Decades-Old Abuse Payouts Squeeze California School and City Budgets February 19, 2026 By Maxwell Adler At James Monroe Middle School, located in a remote part of California’s High Desert, posters commemorating teacher appreciation week were...
Judge Says Exxon Mobil Can Sue California AG for Defamation Over Recycling February 18, 2026 By Jonathan Stemple A federal judge rejected California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s bid to dismiss Exxon Mobil’s lawsuit accusing him of defamation in...
Texas AG Sues Factory After Residents Complain About Noxious Odors February 17, 2026 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Texas’ top lawyer is taking a manufacturing company to court, saying its Bastrop plant smells like “boiling blood, and even...
New Mexico Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Failing to Protect Children February 11, 2026 By Morgan Lee Meta has failed to disclose what it knows about the harmful effect of its platforms on children in violation of...
Louisiana Restaurants to Pay $34K in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit February 10, 2026 Shreveport, Louisiana-based Minden Seafood, LLC, and Dorcheat Seafood, LLC, operators of restaurants Minden Seafood and Dorcheat Seafood and Grill, will...
Colorado Funeral Home Owner Who Abused Corpses Gets 40 Years in Prison February 10, 2026 By Jesse Bedayn and Matthew Brown A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families...
Family of Still-Missing Texas Camper Sues to Shut Down Camp Mystic February 9, 2026 By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune The family of an 8-year-old girl who remains missing after being swept away by Hill Country flooding that struck Camp...
Instagram, YouTube Addiction Trial Kicks Off in Los Angeles February 9, 2026 By Jody Godoy A California state court case over whether Instagram and YouTube harmed a woman’s mental health through addictive app design kicks...
California Attorney General Files Suit Against Companies for Ghost Gun Coding February 9, 2026 A lawsuit that targets companies that distribute computer code that facilitates the illegal manufacture of 3D printed ghost guns was...
Patients of UCLA Doctor Shaken by Sex Abuse Conviction Overturn, What’s Next February 5, 2026 By Jaimie Ding and Julie Watson Two years after a former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist was convicted of sex abuse and sentenced to 11...