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Claudine Gay speaks during commencement ceremonies at Harvard University in May. Gay resigned as Harvard's president Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations.

Claudine Gay's resignation highlights the trouble with regulating academic writing

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism allegations. Experts say improved technology could bring to light more alleged transgressions in past works by other academic leaders.

South Korea's president calls handbag scandal 'political maneuvering' by his critics

In a television interview, President Yoon Suk Yeol acknowledged it being "regretful" that his wife didn't reject being given a Christian Dior handbag as a gift.

California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on June 27, 2022. Wicks authored a bill this session that would require Big Tech companies such as Google and Meta to share advertising revenue with media outlets for using their news content. The bill cleared another hurdle Tuesday, May 2, 2023, after receiving bipartisan support from the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

California bill advances, requiring Big Tech to pay for news

The bill would require tech companies to share advertising revenue drawn from reported content with those news outlets.

The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, April 21, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court unanimously sides with Twitter in ISIS attack case

The case was brought by plaintiffs who said the social media company aided and abetted terrorism. Based on its opinion, the Supreme Court sent a related case involving Google back to the lower courts.

U.S. sues Amazon in a monopoly case that could be existential for the retail giant

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states accuse Amazon of suffocating rivals and raising costs for both sellers and shoppers.

Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger

The ruling could ease the legal troubles for the Samsung heir less than two years after he was pardoned of bribing a former president in a scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government.

County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer speaks to the media in front of the County administration building, Nov. 6, 2023.

Crisis pregnancy centers could face legal action in San Diego County

Crisis pregnancy centers have become a new focus in the debate over abortion. Now, a San Diego County supervisor is proposing a local action.

Anne Hamilton captures the moment outside a pop-up vaccine clinic in a park in Los Angeles, with two of her children, 11-year-old Katie and 4-year-old Jimmy. Hamilton spent 16 days searching for a vaccine for Jimmy, who needed the formulation for children under 5. She eventually found the shot at this temporary clinic run by the L.A. County Dept. of Public Health.

As winter nears, some parents are still searching for the new pediatric COVID shot

In LA and elsewhere, some parents are having trouble finding the new pediatric COVID shot, especially for those under 5. Not all pediatricians or pharmacies have it, even if vaccines.gov says they do.

Members of Safe Street Rebel place a cone on a self-driving Cruise car in San Francisco.

Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars

Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.

As North Korea launches missiles and artillery, this island's residents are terrified

Residents of a South Korean island attacked by North Korea in 2010 fear it could become a flashpoint again. They hid in air raid shelters in early January after North Korea conducted artillery drills.

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