- Top Publishers Sue Audible, Alleging Encroachment On Text Territory
The seven plaintiffs, which include all of the publishing industry's Big Five, say the audiobook company is violating copyrights with a planned feature that would transcribe audiobooks for listeners.
read more ...5 hours ago - Feds Charge 80 People Over Massive Online Fraud Conspiracy
One of the victims is a Japanese woman who sent more than $200,000 to a person she thought was a U.S. service member in Syria, according to the federal complaint. (Image credit: Reed Saxon/AP)
read more ...6 hours ago - Court Says Idaho Must Provide Gender Confirmation Surgery To Transgender Inmate
A panel of judges ruled Friday that in denying a transgender inmate gender confirmation surgery, the state violated the Eighth Amendment.(Image credit: Heath Druzin/Boise State Public Radio)
read more ...6 hours ago - California Says Its Cannabis Revenue Has Fallen Short Of Estimates, Despite Gains
The tepid results have prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to revise his office's estimates of how much money the state will net from its cannabis industry.(Image credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters)
read more ...7 hours ago - Keystone Pipeline’s Alternate Route Gets The Go-Ahead From Nebraska Court
A group of activists, Native American tribes and local landowners had challenged the controversial pipeline's 2017 approval. But the state Supreme Court unanimously rejected that challenge Friday.(Image credit: Nati Harnik/AP)
read more ...7 hours ago - Customs Agents Make ‘Unusual’ Seizure Of Nearly 53,000 Chinese Gun Parts
The illegal stocks, muzzles and other items were intercepted in recent months. "There was no attempt to hide the importation attempt," CPB spokesperson Jaime Ruiz told NPR.(Image credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
read more ...8 hours ago - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated Again For Cancer
The 86-year-old justice just wrapped up weeks of treatment after a new cancerous tumor was found on her pancreas. Doctors say there's no evidence of cancer elsewhere.(Image credit: Shuran Huang/NPR)
read more ...8 hours ago - Lengthy Detention Of Migrant Children May Create Lasting Trauma, Say Researchers
The Trump administration is trying to legalize indefinite detention of migrant families. But detention can be emotionally crushing for kids, leading to long-term mental health problems like PTSD.(Image credit: Eric Gay/AP)
read more ...9 hours ago - PHOTOS: The Amazon Rainforest, Ablaze In Brazil
There have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year, mostly in the Amazon, and about half of which have ignited in just the past month. Some world leaders are raising the alarm.(Image credit: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)
read more ...9 hours ago - Brazilian President Bolsonaro To Send Army To Combat Amazon Rainforest Fires
Tens of thousands of fires have erupted in the Amazon so far this year — a huge spike over 2018 — and critics blame Bolsonaro's policies. He said Friday that protecting the rainforest is "our duty."(Image credit: Frank Augstein/AP)
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