Tag: Lawsuits

US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high

DENVER -- The U.S. Justice Department is suing several large landlords for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high by using both an...

A drop in groundwater could mean big trouble for a tiny snail as Nevada lithium project presses on

RENO, Nev. -- Opponents of the nation's largest lithium mine under construction want U.S. officials to investigate whether the project in Nevada already...

FDA proposes new testing rules to ensure cosmetics are asbestos-free

WASHINGTON -- Cosmetic companies would have to take extra steps to ensure that any products containing talc are free of asbestos under a...

American Airlines settles lawsuit filed by 3 Black men who were ordered off a flight

American Airlines said Thursday it has settled a federal race discrimination lawsuit filed by three Black men who were ordered to deboard a...

After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells

ATLANTA -- Jason Cox, who grows peanuts and cotton in southwest Georgia, says farming would be economically impossible without water to irrigate his...

Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for 'election interference' after inaccurate poll

President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the weekend before the...