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Los reguladores de California resolvieron una demanda que alegaba que una agencia estatal mostró sesgo político contra la empresa de cohetes y su director ejecutivo. Los reguladores de California se disculparon con el CEO de SpaceX, Elon Musk, esta semana al resolver una demanda que afirmaba que una agencia estatal mostró sesgo político contra la compañía de cohetes y su director ejecutivo. Como parte del acuerdo, la Comisión Costera de California reconoció que sus miembros hicieron declaraciones “inapropiadas” sobre las creencias políticas de Musk en una audiencia de 2024 sobre el programa de lanzamiento Falcon 9 de SpaceX. Continuar leyendo...

• Maurice 'Mopreme' Shakur, el hermanastro de Tupac, presentó el martes una demanda por muerte por negligencia en el Tribunal Superior de Los Ángeles contra Duane 'Keffe D' Davis y otros acusados no identificados involucrados en el asesinato de 1996. • La demanda afirma que "por primera vez en casi 30 años, los hilos están empezando a unirse" en medio de nuevos avances mientras se acerca el juicio de Davis por asesinato en primer grado. • Tupac recibió cuatro disparos mortales el 7 de septiembre de 1996 en Las Vegas, cuando un Cadillac blanco se acercó a su BMW cerca del MGM Grand y el Caesars Palace.

After she had to travel out of state to access care, Rachel Fulton joined the Center for Reproductive Rights’ suit, which an appeal has now halted indefinitelyIt was the worst day of Rachel Fulton’s life. She stood outside her doctor’s office, reeling with the news that her dearly wanted pregnancy needed to end. But her day would, somehow, become even worse: Fulton lives in Tennessee, where abortion is banned except for very narrow threats to the patient’s life. She had to travel hours to another state to receive care from an unfamiliar doctor far from home.Fulton joined a lawsuit, along with five other patients, in 2023 against the state of Tennessee for violating their right to life. The American Medical Association and two doctors also joined the lawsuit because they say they have been prevented from providing the standard of care for their patients. Continue reading...

Trump officials use incident at correspondents’ dinner to pitch case for $400m project, arguing it will be ‘safe space’US politics live – latest updatesThe US Department of J (DoJ) has used the weekend shooting in Washington DC to pressure a preservation group to drop a lawsuit seeking to halt the construction of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom.Several Trump administration officials, including the president, seized on the incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to advance their case for the completion of the controversial $400m project, for which the White House’s East Wing was suddenly demolished, arguing the new ballroom was needed as a “safe space”. Continue reading...

Climate experts and advocates warn House and Senate bills will protect polluters at the cost of the climate Republican lawmakers are attempting to shield big oil from having to pay for its contributions to the climate crisis, alarming environmental advocates.New House and Senate bills, led by Harriet Hageman, a Wyoming representative, and Ted Cruz, a Texas senator, respectively, would give oil and gas companies broad legal immunity from policies and lawsuits aimed at holding the industry accountable for damages caused by its emissions. Continue reading...

Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenter in the Memphis areaA new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of illegally spewing toxic pollutants into the Black neighborhoods on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi.The suit, filed Tuesday in Mississippi federal court, alleges xAI is violating the Clean Air Act due to emissions from its enormous datacenter in Southaven, Mississippi. The plaintiff – storied civil rights group the NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center – says xAI has been polluting the surrounding historically Black communities by using dozens of methane gas generators without permits. The organization is seeking to force the company to stop operating its unpermitted turbines in Southaven. Continue reading...

TMTG drops defamation claim over report that prosecutors were investigating payments received as possible money launderingDonald Trump’s media corporation has dropped a defamation claim against the Guardian and two other defendants over a report that federal prosecutors were investigating $8m in payments the company received from entities with ties to Vladimir Putin as possible money laundering.A filing in the 12th judicial circuit in Sarasota county, Florida, on Friday confirms that Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of the president’s Truth Social platform, was withdrawing its claims without prejudice, meaning it could refile the lawsuit at a later date. Continue reading...