air Panel Blowout

Filing cites trauma, alleged negligence, and oversight failures

(Newser) - Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants have filed lawsuits against Boeing, seeking damages related to a January 2024 incident in which a 737 MAX 9 suffered a mid-air cabin panel blowout . The Flight 1282 crew members are claiming physical and mental harm, Reuters reports, as well as ongoing economic losses....

Jury Orders Tesla to Pay $249M in Fatal Crash

Company blasts verdict, says it will appeal

(Newser) - A Miami jury decided that Tesla was partly responsible for a fatal crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $200 million in punitive damages. The federal jury held that Elon Musk's car company bore significant responsibility because its technology failed...

Sharpe, ESPN Go Separate Ways After Rape Suit Settled

Analyst had taken a break in April, originally said he planned to return for NFL preseason

(Newser) - Shannon Sharpe had planned to return from his break at ESPN during the NFL preseason, but that will not come to pass. Sources tell the AP and the Athletic that the sports network has parted ways with the 57-year-old NFL Hall of Famer less than two weeks after he settled...

PETA Targets 'Egregiously Cruel' Lobster Festival

Group says cooking lobsters alive at Maine event violates state's animal cruelty laws

(Newser) - PETA is taking legal action against the organizers of the Maine Lobster Festival, arguing that the event's signature practice of steaming lobsters alive is unlawfully cruel. The animal rights group filed a lawsuit against both the festival and the City of Rockland last week, demanding a permanent ban...

She Helped Start 'Hula Hoop' Craze, Lost Out on the Money

Joan Anderson's role in the famous toy's history only came to light decades after the fact

(Newser) - If you've ever used a hula hoop, you have Joan Anderson to thank—though she didn't profit from the toy craze. Anderson's death this month at age 101 in California prompts the New York Times to recount her extraordinary story—one that only came to light...

'I Got in My Car and I Smelled Death'
'I Got in My Car
and I Smelled Death'
Jul 26, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

'I Got in My Car and I Smelled Death'

Pennsylvania couple sue 2 funeral homes, say they were given deceased son's brain in a box

(Newser) - Two funeral homes allegedly gave grieving parents their deceased son's brain in a box, which began to smell, leaked into their car, and got on the father's hands, per an updated lawsuit filed this week. Dad Lawrence Butler said Thursday at a presser that the discovery was overwhelming,...

California's 'Shield' Law Takes On Texas' 'Heartbeat' Law

Texas man files suit against Golden State doctor who allegedly shipped abortion pills to his girlfriend

(Newser) - A Texas man is taking a new legal tack in the nation's ongoing fight over abortion pills. Jerry Rodriguez has filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit against California physician Remy Coeytaux, alleging Coeytaux illegally mailed abortion medication to Rodriguez's girlfriend—despite California's "shield" law that protects...

Man Deported to El Salvador Plans to Sue US

He says he was abused in notorious prison after being deported without due process

(Newser) - A Venezuelan man is taking legal steps against the US government, saying he was wrongly deported and detained in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel, 27, filed an administrative claim Thursday with the Department of Homeland Security, the required precursor to a federal lawsuit,...

Doctors Allegedly Played 'Music Bingo' in OR as Patient Died

Family settles after surgeon and anesthesiologist allegedly admit to distraction

(Newser) - A Colorado surgical team allegedly played a music bingo game on a cell phone while performing what was expected to be a routine cataract operation—an act at the center of a lawsuit settled after the patient, Bart Reiter, died of cardiac arrest. According to the suit, both the...

France's First Couple Sues Candace Owens

They say her 'far-fetched fictions' include claims that Brigitte Macron is a man

(Newser) - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have filed a 22-count defamation lawsuit against US conservative commentator Candace Owens in a Delaware court. The Macrons allege that Owens has repeatedly spread false claims about them, using the resulting controversy to boost her media profile and monetize her audience....

Clorox Sues: Hackers Just Called IT Firm, Asked for Passwords

Suit claims that poor IT checks by Cognizant led to massive data breach

(Newser) - Clorox has filed a lawsuit against IT services provider Cognizant over a 2023 cyberattack that disrupted the bleach-maker's business, alleging the breach happened in a remarkably straightforward fashion. According to the complaint, a hacker associated with the group Scattered Spider simply called Cognizant's help desk and asked...

Judge Orders Mike Lynch's Estate to Pay Nearly $1B to HP

Court awards damages in long-running Autonomy fraud dispute

(Newser) - A judge in London has ruled that the estate of late British tech executive Mike Lynch and his former business partner must pay Hewlett Packard Enterprise $945 million over the disputed 2011 sale of Lynch's software firm, Autonomy. The judge's decision, announced Tuesday, caps a protracted legal...

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