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Justice Department sues Ohio landlord over alleged sexual harassment of tenants

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Alfred Falgiani Jr., 72, of Girard, Ohio, alleging he sexually harassed and retaliated against female tenants at rental properties he owns and manages in and around Girard, in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

August 25, 2026

Dolly Parton, country music icon, dead at 80

Dolly Parton, the singer-songwriter whose six-decade career made her one of the most recognizable figures in American music, has died, according to an announcement posted Tuesday to her official Instagram account. She was 80.

August 25, 2026

Rachel Zegler models anti-ICE shirt from group backed by Ford, Open Society

Actress Rachel Zegler wore a T-shirt reading "ICE out of New York City" this week, drawing fresh attention to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, the immigrant-advocacy group behind the design.

August 25, 2026

Tetra Tech accused of faking radiation data at San Francisco shipyard, settles for $57 million

Tetra Tech EC Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tetra Tech Inc., paid $57 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it fabricated work and falsified data used by the U.S. Department of the Navy to determine whether the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in the San Francisco Bay was free from harmful radiation, the Justice Department announced.

August 25, 2026

Clarence Thomas rejects idea Black Americans must hold liberal views

CLARENCE THOMAS rejects idea that Black Americans must vote liberal: "When I came to this town, one of the greatest difficulties ... was that there were those who thought that I should think a certain way ... You confuse me with someone who's been in indentured servitude or something."

August 25, 2026

Former Philips engineer convicted of stealing trade secrets for China firm

A federal jury in Chicago convicted a former Philips Medical Systems engineer Friday of conspiring to steal the company's trade secrets and bring them to a Chinese competitor, according to the Justice Department.

August 25, 2026

U.S. government labs collaborated with Chinese military research centers, new report says

U.S. government labs, including the Energy Department and Air Force Research Laboratory, exchanged research with Chinese military institutes over the past decade. A new report shows how deep the pipeline runs.

August 25, 2026

DHS blasts Boston’s Mayor Wu as ‘unhinged’ over ICE parking fight

The Department of Homeland Security accused Boston Mayor Michelle Wu of "hunting down" private property owners this week, escalating a fight over the mayor's push to keep ICE from leasing parking space in the city.

August 25, 2026

‘National Treasure 3’ director says film can’t ignore politics

"National Treasure" director says third movie in series can't overlook politics: "We have to be very careful, but I don't feel we are allowed to ignore it. I think we have to include that idea in the story somehow without making someone feel put off."

August 25, 2026

Jelly Roast: Jelly Roll jokes about Trump’s weight, flag mishap on ‘Kimmel’

JELLY ROAST | Country singer JELLY ROLL jokes about Trump while filling in for Jimmy Kimmel: "In the last few years, I've lost 300 pounds. That means I've lost an entire Donald Trump."

August 25, 2026

Family seeks answers after Oklahoma flight attendant found dead in Hawaii

The family of Jenny Lupton, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant and mother from Moore, Oklahoma, is pressing authorities for answers after she was found dead during a work layover in Waikiki last week.

August 25, 2026

Russian stadium dispute clouds Kanye West’s planned St. Petersburg shows

A dispute has erupted over Kanye West's planned October concerts in Russia after the venue set to host them said no rental deal was ever signed, a claim the promoter disputes, insisting the shows remain on.

August 25, 2026

Target pulls kids’ Halloween costume amid blackface backlash

Target has pulled a children's Halloween costume from sale after social media users said the design evoked blackface and 19th-century minstrel imagery, and the retailer apologized for the "Kids' Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit" following the online backlash.

August 25, 2026

Maryland data center contractor, former CEO settle SEC fraud allegations for $1.8 million

AiNET Corp. and its former chief executive officer, Deepak Jain, have agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims for data center services provided under a contract with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Justice Department announced.

August 24, 2026

Gen Z is losing handwriting skills. Is this the end of clear communication?

Handwriting is slowly receding from everyday life among younger generations. At the University of Stavanger in Norway, researchers report a startling figure: after just one year of using only keyboards, 40 percent of students see a decline in how legible and fluid their handwriting is

August 24, 2026

‘Unplug and reconnect’: Why board game cafes are the new hotspot for real-world fun

The steady hum of conversation, bursts of laughter, and the click of dice. It's a familiar soundscape in board game cafes, a growing phenomenon that stands in stark contrast to the solitary scrolling seen in most modern coffee shops.

August 24, 2026

Tennessee health firm settles false claims case for $2.4 million

Monogram Health Professional Services PC and Monogram Health Inc., collectively known as Monogram Health and headquartered in Tennessee, have agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false diagnosis codes to increase payments under the Medicare Advantage program, the Justice Department announced.

August 24, 2026

Philadelphia man charged with underpaying $7M in employment taxes, DOJ says

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has returned a superseding indictment charging Jimmy Fabian of Philadelphia with engaging in a scheme to underpay more than $7 million in employment taxes owed by his staffing business and filing false tax returns for the company, the Justice Department announced

August 24, 2026

Four charged in alleged $12 million Bronx Medicaid fraud scheme, DOJ says

Federal prosecutors unsealed a nine-count indictment charging four members of a Bronx-based racketeering organization known as the "War Room" with participating in a scheme that allegedly generated fake transportation data used to support millions of dollars in fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to the Justice Department.

August 24, 2026

Trump’s new Canada tariffs will hit your wallet on hundreds of goods

New U.S. tariffs on Canada will raise prices on hockey sticks, wine, furniture and hundreds of other everyday goods. Here's what's affected and why the trade war escalated.

August 24, 2026