WASHINGTON — Mourners paid their respects to the trailblazing Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at the Supreme Court on Monday, a day before her funeral service. O’Connor, a savvy consensus builder who was the first woman to serve on the court, died Dec. 1 at the age of 93. Her body will lie in repose in…
Mayim Bialik, who has been co-hosting “Jeopardy!” alongside Ken Jennings for more than a year, said Friday she will no longer host the syndicated version of the show. “As the holiday break begins in Hollywood, I have some Jeopardy! news. Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of…
When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had pictures of children on it, she recalled, while the other had pictures of seniors. Deroze, a 31-year-old English professor at the time, was confused…
WASHINGTON — Opening statements began Monday in a trial to determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two former Georgia election workers after he was found liable for defaming them with baseless claims that they committed fraud in the 2020 election. Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, sued Giuliani over the…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon inspector general said in a memo Thursday that it plans to begin a review of how the department handled Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization due to a diagnosis of prostate cancer. “The objective of the review is to examine the roles, processes, procedures, responsibilities, and actions related to the Secretary of…
Florida’s legislative session started only this week, and Republican lawmakers have already introduced more bills targeting LGBTQ people than there have been days in the new year. Some of the bills — including one that would change the state’s definition of sex and another that would criminalize “lewd or lascivious grooming” — are among the…
A Massachusetts woman is suspected of trying to poison her husband with tainted soup after a person posing as a soap opera star online told her to get rid of him, according to police records. A Townsend police incident report said Roxanne Doucette, 64, is being investigated on suspicion of attempted murder using poison. The…
Outlogic, a Virginia-based data broker, agreed to stop selling sensitive location data that helps track people’s whereabouts, as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s first data tracking settlement. Tuesday’s accord resolves claims that Outlogic, formerly known as X-Mode Social, violated consumers’ privacy for several years by selling their data to advertisers, researchers, retailers and government…
LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for Lizzo asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from a former employee who claimed the performer allowed bullying, harassment and discrimination, saying in a filing Friday that the allegations were “meritless” and “defective” because they have no connection to California, where the suit was filed. The suit, filed in Los…
MINNEAPOLIS — LGBTQ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to treat the killing of a trans woman in Minneapolis as a hate crime, and they want lawmakers to strengthen legal safeguards to protect a community that’s disproportionately the target of violence. Savannah Ryan Williams, 38, was shot in the head at close range last month. Prosecutors last…
