AUSTIN, Texas — Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over claims that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials said Tuesday. Largest Settlement Secured By a Single State Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the settlement is...
William Calley, Who Led the My Lai Massacre That Shamed US Military in Vietnam, Has Died
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80. Calley Died on April 28 Calley died on...
Cardinals, Brewers, Dodgers and Royals Add Pitchers in Flurry of Trades on Day Before MLB’s Deadline
The St. Louis Cardinals added starting pitcher Erick Fedde and Milwaukee, the team they are chasing in the NL Central, acquired starter Frankie Montas among a flurry of trades Monday by playoff hopeful teams. Royals Acquire Veteran Lorenzen, Dodgers Get Kopeck Kansas City got veteran right-hander Michael Lorenzen on the...
Democrats Had Feared Georgia Was a Lost Cause With Biden Running. Harris Will Campaign There Tuesday
ATLANTA — Little more than a week ago, Georgia appeared to be slipping out of the Democrats' reach: President Joe Biden's campaign pledged to concentrate more on holding the Midwestern "blue wall" states and indicated they might be willing to forsake "Sun Belt" battlegrounds. But now that Biden has bowed...
UCLA Ordered by Judge to Craft Plan in Support of Jewish Students
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge ordered Monday that the University of California, Los Angeles, craft a plan to protect Jewish students, months after pro-Palestinian protests broke out on campus. Three Jewish students sued the university in June, alleging that they experienced discrimination on campus amid demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas...
Raiders’ White Gets Chance to Show He Can Be Lead Running Back Over Complete Season
COSTA MESA — Zamir White showed he could take over for Josh Jacobs over the final month of last season. But what about for the entire season? White, the Las Vegas Raiders' fourth-round draft pick two years ago out of Georgia, will get his chance this season. Jacobs, who led...
Acting Secret Service Boss Says He ‘Cannot Defend’ Why Roof in Trump Rally Shooting Was Unsecured
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service's acting director told lawmakers on Tuesday that he considered it indefensible that the roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was unsecured, faulting local law enforcement for not circulating vital information to federal authorities. Ronald Rowe testified that...
American Swimmers Grabbed Plenty of Hardware Monday at the Olympics, but No Gold
NANTERRE — American swimmers added plenty to the U.S. medal count Monday night, just not the ones they most wanted. Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant stood side by side on the Paris podium. Ryan Murphy picked up the seventh medal of his illustrious career. And Luke Hobson earned his first...
California High Court Allows Lawsuit Over Single Use of N-Word in SF’s DA Office
Twanda Bailey didn't tell her supervisors that a colleague called her the N-word in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, but she said in court claims when they learned about it, her workplace was forever changed. In court records, she said a human resources officer seemed to mock her, jeering...
Giants Deal Slugger Soler and Reliever Jackson to the Braves
ATLANTA — National League wild-card leader Atlanta is reuniting with 2021 World Series MVP Jorge Soler and Luke Jackson, a reliever for that championship team. The Braves acquired Soler and Jackson in a trade with San Francisco late Monday night. Atlanta sent left-handed reliever Tyler Matzek and minor league infielder...