Ex-wife’s eBay account sparks fight over hacked evidence
(CN) — A family split, a private eBay account and a disputed password reset landed Thursday before Europe’s highest court, which ruled that evidence does not automatically become unusable simply because the personal data behind it may have been obtained unlawfully....
Wealthiest consumers to blame for trillions in environmental damage
(CN) — The top 10% of households’ rampant consumerism is causing more serious environmental impacts than ever, now reaching into trillions of dollars of damage each year. The largest share of that damage comes not from climate change, but from the loss of...
Janeese Lewis George secures Democratic nomination for DC mayor
WASHINGTON (CN) — Janeese Lewis George, D.C. city council member and self-avowed democratic socialist mayoral candidate, has clinched the Democratic nomination for the capital city’s top political office after days of uncertainty. And though voters won’t head to the...
Supreme Court shuts down Trump push to disarm Texas man for smoking weed
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court ruled against federal regulations disarming illegal drug users on Thursday, sinking the Trump administration’s case against a self-described casual marijuana smoker with a Glock. Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch...
Scientists discover salt clouds swirling around ‘pink planet’
(CN) — For more than a decade, a faint rosy world 57 light-years from Earth has kept astronomers guessing. Now, they have a picture of what is hiding in its atmosphere. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by Northwestern University studied...
Political leak in postal merger may qualify as protected speech in EU
(CN) — A politician who torpedoed a secret deal between Belgian and Dutch postal giants by talking to reporters may not have broken EU market-abuse rules after all, Europe’s highest court said Thursday. The Belgian opposition politician, identified in court records...
Appeals court upholds injunction against oil pipeline repairs — even though repairs are complete
(CN) — A California appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a trial court’s order granting a preliminary injunction against an oil drilling company that would, in theory, prevent the company from repairing its oil pipeline. But the pipeline repairs have already been...
California, Oregon municipalities ask to block Trump’s DEI, immigration grant conditions
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A coalition of California and Oregon cities and counties asked a federal judge Wednesday to block the Trump administration from imposing or enforcing “unlawful and unauthorized” grant conditions targeting federal funds allocated for public safety,...
Virginia judge ushers in fraud claims against nation’s leading kratom distributors
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Virginia man suffering from kratom withdrawal survived a motion to dismiss his claims Wednesday that industry members knowingly omitted their products’ addictive nature to consumers. U.S. District Judge David Novak rejected 10 companies...