Updated: July 12, 2019 While addressing the case as “undeniably tragic,” the appeals court ruled 3-0 on Friday against the parents of both Jesse Lewis and Noah Pozner, agreeing with a lower court judge that governmental immunity shielded the defendants. “It is clear that the adoption of the school security guidelines by the defendants was […]

Updated: July / 1 / 2019      This is now the second investigation that the state governor has ordered into the social media company as of this year. In February, Cuomo had also ordered two state agencies to investigate a report that Facebook may have been accessing personal information from smartphone users, including health

Updated: July / 2 / 2019    On Tuesday, a Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives panel filed a long-awaited lawsuit in federal court demanding President Donald Trump’s individual and business tax returns. The House Ways and Means Committee filed a lawsuit against both the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service after Treasury Secretary, Steven

Updated: July / 1 / 2019  The talented pop star, Taylor Swift, has started a feud with Justin Bieber’s manager for buying her music catalog, prompting Bieber to come to his defense in a heated online dispute that has drawn in several top figures in the music industry.   On Sunday, Swift took to social

Updated: July / 2 / 2019   More than 200 corporations, some of which are America’s best-known companies, are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal civil rights law will ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.   The corporations outlined their stance in a legal briefing that was

Updated: June  25, 2019 / 4:35 p.m.  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has awarded almost $2.5 million to a whistleblower in a 2017 case against global grain trader, Cargill Inc, over alleged violations in how it handled trades, the agency said on Tuesday. The award, which was of significant size, was then reduced “because

Updated: June 25, 2019 / 9:23 p.m. Robert Mueller, who had issued a report back in April regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, will be testifying in an open session in front of the House of Representatives Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17, the panels’ Democratic chairman stated on Tuesday. Representative Jerrold

Updated: June 21, 2019 / 5:23 p.m. Amazon.com Inc is now looking into newer ways to use drones not just to deliver packages, but also to provide surveillance as a service to its customers, according to a patent which was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.   The delivery drones would be

Updated: 6/24/19 On Monday, courier company, FedEx, filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Commerce, claiming that it has been “essentially deputize[d]” to enforce its trade blacklist. The lawsuit comes a month after Huawei mentioned it is reassessing its relationship with the delivery company after many packages that were meant for shipment within

Updated: June 24, 2019 / 9:46 a.m. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether or not insurers would be granted to seek $12 billion from the federal government under a program that was set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans. The