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‘I felt like luggage’: American Airlines fined $50 million for violating disabled passengers’ rights

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The federal government is slapping American Airlines with a $50 million fine after a multi-agency investigation uncovered repeat violations of the rules designed to protect airline passengers who use wheelchairs. The investigation by the Department of Transportation aided by the Justice Department’s civil rights division found that American made

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Rupert Murdoch’s news outlets sue Perplexity AI for allegedly engaging in ‘massive freeriding’

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post sued Perplexity on Monday, accusing the generative AI company of illegally scraping its reporting and diverting traffic to its own platforms. The News Corp-owned companies accused Perplexity of training its so-called answer machine using copyrighted material, using scraped content

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Top DeSantis attorneys penned letters threatening to prosecute local TV stations over abortion ad, affidavit says

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Top attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis penned the cease-and-desist letters sent by Florida’s health department threatening to criminally prosecute local TV stations over their airing of an abortion rights ad, the department’s former general counsel said in court documents. In an affidavit filed on Monday, John Wilson, the former general counsel for Florida’s Department of Health,

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Former President Donald Trump serves food at a McDonalds restaurant in Pennsylvania.

McDonald’s didn’t give Trump permission to serve fries. It didn’t need to

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s has been thrust into the 2024 election, gaining particular attention over the weekend when former President Donald Trump served fries at a Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, location. But McDonald’s had nothing to do with Trump’s visit. The company operates on a franchise model, which means the vast majority of its

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