<p>New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues<br>—</p><p>The release is part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that news organizations brought against state and local governments. The fight continues to get the Texas Department of Public Safety to release its own records.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-records-shooting-campus-safety-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-records-shooting-campus-safety-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uva</span><span class="invisible">lde-records-shooting-campus-safety-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/uvalde/" rel="tag">#Uvalde</a> <a href="/tags/schoolshooting/" rel="tag">#SchoolShooting</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a></p>
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<p>Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million<br>—</p><p>Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence. The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/charles-carrier-plea-deal-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/charles-carrier-plea-deal-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cha</span><span class="invisible">rles-carrier-plea-deal-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#Home</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/realestate/" rel="tag">#RealEstate</a></p>
<p>Two Families Sue After 11-Year-Old and 13-Year-Old Students Were Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threat Law<br>—</p><p>The lawsuits, filed in federal court this month, argue East Tennessee school officials violated students’ rights by calling the police on them under Tennessee’s threats of mass violence law.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a></p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p>
<p>An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.</p><p>Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/epa</span><span class="invisible">-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
Anthropic will face a class-action lawsuit from US authors<br><p>A California federal judge ruled Thursday that three authors suing Anthropic over copyright infringement can bring a class action lawsuit representing all U.S. writers whose work was allegedly downloaded from libraries of pirated works.<br></p>From <a href="https://www.theverge.com/anthropic/709183/anthropic-class-action-lawsuit-pirated-books-authors-downloads" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theverge.com/anthropic/709183/anthropic-class-action-lawsuit-pirated-books-authors-downloads"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theverge.com/anthropic/709</span><span class="invisible">183/anthropic-class-action-lawsuit-pirated-books-authors-downloads</span></a><br><br>Even though I am probably one of the affected authors, lawsuits like this make me nervous. If the decision comes down in favor of Anthropic it sets a precedent for repeating what they and others have done. I am very skeptical that these issues would be appropriately settled in the courts; we need proper regulation of this industry as of two years ago. It's likewise worth noting that OpenAI claims at least 10x the traffic of Anthropic's various products.<br><br>Also, I've been in these kinds of lawsuits before. We'll end up getting a coupon for $1 off use of Claude if the class wins, or something comparably absurd. (*)<br><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/theft/" rel="tag">#theft</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/anthropic/" rel="tag">#Anthropic</a> <a href="/tags/claude/" rel="tag">#Claude</a><br><br>(*) Years ago I was inadvertently part of a class action lawsuit against Poland Spring because I bought their water during the period covered by the lawsuit. They were found guilty of deceptive marketing because they were mixing tap water in with the "spring water" they claimed to be selling. I was awarded a $1, maybe $5, coupon to buy Poland "Spring" water.<br>
<p>So a fetus is a person when trying to deny women rights, but not when the hospital's wallet is on the line? It's obvious the true ideology here is about controlling women and nothing more.</p><p>Aiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn't the same as a 'person'<br><a href="https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/09/aiming-to-limit-damages-catholic-hospital-argues-a-fetus-isnt-the-same-as-a-person/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/09/aiming-to-limit-damages-catholic-hospital-argues-a-fetus-isnt-the-same-as-a-person/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/09/aiming-to-limit-damages-catholic-hospital-argues-a-fetus-isnt-the-same-as-a-person/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> <a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#womensrights</a> <a href="/tags/abortionishealthcare/" rel="tag">#abortionishealthcare</a> <a href="/tags/catholic/" rel="tag">#catholic</a> <a href="/tags/prolife/" rel="tag">#prolife</a> <a href="/tags/prochoice/" rel="tag">#prochoice</a> <a href="/tags/fetalpersonhood/" rel="tag">#fetalpersonhood</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#hospital</a> <a href="/tags/liability/" rel="tag">#liability</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#lawsuit</a></p>
<p>These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.<br>---</p><p>Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country filing lawsuits and garnishing paychecks to collect unpaid bills.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fed</span><span class="invisible">erally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/debt/" rel="tag">#Debt</a></p>
<p>A teacher called over a dozen therapists to find mental health care following a miscarriage.</p><p>An EMT spent months looking for one after a suicide attempt.</p><p>They couldn’t find any in-network provider able to see them. Now they're suing their insurer. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/emblemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/emblemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/emb</span><span class="invisible">lemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a></p>
<p>The Trump Nominee Whose Company Is Suing the Trump Administration<br>---</p><p>A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination as Ambassador to Hungary, the Health and Human Services inspector general said a nursing home Landa co-owns received at least $31.2 million in Medicare overpayments. Now, the facility is suing to stop collection.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/benjamin-landa-ambassador-company-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/benjamin-landa-ambassador-company-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ben</span><span class="invisible">jamin-landa-ambassador-company-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>It’s been over a decade since Alaska significantly increased its funding for public education.</p><p>Two school districts are now suing the state for what they say is a long-running failure to give students a “sound basic education.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
Another read of this is that four organizations claim the right of ownership over "nearly all the world's commercial sound recordings". A cultural archive they claim is worth around half of US GDP, an immense sum.<br><br>Frankly it reads to me like an admission of their own guilt, the "brazen theft" being a projection, mens rea expressed as legal action.<br><br>Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna’s Archive for $13trillion for “brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings”<br><br>From <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/spotify-major-record-labels-sue-annas-archive-13trillion-allege-brazen-theft-millions-files-3925977" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nme.com/news/music/spotify-major-record-labels-sue-annas-archive-13trillion-allege-brazen-theft-millions-files-3925977"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nme.com/news/music/spotify</span><span class="invisible">-major-record-labels-sue-annas-archive-13trillion-allege-brazen-theft-millions-files-3925977</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/annasarchive/" rel="tag">#AnnasArchive</a> <a href="/tags/spotify/" rel="tag">#spotify</a> <a href="/tags/umg/" rel="tag">#UMG</a> <a href="/tags/warnerbros/" rel="tag">#WarnerBros</a> <a href="/tags/sony/" rel="tag">#Sony</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#lawsuit</a><br>
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<p>Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable<br>--</p><p>With the federal government refusing to identify agents or share evidence relating to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the dispute has become a game of constitutional chicken: states’ rights versus federal immunity.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/min</span><span class="invisible">nesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a> <a href="/tags/reneegood/" rel="tag">#ReneeGood</a></p>