Law

Gender-based pricing, known as the pink tax, will be banned in California on Jan. 1

6:21am December 27, 2022

Repealing the discriminatory practice could save women $1,300 a year for the same products men buy. Women's shampoo often costs more than men's and pink razors cost more than black ones.

A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Kari Lake loses her legal challenge to the results of the Arizona governor's race

2:14pm December 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

A judge rejected the Republican's claim that problems with ballot printers on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct. Lake lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by just over 17,000 votes.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on April 4, 2013. Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action privacy lawsuit.

National

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

4:20pm December 23, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The proposed settlement is a result of revelations that the information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm that worked for political campaigns.

Adnan Syed (center right) leaves the courthouse after a hearing on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast "Serial," has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for its Prisons and Justice Initiative.

Adnan Syed is hired by Georgetown University's prison reform initiative

1:46pm December 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

Syed, who was released from prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast Serial, started working for the initiative, which advocates for others in the criminal legal system.

An asylum-seeking migrant from Nicaragua bundles up at the border as she waits to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after crossing the Rio Grande River into the United States in El Paso, Texas, U.S., December 22, 2022.

El Paso tries to house many migrants in freezing weather – but some don't qualify

11:12am December 23, 2022

El Paso has scrambled to move migrants off the streets and into shelters as temperatures plummet below freezing, but federal law dictates which migrants can stay inside city facilities.

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This July 19, 2012, file photo shows a Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant in Atlanta.

National

A Chick-fil-A location is fined for giving workers meals instead of money

8:57am December 23, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The employees are owed back wages for their work. The location also was fined for violating child labor laws.

Fox News host Sean Hannity, a close ally of former President Trump, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in August 2022.

Politics & Government

Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election

3:51pm December 22, 2022

by David Folkenflik

"I did not believe it for one second," Hannity said under oath about former President Trump's false claims that Dominion Voting Systems cheated him of votes in 2020. Dominion is suing Fox News.

Bishop Lamor Whitehead was robbed of more than $1 million worth of jewelry in July when armed gunmen entered his church during a service. He is now facing federal fraud charges in an unrelated case.

National

Brooklyn pastor claims innocence while facing federal fraud and extortion charges

5:22am December 22, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

In July, Lamor Whitehead and his wife were robbed of $1 million in jewelry after armed gunmen entered their church during a live-streamed service.

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an Aug. 18 news conference to announce that the state's new Office of Election Crimes and Security was in the process of arresting 20 individuals across the state for voter fraud.

Politics & Government

Florida's effort to charge 20 people with voter fraud has hit some roadblocks

9:48pm December 21, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

Months after the controversial arrests, one case ended with a plea deal and at least three have been dismissed. And attorneys say Florida's cases face a tough road — even if they make it to trial.

U.S. military stop migrants from crossing into El Paso, Texas, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary order to keep pandemic-era limits on asylum-seekers in place, though it could be brief, as conservative-leaning states push to maintain a measure that allows officials to expel many but not all asylum-seekers.

The U.S. asks court to end asylum limits, with a short delay

12:29am December 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

Asylum-seekers at the border waited for a Supreme Court ruling that could allow them to enter the United States as the U.S. government asked the Supreme Court not to lift the limits before Christmas.