California

Southern California Art Teacher Dies After Being Bitten by Bat in Classroom
A California art teacher has died from rabies after she was bitten by a bat inside her school classroom.Leah Seneng, a 60-year-old teacher at Bryant Middle School in Dos...
Elon Musk’s X sues to block California law that aims to combat election deepfakes
X, the social media app owned by Elon Musk, has sued California in an attempt to block a new law requiring large online platforms to remove or label deceptive...
Gossip Girl Actress Chanel Banks Reported Missing After Vanishing in California – E! Online
The search is on for Chanel Banks. The Gossip Girl actress has been reported missing after vanishing in Los Angeles, according to her family. Two weeks later, they're still...
Jamshid Sharmahd: Iran Executes California Man after Abducting Him During International Flight Layover and Slapping False Charges
Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped by Iranian security forces in Dubai in 2020, has been executed in Iran following a conviction on terrorism charges that his family...
California Man Who Killed Classmate as Revenge for Getting Him Expelled from School, Sentenced
A California man who plotted for two years to kill the 16-year-old girl he blamed for getting him expelled from school will never get out of prison.Owen Skyler Shover,...
Column: Former California Rep. Devin Nunes once sued media companies. Now he’s struggling to run one
Who would have guessed that Devin Nunes, who left Congress to run former President Trump’s media company, would be accused of mismanagement and cronyism?Well, me, for one.It’s not that...
FTC adopts ‘click to cancel’ rule to make it easier to end subscriptions, mirroring California law
The Federal Trade Commission continued its crackdown on businesses that deceptively market and sell subscription services, adopting a rule Wednesday requiring companies to let consumers cancel a gym membership,...
Supreme Court turns down challenge of California labor lawsuits by Uber, Lyft
WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear appeals from ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, which were asking to block California state labor lawsuits that seek back pay for...
Judge blocks California law that targeted deepfake campaign ads
With deepfake video and audio making their way into political campaigns, California enacted its toughest restrictions yet in September: a law prohibiting political ads within 120 days of an...
New laws close gap in California on deepfake child pornography
Using an AI-powered app to create fake nude pictures of people without their consent violates all sorts of norms, especially when those people are minors. It would not, however,...