By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved off a highway near San Francisco, court documents showed on Monday. The settlement was made on the eve of the trial over the high-profile accident …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York appellate judge on Monday denied Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star while the former U.S. president seeks to move the case out of Manhattan. (Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jonathan Majors, a fast-rising Hollywood star before domestic violence charges derailed his career, avoided jail and was sentenced to one year of domestic-violence counseling on Monday after being found guilty of attacking his former girlfriend. The sentence was imposed by Justice Michael Gaffey of the state Supreme Court in …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Paramount Pictures has won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming its 2022 Tom Cruise blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick” borrowed too much from a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original “Top Gun” film. In a decision on Friday, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson in Los Angeles said the sequel was not …
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By James Oliphant (Reuters) -Donald Trump said he would outline his long-awaited policy on abortion on Monday, one that he suggested will be a compromise position with the potential to inflame both sides of the debate. In a post on Truth Social, Trump’s social media platform, the Republican presidential candidate said his policy will include …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two key U.S. lawmakers said on Sunday they struck a deal on draft bipartisan data privacy legislation that would restrict consumer data that technology companies can collect and give Americans the power to prevent selling of personal information or compel its deletion. The agreement between Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell, who …
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(Reuters) – A man was arrested on Sunday on a charge of starting a fire outside the office of Senator Bernie Sanders in Burlington, Vermont, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the state. Shant Soghomonian, 35, entered the building in downtown Burlington on Friday and headed to Sanders’ office on the third floor. He …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump said it would be “my great honor” to go to jail for violating a gag order imposed by the judge who will hear his upcoming trial on charges stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star. “If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a Texas judge wrongly transferred to another court in Washington, D.C., an industry-backed lawsuit challenging an agency rule on credit card late fees, highlighting the debate over “judge shopping” in the U.S. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals on a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An engine cowling on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to open an investigation. Here’s what we know about the incident so far. WHAT IS AN ENGINE COWLING COVER? An engine cowling is a protective …
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