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Federal trial opens against Meta over children's social media addiction claims
Opening arguments began on August 18, 2026, in a federal trial in which four U.S. states accuse Meta of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children while hiding the mental health risks.
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Disney and ABC sue FCC over alleged First Amendment retaliation
Disney and its ABC network filed a lawsuit in the United States against the Federal Communications Commission on August 18, 2026, alleging the Trump administration is targeting the broadcaster because it "disapproves of what ABC…
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BBC seeks to subpoena Trump children and Kushner in defamation case
The BBC filed a motion on August 14, 2026, asking a US court to authorize subpoenas against Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner as part of its defense against President Trump's defamation lawsuit.
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Kentucky woman charged with federal crimes for vandalizing WWII Memorial
Melissa Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was arrested on the morning of August 14, 2026, and charged with two federal felonies for vandalizing the National World War Two Memorial on Washington D.C.'s National Mall.
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal court over killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione, 28, entered a guilty plea on August 14, 2026 to federal stalking charges tied to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, admitting in open court that he fired the shots that killed Thompson in…
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Press groups sue Trump over paid Truth Social access service
U.S. press organizations filed a federal lawsuit against President Trump on August 12, 2026, challenging a paid service that grants subscribers faster access to his Truth Social posts.
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Leeds man sentenced to two years for coercing 117 girls into self-harm
A UK cybercriminal who was still a juvenile at the time of his offenses was sentenced to two years in jail on Monday, August 10, 2026, after coercing 117 girls into self-harm and sexual abuse.
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New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $567 million over child harm
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million on Thursday, August 6, 2026, in what BBC News described as the largest child safety ruling ever issued against a social media company.
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Belarusian national gets 16-year sentence for Ransom Cartel ransomware scheme
A U.S. federal court sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, for founding and running the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation.
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Canadian man pleads guilty in Snowflake cloud hacking case
Connor Moucka, a 26-year-old from Ontario, Canada, entered a guilty plea on August 5, 2026, to fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy counts tied to a 2024 campaign that compromised the Snowflake cloud platform across 165 separate customer…
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Man arrested near Trump golf club charged with federal firearm offense
A man from Downey, California was arrested near Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles while carrying armor-piercing ammunition on his person and a loaded pistol in his pickup truck, the U.S.
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Downey man charged after arrest at Trump golf club with armor-piercing ammo
A man from Downey, California was arrested at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles while carrying armor-piercing ammunition and a loaded firearm, and faced a federal charge by August 4, 2026.
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More than 20 state attorneys general sue to block Trump tariffs
More than 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on August 3, 2026, seeking to block tariffs the Trump administration imposed on roughly 60 US trading partners over alleged failures to address forced labour.
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FTC sues Hims & Hers over alleged sharing of patient health data with advertisers
The Federal Trade Commission sued telehealth company Hims & Hers on July 29, 2026, accusing it of routing patients' sensitive medical information to advertising platforms while publicly claiming to protect user privacy.
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Justice Department files first case in long-dormant terrorism removal court
The Justice Department filed a case on July 30, 2026, in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, marking the first time the court has ever received a filing since its creation.
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Federal court approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement
A federal court on July 21, 2026, granted final approval to a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and a class of authors whose copyrighted works were used to train the company's AI models.
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DOJ takes down more than 1,000 illegal World Cup streaming sites
More than 1,000 domains that had been broadcasting FIFA World Cup Finals matches without authorization were seized by the U.S.
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Sinaloa Cartel co-founder sentenced to life in Brooklyn federal court
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, a co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on July 20, 2026, by a federal court in Brooklyn, New York.
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Tate brothers arrested in Miami as UK seeks extradition on rape and trafficking charges
Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami on July 19, 2026, by the US Marshals Service acting on a sealed federal warrant, The Guardian reported.
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Three Russians and two firms indicted in Ohio over $62 million cybercrime scheme
A federal indictment unsealed on July 14, 2026, charges three Russian nationals and two bulletproof hosting companies with cybercrimes that caused more than $62 million in losses across 21 U.S.