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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.
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Two Scattered Spider members jailed for London transit cyberattack
Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, described as leading members of the Scattered Spider hacking collective, were each sentenced to five years and six months in prison on July 16, 2026, after pleading guilty to a cyberattack on Transport for…
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Two Illinois prison workers plead guilty to civil rights conspiracy
A correctional officer and a lieutenant from Lawrence Correctional Center each entered guilty pleas in federal court on July 15, 2026, admitting they conspired to violate the civil rights of an inmate who was restrained at the time, the…
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Wheeling man gets 5-year sentence as final defendant in Ohio Valley drug case
A 32-year-old Wheeling, West Virginia man was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison on July 10, 2026, closing out a drug trafficking prosecution that stretched from Cleveland, Ohio into the Ohio Valley, the U.S.
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Texas man sentenced to 57 months for ATM robberies in Utah and Ohio
A Texas man received a 57-month federal prison sentence in Salt Lake City on July 9, 2026, for ATM robbery offenses spanning two states, the U.S.
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Oklahoma man gets 13-month federal sentence for felon-in-possession charge
A Longtown, Oklahoma man was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison on July 9, 2026, after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, the U.S.
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Honduran national in Princeton indicted on federal child kidnapping charges
A Honduran national living in Princeton without legal status was indicted on federal charges tied to the kidnapping of a child, U.S.
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Muskogee man pleads guilty to sex offender registration failure
A 38-year-old Muskogee, Oklahoma man admitted in federal court on July 9, 2026, that he failed to register as a sex offender, according to the U.S.