A Norfolk Southern train transporting the toxic chemical, vinyl chloride, unexpectedly derailed three years ago, after a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire. The derailment forced 38 train cars off track, 11 of which were carrying hazardous material.
The French offices of Elon Musk’s X were raided Tuesday amid an investigation into the social platform, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. The prosecutor’s office said in a post on X that its cybercrime unit had executed a search warrant at the company’s offices as part of a probe launched last January. It also announced that it was leaving the platform. Musk’s spacecraft and satellite communications company SpaceX has acquired his AI company xAI, the tech billionaire said Monday. Read More: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5720244-elon-musks-x-offices-raided-in-paris/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5719377-musk-spacex-ai-merger/
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s latest bid to limit lawmakers from conducting unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities, ruling it likely runs afoul of oversight measures Congress implemented. It’s the second time U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb has sided with the group of Democratic lawmakers suing. Read More: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5718981-trump-administration-lawmakers-detention-visits/
The forum, sponsored by two Democrats, is intended to focus on what they call “violent tactics and disproportionate use of force by the Department of Homeland Security.”
In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards.
Peter Mandelson, a prominent British political figure, faces allegations of “misconduct in public office offenses” over his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.
The company’s rapid e-commerce growth and push into automation and artificial intelligence propelled its stock into the trillion-dollar club.
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