Tesla Sued After Woman Killed by Car Crashing Into Her House June 24, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg Tesla Inc. was sued by the family of a 76-year-old woman who was killed after a Model 3 sedan allegedly...
Capital Factory CEO Killed in Private-Jet Crash in Texas June 18, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg and Kara Carlson Joshua Baer, the founder and chief executive officer of the venture capital firm Capital Factory, died Tuesday in a plane...
Florida Sues OpenAI, Sam Altman Over Chatbot Safety Concerns June 2, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg The state of Florida sued OpenAI and Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, accusing the artificial intelligence company of ignoring safety...
Snap, YouTube, TikTok Settle School Suit Targeting Social Media May 18, 2026 By Alexandra S. Levine and Madlin Mekelburg Snap Inc., Google’s YouTube and ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims...
Google Gemini Accused of Coaching Florida Man to Suicide March 4, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg, Rachel Metz and Carmen Arroyo Google is facing a lawsuit from the family of a 36-year-old Florida man who allegedly considered carrying out a “mass...
Vanguard Settles Collusion Suit for $29.5 Million February 27, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg and Julie Fine Texas said Vanguard Group Inc. agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a...
Social Networks Face Big Tobacco Moment Over Addiction Claims February 9, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg and Maia Spoto Facebook, Google and other tech giants for more than a decade have rejected allegations that they build products deliberately to...
Trapped Tesla Driver’s 911 Call: ‘It’s on Fire. Help Please’ February 5, 2026 By Dana Hull and Madlin Mekelburg Samuel Tremblett pleaded with a 911 operator to be rescued from his burning Tesla Inc. Model Y SUV after a...
Texas Sues Utility Company Xcel Over ‘Blatant Negligence’ in Fatal Wildfire December 17, 2025 By Josh Saul and Madlin Mekelburg Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Xcel Energy Inc., accusing the utility company of “blatant negligence” over its role in...
Suit Against OpenAI and Microsoft Blames ChatGPT for Murder-Suicide December 12, 2025 By Rachel Metz and Madlin Mekelburg OpenAI and its investor Microsoft Corp. were sued over a Connecticut murder-suicide in the latest case to blame the popular...