Attention Thieves 8m read Social media stole our attention. AI companions are coming for our hearts. The legal battles may be next AI companions borrow from social media’s playbook for getting us hooked. But they offer something new: the illusion of intimacy. That could open a new legal front.
Finn Gomez/Getty Images Law and Order 3m read White House wants DOJ to revive Reflecting Pool case prosecutors dropped: Reports The White House has asked the Justice Department to consider bringing a new criminal case against David Hearn.
Adam Gray/Getty Images Aug 4 2m read Judge blocks New York law banning federal officers from wearing masks
Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Jun 17 4m read Chicago suburb’s reparations for Black residents are unconstitutional, DOJ alleges
Peter Casey/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, Pool May 21 3m read Charges dropped against Virginia principal over shooting by 6-year-old student
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images May 16 3m read Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ request to reinstate redistricted maps
Joe Raedle/ Getty Images May 14 4m read Voting Rights Act’s one-two punch: Give and remove majority-minority districts
AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein May 12 11m read Trump says Iran ceasefire on ‘life support’ ahead of high-stakes Xi meeting
Craig Nigrelli, AP Photo/Vahid Salemi May 11 9m read Hantavirus ship passengers arrive for quarantine in Omaha; Trump rejects Iran deal
Minh Connors for The Washington Post via Getty Images May 11 4m read Virginia Democrats ask Supreme Court to restore redistricted maps
Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images May 9 4m read Virginia Democrats plan to appeal redistricting ruling to US Supreme Court
AP Photo/John Clark May 6 3m read FBI raids office of Virginia Democrat who led state’s redistricting campaign
Mike Kropf-Pool/Getty Images Apr 27 3m read Virginia Supreme Court to weigh map that could shift House control
IRIB via Reuters, Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images Apr 23 9m read Iran airs ship seizure video as Hormuz fight stalls talks; Judge blocks Virginia map
Heather Diehl/ Getty Images Apr 22 5m read Several states rushed into mid-decade redistricting. The payoff appears minimal.
Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images Apr 22 2m read Virginia approves redistricting plan giving Democrats control over map drawing
Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Apr 21 4m read Mass shootings and ‘riots’ put popular beachfront destination under all-ages curfew
Alex Wong/Getty Images Apr 20 3m read Virginia redistricting vote could reshape Congress – and tip House power
Zach Gibson/Getty Images Apr 16 1m read Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, self overnight amid divorce proceedings
AP Photo/Andres Kudacki Mar 26 2m read Trump’s top housing officials attempts to prosecute NY AG Letitia James again
Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Mar 13 5m read What we know about the two men who carried out attacks on March 12
Zach D Roberts via Reuters Connect Mar 13 3m read ROTC students subdued Old Dominion gunman, shooting probed as terrorism
Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Mar 12 2m read Police identify school shooter suspect as man convicted of terror charges
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Feb 11 7m read States scramble to cut SNAP error rates, or risk billions in penalties next year
