COLUMBIA, S.C — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by Alex Murdaugh seeking $600,000 in legal fees by the former court clerk whose misconduct led his murder convictions to be overturned on appeal. Murdaugh sued Becky Hill in May saying she violated his right to a fair trial in the deaths of his
Paramount CEO David Ellison said on the company’s earnings call Tuesday that he believes the company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will go through despite a legal challenge filed by a dozen states. Ellison also weighed in on how the company views artificial intelligence: It’s a tool for human storytellers, not a way to replace
The White House has no plans to publicly reveal the framework it’s been working on for how it will vet frontier AI models prior to release. Instead, the details will be kept under wraps, only known to a select group of companies that may choose to participate in the process, which is voluntary. Several major
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused Monday to halt a $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities in a long-running lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel. The order signed by Sotomayor comes after the high court ruled last year in favor of the victims and their families. The Palestine
Sunglasses used to exist simply to block the sun from your eyes — and to make you look cool, like Tom Cruise in Risky Business or Top Gun. But in recent years, those innocent little shades transformed into a tech product, with Meta and other companies creating camera- and audio-enabled smart glasses. And that’s created
When a movie makes more than $1.4 billion at the box office and earns eight Academy Award nominations, the studio is going to want to make a sequel. Such was the case with Warner Bros. and “Barbie.” The blockbuster movie, released in July 2023, catapulted filmmaker Greta Gerwig, producer Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, aka