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Gail LeBoeuf and Barbara Washington, co-founders of the environmental justice organization Inclusive Louisiana and plaintiffs in a case alleging environmental racism in St. James Parish, Louisiana, speak at a press conference after a hearing for their case at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.

Federal court reviews civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish

Gail LeBoeuf and Barbara Washington, co-founders of the environmental justice organization Inclusive Louisiana and plaintiffs in a case alleging environmental racism in St. James Parish, Louisiana, speak at a press conference after a hearing for their case at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.

October 8, 2024, 7:40am Business

A federal appellate court is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities. Read story

FILE - WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks to an audience during a WWE fan appreciation event, Oct. 30, 2010, in Hartford, Conn.

Woman accusing Vince McMahon of sexual abuse asks WWE to waive confidentiality agreements

FILE - WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks to an audience during a WWE fan appreciation event, Oct. 30, 2010, in Hartford, Conn.

October 8, 2024, 7:38am Business

A former WWE employee who filed a lawsuit against the company and ex-leader Vince McMahon, accusing him of sexual battery and trafficking, is asking them to not enforce nondisclosure agreements with other former and current employees and contractors so they can potentially come forward with similar accusations. Read story

FILE - The 2025 model Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric SUV is seen Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, after being unveiled at an auto dealership in Savannah, Ga.

Hyundai has begun producing electric SUVs at its $7.6 billion plant in Georgia

FILE - The 2025 model Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric SUV is seen Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, after being unveiled at an auto dealership in Savannah, Ga.

October 8, 2024, 7:38am Business

Hyundai has begun producing electric SUVs in Georgia less than two years after breaking ground on its sprawling, $7.6 billion manufacturing plant west of Savannah. Read story

FILE - The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., American Water, its building in Camden, N.J., seen in the foreground on June 17, 2024, says it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers.

American Water, the largest water utility in US, is targeted by a cyberattack

FILE - The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., American Water, its building in Camden, N.J., seen in the foreground on June 17, 2024, says it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers.

October 8, 2024, 7:37am Business

The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers. Read story

H-1B visa: Company supplying thousands of tech workers to Silicon Valley discriminated against non-Indians, jury finds

October 8, 2024, 7:36am Business

A company that supplies thousands of workers for Silicon Valley’s technology industry and other Bay Area employers intentionally discriminated against non-Indian workers, a jury has found. Read story

FILE - A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019.

Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

FILE - A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019.

October 8, 2024, 7:35am Business

A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company’s internet empire. Read story

Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from Musk’s X platform over warrant in Trump case

October 7, 2024, 4:25pm Business

The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump. Read story

The Titan’s former lead engineer says he felt pressured to get the submersible ready

October 7, 2024, 3:03pm Business

The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic testified Monday that he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier. Read story