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3 Years After Derailment, Ohio Locals Still Struggling

The Lever explores the red-tape mess and lack of payouts in East Palestine

(Newser) - A toxic train crash that was supposed to be "settled" by now is anything but, and the Lever takes a deep look into what's gone wrong. Nearly three years after Norfolk Southern's derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, residents describe a payout process so snarled by delays, fine...

Novartis Settles With Lacks' Estate Over Her 'Stolen' Cells

Pharma giant allegedly profited off Black woman's cells taken without her OK, used to make vaccines

(Newser) - Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from a tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advancements, including the polio vaccine. Details of the agreement, which...

Trump Settles Suit Over Use of 'Hold On, I'm Coming'

Multiple artists have objected to president's use of their songs at rallies

(Newser) - The estate of singer and songwriter Isaac Hayes has dropped its copyright lawsuit against President Trump and his campaign after reaching a settlement over the use of the 1966 soul hit "Hold On, I'm Coming" at political rallies. The estate sued in 2024, arguing that Trump personally chose...

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Fail to Settle Their Dispute

Judge signals May 18 trial likely in high-profile dispute between It Ends With Us co-stars

(Newser) - Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni spent six hours Wednesday behind closed doors in a Manhattan courthouse and walked out still on track for trial. The It Ends With Us co-stars failed to hammer out a settlement during a mediation session overseen by a federal magistrate judge, with Baldoni arriving alongside...

In Buffalo, 'Some Measure of Comfort' After Mass Shooting

Gun accessory company will pay $1.75M for survivors, families of victims of 2022 Tops massacre

(Newser) - The maker of a gun accessory tied to a racist shooting that killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo will pay $1.75 million to survivors and victims' families and stop selling the device in New York, state Attorney General Letitia James said on Wednesday. The agreement with...

Trump's Fight With Harvard Just Escalated

President says he's now seeking $1B in damages over antisemitism allegations

(Newser) - President Trump has sharply escalated his clash with Harvard University, saying his administration is now pursuing $1 billion in damages over the school's handling of antisemitism complaints. In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump on Tuesday labeled Harvard "strongly antisemitic" and said President Alan Garber "has...

Google to Pay Over Claims Voice Assistant Eavesdropped

Company settles for $68M after consumers alleged their conversations were recorded

(Newser) - Google has agreed to pay $68 million to resolve claims that its voice assistant was a snoop. The deal stems from a lawsuit alleging that the assistant improperly recorded private conversations and then shared the info with advertisers, reports CNBC . The assistant is designed to activate when it hears prompts...

Colorado Grad Students Win $200K in 'Food Racism' Case

Couple alleged retaliation, loss of doctoral funding tied to smell of Indian food

(Newser) - A dispute that began with a comment about a student's reheated lunch has ended with a six-figure payout from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Aditya Prakash and his partner, fellow anthropology PhD student Urmi Bhattacheryya, will receive a combined $200,000 and master's degrees under a settlement...

Snap Avoids First Big Tech Addiction Trial

Company settles suit, leaving Meta, YouTube, TikTok to defend against alleged harms

(Newser) - Snap has avoided the witness stand in the first in a series of trials over alleged social media addiction. The company has struck a deal to resolve a high-stakes lawsuit that claimed its products were intentionally designed to keep teens endlessly engaged, days before the case moved to trial, per...

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Amazon Sending Refunds to Some Prime Customers

Refunds of up to $51 target millions enrolled through deceptive design

(Newser) - Amazon is about to start sending out refunds to some of its customers, courtesy of a massive federal settlement, CT Insider reports. The company is distributing $1.5 billion in refunds after the Federal Trade Commission accused it of using design tricks on its website and app to nudge people...

Google to Settle Suit Alleging Chatbot Pushed Teen to Suicide

Company, together with maker of Character.AI, will settle cases filed in numerous states

(Newser) - Google and artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who alleged a chatbot pushed her teenage son to kill himself , per the AP . Attorneys for the two tech companies have also agreed to settle several other lawsuits filed in Colorado, New...

Professor Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post Gets Job Back, Plus $500K

Settlement follows due-process violation over professor's social media post

(Newser) - A Tennessee university will pay a professor $500,000 and give him his job back after firing him over a social media post about Charlie Kirk's killing—then admitting it broke its own rules, the New York Times reports. Austin Peay State University in Clarksville dismissed tenured theater professor...

Angels Settle Suit in Player's Death as Jury Considered Damages

Tyler Skaggs died of overdose after team employee supplied fentanyl-tainted pill

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Angels have ended a closely watched courtroom battle over the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, cutting a deal with his family just as a California jury appeared to be weighing punishment for the team. A federal judge announced Friday that the parties reached a settlement in the...

This Settlement Is Bigger Than What George Floyd's Family Got

Konoa Wilson's family settles with San Diego for $30M

(Newser) - The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in US history. The settlement exceeds the $27 million the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay the family of George Floyd, whose...

Starbucks Workers Notch a Win in 'Demands of Decency'

Coffee giant to pony up $35M settlement for 15K-plus staffers in NYC over erratic schedules, hours

(Newser) - Starbucks will pay about $35 million to 15,000-plus New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday, hours before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders visited striking baristas on a picket line. The development came amid...

Northwestern Settles With Administration for $75M

Deal ends government investigations into antidiscrimination law compliance

(Newser) - Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the federal government to settle the Trump administration's allegations of discrimination and restore nearly $790 million in frozen research funding. The agreement, announced Friday, ends federal investigations into the university's compliance with antidiscrimination laws and requires Northwestern to adhere...

Sackler Family Is Out of the Opioid Business for Good

Judge OKs OxyContin maker's settlement plan, to which Sacklers will contribute up to $7B

(Newser) - A federal bankruptcy court has formally approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over opioid harm. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane was set to give his reasoning Tuesday for approving the plan, which requires members of the Sackler family, who own the company, to contribute up...

Library Director Fired After Book Controversy to Get $700K

Library director in Wyoming reaches settlement with Campbell County

(Newser) - A Wyoming county will pay $700,000 to a former library director to settle a lawsuit after a furor over books with LGBTQ+ and sexual themes. Campbell County agreed to the payout for Terri Lesley, who claims she was fired because she refused to remove certain books deemed offensive...

Elon Musk's X Settles Lawsuit From Ousted Twitter Execs

Settlement follows executives' claims of unpaid severance after takeover

(Newser) - Elon Musk's X Corp has settled a lawsuit with four former top Twitter executives who claimed they were owed $128 million in severance pay after Musk acquired the company and promptly fired them, Reuters reports. The group includes former CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, legal chief Vijaya...

LA County Settles for $20M Over Boy's Horrific Death

Settlement follows failure to act on repeated abuse warnings

(Newser) - Los Angeles County will pay $20 million to the family of a 4-year-old Palmdale boy who was tortured and killed by his parents in 2019. The payout follows a lawsuit from Noah Cuatro's great-grandmother, Eva Hernandez, who alleged the county's child welfare agency failed to act after...

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