Amazon asks Minnesota justices to extinguish $4 million battery fire suitAmazon said it operates as an online marketplace and cannot be held to the same product liability standards as retailers like Walmart and Target.Courthouse News Service14h agoWhole story →Commerce
Democrats want to change the rules for recall elections. Voters get their say with Prop. 5Following the failed 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats had the political will and momentum to call for changes to the recall process. What emerged was Proposition 5 on the November ballot, a measure to change the recall process.CalMatters20h agoWhole story →CommerceGovernment
Key Biden aide recalls "draconian measures" being considered against IsraelIn a CBS News interview, Biden-era Middle East adviser Brett McGurk recounted the administration's response to the Oct. 7 attack, its handling of the Israel-Hamas war, the role of Iran and the long-sought push to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.CBS News2d agoWhole story →CommerceSecurity
Newly discovered documents illuminate Doug Band’s relationship with Ghislaine MaxwellThe presidential search advisory committee member whose connections to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were uncovered by The Alligator in January testified before Congress June 30 about his relationship with the pair. Throughout the 125-page transcribed testimony, Doug Band, who was former President Bill Clinton’s right-hand man in the 2000s, said…The Independent Florida Alligator4d agoWhole story →CommerceGovernmentcongressional testimony
Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena refuses to resign amid 26 criminal charges, growing recall pushFacing 26 state and federal criminal charges, Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena is refusing to resign, as a citizen recall campaign pushes to throw him out of City Hall.The Boston Herald5d agoWhole story →CommerceJusticelawrence mayor recall push
Lawrence mayor refuses to resign despite state and federal chargesLawrence Mayor Brian DePeña’s announcement follows growing chatter about a potential recall election to remove him from office.Boston.com5d agoWhole story →CommerceJusticelawrence mayor scandal
