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State court oral arguments to watch in December

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State court oral arguments to watch in December

monthly, state court report Preview upcoming oral arguments in prominent or interesting state court cases.

In December, the state Supreme Court will take up a wide range of issues, including the severity of sentencing for so-called felony murder convictions, whether Mehta can be sued over his Instagram design, and pretext-based police stops.

Police stop and arrest for minor traffic violation in Massachusetts – December 3rd

Commonwealth v. AriasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The Massachusetts high court will take up several state constitutional issues arising from a traffic stop that a lower court found pretext and the defendant’s subsequent arrest for another minor traffic violation. Police pulled the defendant over and radioed him saying they were conducting a drug investigation, but later indicated the reason was a traffic violation observed the day before. They then searched him and arrested him on a misdemeanor charge of failing to respond quickly enough to a siren commanding him to stop.

The defendants, along with criminal justice and privacy groups, are asking the state Supreme Court to use this case to find that pretext stops and arrests violate the Massachusetts Constitution’s guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures. He argues that a suspension is not reasonable if the just cause given for the suspension is not the real reason. Defendants and courts argue that the “epidemic of traffic violations,” especially with electronic traffic monitoring, gives police officers de facto unconstitutional “general warrant” cover to stop drivers and increases the risk of biased enforcement and racial profiling.

The court will also consider whether the state’s search-and-seizure provisions limit police officers’ arrest powers for misdemeanor offenses such as those for which the defendants were arrested and which the statute states are not punishable by jail time. The U.S. Supreme Court has said probable cause that a “very minor criminal act” was committed in the presence of a police officer is sufficient for an arrest under the Fourth Amendment, but high courts in other states, including Minnesota, Montana, Nevada and Ohio, have interpreted the Constitution to require more reason.

See the discussion here.

Can Massachusetts sue meth for addictive design features? — December 5th

Commonwealth vs. MetaplatformMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The Massachusetts Supreme Court will discuss whether Mr. Mehta, owner of the photo-sharing app Instagram, has standing to file an interlocutory appeal against a lower court that refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state. The Massachusetts lawsuit alleges that Meta “created a public nuisance” and misled the public about the safety of the service by including “addictive design features that exploited the psychological vulnerabilities of children” on Instagram. If an appeal is determined to be appropriate, the court could also address Mehta’s argument that the First Amendment and Massachusetts Constitution’s free speech protections bar the state’s claims, among other defenses. Meta argues that acknowledging these claims would unfairly hold it accountable for its editorial choices in selecting and organizing user content and for expressing opinions on its services.

The state counters that Instagram’s design elements are not expressive speech but commercial tools that manipulate and overuse children regardless of the content they display. Common Sense Media is one of the groups that filed a brief supporting the state, and TechFreedom is one of the groups supporting Meta.

See the discussion here.

Do incarcerated people have a right to property? — December 9th

franklin vs martinezNew Mexico Supreme Court

The New Mexico Supreme Court will consider whether the state constitution’s “inherent and inalienable rights” clause, which protects citizens’ rights to acquire property, applies to incarcerated people, along with the state’s due process clause, so that incarcerated people are not deprived of acquiring certain property without meaningful process.

The lawsuit comes after an inmate tried to obtain items from an approved vendor, in accordance with state Department of Corrections policy, but was denied. In his habeas petition, he argues that the state constitution should be interpreted more expansively than federal rights because the New Mexico state constitution recognizes a specific right to “take” property, but the U.S. constitution does not. He asks the court to determine that constitutionally protected property rights are incorporated into the New Mexico Department of Corrections’ inmate property policy, order the department to complete its requests and future requests in accordance with this policy, and provide due process.

See the discussion here.

Ohio taxpayers stand to sue cities — December 9th

City of Cincinnati, former rel. Mark Miller vs. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of Ohio

The Ohio Supreme Court will consider under what circumstances taxpayers have standing to sue to stop local officials from doing what they see as an abuse of local government power. State law allows city taxpayers to file such actions on the city’s behalf if the city does not file its own suit in response to a taxpayer’s written claim. The taxpayers filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to stop construction of the affordable housing, alleging that the Cincinnati City Council illegally used its executive authority in granting the zoning variance that allowed the project. While it was undisputed that he met the plain text of the statute, the intermediate court said he was ineligible to sue as a taxpayer because he also needed to present a challenge to enforce a public right or provide a public benefit. On appeal, the Ohio Superior Court will argue whether lower courts were correct in reading these additional standing requirements into the law.

This debate ties into the larger question that states are considering about how broadly they should define taxpayer status (this principle is largely absent from federal courts). As one conservative legal group noted, Ohio’s law is “uniquely broad,” and there were plenty of models for Congress to follow if it wanted to keep pace with other states and limit taxpayer objections. But 25 members of the city’s bench argue that additional requirements are essential to prevent “constant judicial interference in government affairs.”

See the discussion here.

Michigan Felony Murder Case Under Severe Investigation with Life Sentence – December 10th

The People vs. LangstonMichigan Supreme Court

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear for a second time whether automatically sentencing adults convicted of “felony murder” to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the harshest sentence in the state, is unconstitutionally excessive. Felony murder is a legal doctrine that allows a defendant to be charged with murder for a death that occurs during the commission of another felony, even if the death was unintentional. The doctrine has been virtually non-existent in Michigan since a 1980 state high court decision made malice, generally defined as intent to commit murder or “great bodily harm,” an essential element of any current or future murder charge. But in the case of defendants like Edwin Langston, who had been convicted before that sentence, the jury did not have to find malice.

In January, the court considered whether a mandatory life sentence without parole in the absence of evidence that a defendant acted maliciously violates Michigan’s ban on “cruel or unusual” punishment and the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Subsequent questions the court asked the parties, which will now be considered in second argument, further elaborated on the issue. The decision includes whether the 1980 decision is unconstitutional in all cases decided before it requires a finding of malice, or whether it is unconstitutional only if a certain threshold amount of evidence of intentionality, to be determined by the court, was not otherwise presented. The court also seeks argument on the appropriate remedies if a mandatory life sentence is found to be ineffective.

A similar challenge to Colorado’s state constitution failed last year. The serious consideration these questions suggest, and the Michigan High Court’s recent decision that paved the way against excessive sentencing, suggests that the outcome in Michigan may be different.

See the discussion here.

Sarah Kessler is an advisor and contributing editor. state court report.

Erin Geiger-Smith is a writer and editor at the Brennan Center for Justice.

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Millions of Americans could lose SNAP if states fail to correct mistakes and pay

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Millions of Americans could lose SNAP if states fail to correct mistakes and pay

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  • New cost-sharing laws could put SNAP benefits at risk for tens of millions of Americans.
  • States will be required to fund a portion of their SNAP benefits over the next several years based on payment error rates.
  • Experts have warned that states that can’t afford the new costs could cut benefits or leave the program altogether.

Tens of millions of Americans are once again at risk of losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the Affordable Care Act goes into effect as planned in the government’s 2028 fiscal year, which begins in October 2027, experts say.

While most people are aware of the new SNAP work requirements included in the giant tax and spending package passed on July 4, experts say the dramatic change is the cost-sharing provisions.

The federal government has always fully funded SNAP benefits, but states will be required to fund a portion of their benefits starting in FY28, from October 2027 to October 2028, based on their error payment rates. The error rate measures how accurately state agencies determine participant eligibility and benefit amounts and includes both overpayments and underpayments to households.

Payments aren’t required until FY28, but error rates in FY25 and FY26 will determine how much states must contribute to SNAP. Error rates for fiscal year 2025 are not yet available, but the latest data suggests most states are likely owed hundreds of millions of dollars they don’t have.

This “will almost certainly lead some states to significantly reduce their participation in SNAP, and other states will likely end their participation in the program altogether,” said Lauren Bauer, a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit policy research group.

How will the new cost sharing work?

The higher the error rate, the higher the cost burden, except for states with error rates above 13.32%. You will also be exempt from paying a portion of your SNAP benefits for up to two years.

The prices for everyone else are as follows.

  • If it’s less than 6%, states won’t have to pay a portion of SNAP benefits.
  • If it is 6% or more but less than 8%, the state will pay 5%.
  • If it is 8% or more but less than 10%, the state will pay 10%.
  • If more than 10%, the state pays 15%

What does this mean for Americans?

The Congressional Budget Office said in August that states would react differently to the new bill.

The report said that if error rates cannot be reduced and states cannot afford to pay their share of SNAP benefits, “some states will maintain their current benefits and eligibility, while others will change benefits and eligibility or leave the program altogether.”

Twenty-three governors signed a letter to legislative leadership in June saying they may have to end the SNAP program and explaining how the policy change would harm their constituents. Approximately 42 million Americans, more than 12% of the population, receive an average of $6 per day in SNAP benefits. Approximately 40% of beneficiaries are children.

During the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown that began on October 1, many Americans found it difficult to buy food after missing just one month of benefits. Analysts said losing SNAP entirely would have dire consequences.

The fallout from SNAP could also impact non-SNAP recipients, they said.

States “may make significant cuts elsewhere in their budgets to make room for increased spending on SNAP, or they may raise taxes or revenues through other means to make room to stay in the program,” Bauer explained.

Some experts say the continued high error rate could prompt the USDA to suspend the program in the state.

“Unless a state complies with the program’s rules and pays the required contributions, the USDA could deem the state out of compliance and withhold federal funds, withhold benefits, or effectively block the issuance of SNAP benefits,” said Kent Smetters, director of Penn Wharton Budget Modeling, which analyzes major legislation.

“In other words, while USDA cannot ‘cancel SNAP’ as a legal program per se, continued noncompliance, such as not paying the 15% match when requested, could result in the cutoff of federal SNAP funds,” he said. That’s “for households like SNAP, which will feel shut down until the state fixes the problem.”

Can states reduce their error rates?

This year, the National Governors Association discussed ways to reduce the incidence of payment errors while minimizing disruption to deliveries to beneficiaries. Suggestions include identifying where errors occur, using technology like AI and automation to prevent them, and improving employee training and morale.

“Two-thirds of states could have to pay $100 million in cost-sharing penalties, leading to intense lobbying from states and territories to reduce error rates,” the report said.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average error rate in fiscal 2024 was 10.93%. South Dakota is the only state whose error rate has never exceeded 6% since 2003, Bauer said.

However, reducing error rates is not easy. States would also begin paying more to implement SNAP within their states. Starting in fiscal year 2027, or October 2026, each state’s share of administrative costs will rise from 50% to 75%, leaving states with even less money to invest in reducing error rates and paying fines.

Between the increased administrative burden and error rate penalties, SNAP costs will rise sharply in every state, according to Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality. On average, states would have to spend two to three times their budget on SNAP, with a median increase of about 202 percent.

Will anyone win?

The savings to the federal government could be huge, experts say.

Based on the latest SNAP data, Professor Smetters estimates that, for example, if Illinois were to cancel SNAP alone, it would save the federal government $5 billion to $6 billion annually in benefits, as well as a relatively small amount of federal administrative funding.

Aside from that, Bauer said the new law is a “very bad idea.” “I’m very nervous, so I want to make people more nervous,” he says, focusing on this issue. “There is growing concern that Congress may have mistakenly ended the program.”

The government could choose not to enforce the law, but Bauer said the government doesn’t seem willing to do so because it insists on stamping out fraud. He said Congress would need to pass a new law to remove the new requirements.

Medora Lee is USA TODAY’s money, markets and personal finance reporter. Please contact mjlee@usatoday.com. Subscribe to our free Daily Money newsletter for personal finance tips and business news every Monday through Friday morning.

New poverty line is $140,000, says viral blog post

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New poverty line is $140,000, says viral blog post

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A Wall Street portfolio manager made headlines with a blog post announcing the new poverty line for an American family of four at $140,000 a year.

That’s a very large number. The federal poverty level for a family of four, set by the Department of Health and Human Services, is $32,150. Median household income in 2024 was $83,730.

This provocative Substack post, published on November 23rd, was written by Michael Green, chief strategist and portfolio manager at Simplify Asset Management.

Mr. Greene may seem like an unlikely source for a populist argument about the decline of America’s middle class into poverty.

“We have been implicitly told that families making $80,000 are doing well: safely above poverty, solidly in the middle class, and probably comfortable,” Green writes.

But when you consider how much households actually spend on child care, housing, health care, and other necessities in 2025, “an $80,000 household will live in extreme poverty,” Green writes.

Is $140,000 the new poverty line? Here’s the breakdown.

Green set out to create a “basic needs” budget for a family of four with two jobs and two children based on average spending in 2024.

  • Childcare fee: $32,773
  • Housing: $23,267
  • Food: $14,717
  • Transportation fee: $14,828
  • Healthcare: $10,567
  • Other essentials: $21,857

Add in taxes of about $18,500 and your total income is nearly $140,000. Green argues that this is how much a typical family of four needs to survive.

“It’s out of touch with reality.”

Unsurprisingly, many readers objected.

“Mr. Green’s argument is thatWrong.” Noah Smith, another popular economics blogger, writes: “Not only is it slightly wrong or technically incorrect, it’s just completely off base and out of touch with reality.”

“This…is the worst analysis of poverty I’ve ever seen,” wrote Scott Winship, a senior fellow at the liberal American Enterprise Institute.

Critics argue that setting the poverty line above the median American household income is patently unreasonable.

Critics have noted data that suggests most Americans have enough food, adequate housing, transportation and health insurance.

The authors tore apart Mr. Green’s calculations.

Take child care as an example: His $30,000-plus figure assumes families are paying for center-based care, but “only one-third of people with young children actually use it,” Winship said in an interview with USA TODAY. Those with older children will use it even less.

The word “poverty” suggests living without food, health insurance, or a moving vehicle.

Green: Poverty means “clinging on by the nails”

Green concedes that a family of four earning $80,000 may not starve to death. He says it doesn’t matter.

“What we experience in the United States is rarely absolute poverty,” he said in an interview with USA TODAY. “What we’re describing is instability. That feeling of holding on tightly with your fingernails.”

He said a family of four with an income of $80,000 may not go hungry, but they will face poverty. Families may not have access to the medical care they need or may be living on cheap junk food. Parents may not have the cash for decent child care, one partner will be forced to quit their job, and household income will plummet. and so on.

His Substack posts reflect efforts by think tanks and personal finance sites to quantify how much money families need to make ends meet.

The Economic Policy Research Institute provides a household budget calculator. According to the report, a family of four in Essex County, New Jersey, needs about $123,000 a year to achieve a “modest but reasonable standard of living.” In a previous blog post, Green examined the cost of living in the New Jersey borough of Caldwell.

Josh Bivens, the left-leaning think tank’s chief economist, said Green’s poverty line exercise was “basically trying to recreate a calculator.” “But it is clear that this measure is not a measure of poverty or material deprivation. It is a measure of a modest but adequate standard of living.”

Financial journalism site Investopedia uses similar calculations to estimate the amount of emergency savings a family should have (about $35,000 on average) and the lifetime cost of achieving the American Dream (about $5 million).

“Mr. Green is not wrong in the fact that the standards for setting poverty levels are outdated and do not take into account the burst of inflation across the needs faced by households,” said Caleb Silver, editor-in-chief of Investopedia.

Is the poverty line too low?

The federal poverty standard comes from a 1964 government report that set the family threshold at $3,000 based on food prices and household budgets at the time, Winship wrote. Poverty levels are adjusted upwards for inflation.

Greene is not alone in arguing that the poverty line is too low.

“Poverty levels do not accurately describe the actual needs of most American households today, and they should be much higher,” Silver said.

Greene said the precarious situation of America’s middle class is emblematic of widening income inequality and the continued concentration of wealth in America.

As a solution, he suggests “reintroducing progressive taxation.” This means imposing higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans and corporations, while easing the burden on everyone else.

His focus on income inequality puts him in the ranks of the Economic Policy Institute and other progressive voices.

But Greene says she would have voted for Donald Trump in 2024. Trump’s signature tax and spending bill reduced the tax burden on the wealthy.

Greene says much of the vitriol in her viral blog post comes from “people with a vested interest in the status quo” who are shaken by talk of six-figure poverty lines and taxes on the wealthy.

That’s nonsense, some critics say.

“If the middle class is less stable today, it is no more so than at any time in the history of the world,” Winship said.

In her upcoming post, Greene promises solutions to poverty and proposals to save America’s middle class.

“There will always be a middle class,” he said. “North Korea has a middle class. The question is whether that middle class is thriving.”

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s hearing will be held today. How to watch

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s hearing will be held today. How to watch

Jared Isaacman is scheduled to appear at a Senate hearing today ahead of his confirmation vote to become NASA’s next administrator. Watch it live.

Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman may experience a little déjà vu on Capital Hill this week.

The billionaire space traveler, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to lead NASA, is scheduled to return to the halls of Congress to meet again with U.S. senators who were part of the committee that first questioned Isaacman in April. It came as Isaacman was trying to get the necessary congressional green light to take over the world’s largest space agency.

However, President Trump changed his mind in late May and withdrew Isaacman’s bid for NASA.

Now, following President Trump’s change of heart, Isaacman is once again the frontrunner for the role of NASA administrator. And his next step on the path to the job is to appear before a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee.

Want to know what Isaacman has to say this time? Here’s what you need to know about the hearing and how to watch the livestream.

Senate to hold hearing on Jared Isaacman’s NASA reappointment

Isaacman will face his second confirmation hearing before the same committee that voted in April to clear the way for a full Senate vote on his initial nomination to head NASA.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, will lead the hearing.

How to watch the Jared Isaacman NASA confirmation hearing

The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 3, and will be livestreamed on the Senate committee’s website and YouTube page.

Will the Senate be able to quickly vote to confirm Isaacman?

Before the confirmation hearing, the Commerce Committee has already scheduled a vote on Isaacman’s nomination and re-election.

The commission announced on Dec. 1 that it would hold a board meeting on Monday, Dec. 8 to vote on multiple candidates, including Isaacman, Reuters reported. If Isaacman passes the committee, his nomination will be considered by the full Senate.

Isaacman is poised to take over the agency, which is facing historic budget cuts as it prepares for the first manned moon exploration in more than 50 years under the Artemis program.

NASA has been without a full-time administrator since January. If confirmed, Isaacman will officially replace Bill Nelson, a former astronaut and Democratic U.S. senator from Florida, who was nominated by former President Joe Biden to be NASA administrator.

Trump again nominates Isaacman as NASA administrator

Trump, who first announced Isaacman’s candidacy for NASA in a post on Truth Social in December 2024, abruptly withdrew his nomination at the end of May. The decision comes amid a tense public feud with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a close ally of Isaacman.

President Trump then appointed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy in July, giving him the dual role of leading NASA as acting administrator.

President Trump nominated Isaacman in November, telling Truth Social that Isaacman was “the ideal person to lead NASA into a bold new era.”

Isaacman thanked Trump on social media and vowed that under Trump’s leadership, NASA will “inspire the world again.”

Who is Jared Isaacman? Billionaire has been to space twice

Isaacman, 42, famously made his fortune by dropping out of school at age 16 to start internet payment processing company Shift4 Payments.

An experienced aviator, Isaacman has been to space twice, both on private missions he helped fund, launching from the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida.

His first journey took place in 2021, when he was the commander of the first-ever mission known as Inspiration 4.

Isaacman then returned to space in September 2024 with an all-civilian crew of amateur astronauts on a mission known as Polaris Dawn, co-funded by SpaceX. During their five-day spaceflight, Isaacman and his three-member crew reached historic high altitudes on the SpaceX Dragon and also performed the first commercial spacewalk.

Contributor: Today Florida Brooke Edwards. Reuters

Eric Lagatta is a Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Please contact elagatta@gannett.com.

Georgia inmate orders Uber to flee from deputies after escaping from custody

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Georgia inmate orders Uber to flee from deputies after escaping from custody

A Georgia inmate considered “armed and dangerous” took an Uber to evade sheriff’s deputies after escaping from hospital custody, authorities said Tuesday.

According to the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, Timothy Schoen, 52, escaped from Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta while in deputy custody around 1:20 a.m. local time on Dec. 1. Shane was taken to the hospital for a “post-suicide checkup” around 8 p.m. on Nov. 30, according to the sheriff’s office.

“Shane fled the hospital on foot and stole an SUV that was parked in the area,” the sheriff’s office said in a Dec. 1 news release. “Shortly thereafter, inmate Shane was involved in an accident and fled on foot. The owner of the stolen SUV reported that a Glock handgun was stolen from the vehicle.”

In a Dec. 2 update, the sheriff’s office said further investigation revealed that Shane had requested an Uber ride to a residence in southern Rockdale County, a suburb of Atlanta. Deputies executed a search warrant at the residence but were unable to find Shane, the sheriff’s office said.

The sheriff’s office warned that Shane is still considered “armed and dangerous.” He is currently believed to be wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, navy blue pants and shoes.

“We will continue to follow up on leads as they become available,” the sheriff’s office said in an update.

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Georgia fugitive steals vehicle near Mercedes-Benz Stadium

After Shane fled the hospital, the sheriff’s office said its deputies, along with other local law enforcement, searched the “immediate vicinity of the escaped inmate.”

According to the sheriff’s office, video footage showed Shane stealing a silver Pontiac Grand Prix near Mercedes-Benz Stadium, just over a mile from a hospital in downtown Atlanta. The vehicle was last seen traveling on Route 138 in Rockdale County toward Henry County.

In a statement released just before 9 p.m. local time on Dec. 1, the sheriff’s office said the man was last seen at a Publix supermarket on Highway 155 in Henry County, south of Atlanta. At the time, the sheriff’s office said it did not know “if he stole another vehicle or if he was still in the area.”

The Sheriff’s Office said investigators were dispatched to the scene to search and recover the stolen vehicle. After investigation, a stolen vehicle was recovered at a Publix supermarket.

The sheriff’s office later confirmed that Shane requested an Uber to a residence in southern Rockdale County. It’s unclear how Shane was able to call an Uber.

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“History of Escape”

Shane was described as 5 feet 9 inches tall with unkempt hair, according to the sheriff’s office. When he ran away from the hospital, he was wearing a blue hospital gown and no shoes.

The sheriff’s office said they believe Shane is currently wearing a red hoodie, navy blue pants, and shoes.

“Shane has a history of being a fugitive on drug and weapons charges,” the sheriff’s office said. “He should be considered armed and dangerous.”

What Anthropic’s discoveries mean for companies

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What Anthropic’s discoveries mean for companies

For years, cybersecurity experts have debated when, not if, artificial intelligence will cross the threshold from advisor to autonomous attacker. That theoretical milestone has arrived.

A recent study by Anthropic into Chinese state-sponsored operations documents the first instance of an AI-orchestrated cyberattack carried out at scale with minimal human oversight (PDF), changing what businesses need to prepare for in the future threat landscape.

The campaign, attributed to a group Anthropic designates as GTG-1002, represents something security researchers have long warned about but have never seen in the wild. The idea is that human operators only monitor strategic checkpoints, while AI systems autonomously execute nearly every step of a cyber intrusion, from initial reconnaissance to data exfiltration.

This is not an incremental evolution, but a change in attack capabilities, compressing work that would take a skilled hacking team weeks into hours, and running against dozens of targets simultaneously at machine speed.

The numbers speak for themselves. Anthropic’s forensic analysis revealed that 80-90% of GTG-1002’s tactical operations were executed autonomously, with human intervention at only 4-6 key decision points per campaign.

The operation targeted approximately 30 organizations, including large technology companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturers, and government agencies, and resulted in violations of several high-value targets. During peak activity, the AI ​​system generated thousands of requests at a rate of multiple operations per second. This is a tempo that is physically impossible for a human team to maintain.

Structure of autonomous infringement

The technical architecture behind these AI-orchestrated cyberattacks reveals a sophisticated understanding of both AI capabilities and safety bypass techniques.

GTG-1002 built an autonomous attack framework around Anthropic’s coding assistance tool, Claude Code, and integrated it with a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides an interface to standard penetration testing utilities, such as network scanners, database exploitation frameworks, password crackers, and binary analysis suites.

The breakthrough was not in the development of new malware, but in its orchestration. Through carefully constructed social engineering, the attackers manipulated Claude into believing that the AI ​​was performing legitimate defensive security tests for a cybersecurity company.

They broke down complex multi-stage attacks into discrete, seemingly innocuous tasks such as vulnerability scanning, credential validation, and data extraction. Evaluating each individually appeared legitimate and prevented Claude from recognizing the broader malicious context.

Once operational, the framework showed remarkable autonomy.

In one documented breach, Claude independently discovered internal services within a target network, mapped the complete network topology across multiple IP ranges, identified high-value systems including databases and workflow orchestration platforms, and implemented custom exploits. We researched and wrote code, verified vulnerabilities via callback communication systems, collected credentials, systematically tested on discovered infrastructure, and analyzed/stolen data to categorize findings by intelligence value. All of this was done without any step-by-step human instructions.

AI maintained persistent operational context for multi-day sessions, allowing campaigns to resume seamlessly after interruptions.

It autonomously determined targets based on discovered infrastructure, adapted exploitation techniques if initial approaches failed, and generated comprehensive documentation throughout all phases, including discovered services, collected credentials, extracted data, and structured markdown files that track the progress of the complete attack.

What this means for enterprise security

The GTG-1002 campaign dismantles some of the fundamental assumptions that have shaped enterprise security strategies. Traditional defenses tailored around the limitations of a human attacker (rate limiting, behavioral anomaly detection, operational tempo baselines) face an adversary operating at machine speeds with machine durability.

The economics of cyberattacks are changing dramatically, with 80-90% of tactical work now automated and potentially reaching even less sophisticated nation-state-level capabilities.

However, AI-orchestrated cyberattacks face unique limitations that enterprise defenders should understand. Anthropic research documented frequent AI hallucinations during operations. Claude claimed to have obtained credentials that did not work, identified “key discoveries” that turned out to be publicly available information, and exaggerated discoveries that required human verification.

Reliability issues remain a critical friction point for fully autonomous operations, but as AI capabilities continue to evolve, it would be dangerously naive to assume that reliability issues will continue indefinitely.

duty of protection

The dual-use reality of advanced AI presents both challenges and opportunities. The same capabilities that enable the GTG-1002 to operate proved essential to its defense. Anthropic’s threat intelligence team relied heavily on Claude to analyze the large amount of data generated during the investigation.

Before the next wave of more sophisticated autonomous attacks arrives, it will be important to build an organization’s experience with what works in a specific environment – understanding the strengths and limitations of AI in a defensive context.

Anthropic’s disclosure signals an inflection point. As AI models advance and threat actors refine autonomous attack frameworks, the question is not whether AI-orchestrated cyberattacks will proliferate in the threat world, but whether enterprise defenses can evolve quickly enough to counter them.

There is still room for preparedness, but it is narrowing faster than many security leaders realize.

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Costco lawsuit, Tennessee election, NASCAR trial, snow, Lane Kiffin, Ukraine, Epstein: Daily Briefing

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Costco lawsuit, Tennessee election, NASCAR trial, snow, Lane Kiffin, Ukraine, Epstein: Daily Briefing

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Let’s take a quick look at Wednesday’s news.

Costco wants Trump to pay

Wholesale and retail giant Costco has sued the federal government to guarantee a “full refund” of import duties if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 28 and reviewed by USA TODAY, asks the court to find that President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs was illegal.

  • Meanwhile, inflation could spike again thanks to President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Republicans narrowly win in Tennessee

On Tuesday, veteran Republican candidate Matt Van Epps defeated Democratic state Rep. Aftin Behn in the race to replace Republican Rep. Mark Greene, who left for a private company job earlier this year.

However, it was a close call. In last year’s presidential election, Van Epps won by a single-digit margin in a district that Trump won by 22 points.

  • Should Republicans be concerned? The race suggested that Republicans might not be able to hope to win in red districts.
  • Van Epps thanks Trump. The president launched an aggressive attack in the final weeks of the campaign to prevent Democrats from flipping the district.

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Inside a NASCAR driver’s decisions

Denny Hamlin, a NASCAR driver and co-owner of 23XI Racing with Michael Jordan, returned to the witness stand on the second day of the NASCAR antitrust trial on Tuesday. Mr. Hamlin posed questions from his own attorney that go to the heart of the federal case. “Was it a difficult decision not to sign a charter contract this year?”

Is it okay to shovel snow?

With several inches of snow falling across the United States this week, many of us will be gathering up our snowplows (or blowers) to tackle the strenuous task of clearing snow. Shoveling snow may seem like a mundane chore to some, but for people who don’t exercise regularly or have heart conditions, it can be dangerous and even deadly. Here’s how to stay safe when scraping the sidewalk.

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Lane Kiffin’s former QB joins the chat

The two sides settled down in a press conference earlier this week after Lane Kiffin left Mississippi State for LSU, one of the most dramatic athletic teams in the nation, in one of the most dramatic exits in recent college football memory. But before Kiffin was introduced as LSU football’s new coach, he apparently sent a message to former QB Trinidad Chambliss.

Photo of the day: Meeting in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss possible ways to end the war in Ukraine.

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President Trump criticizes Dulles Airport as “poorly designed,” plans for overhaul

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Duffy said the department would solicit bids for “personnel movers” after a single-vehicle crash on Nov. 10 that injured 18 people.

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said at a Dec. 2 Cabinet meeting that the terminals and concourses at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., are poorly designed and plan to overhaul them.

Trump praised the device designed by Eero Saarinen. But he and Duffy said other parts of the airport need improvement.

President Trump said, “Dulles Airport is not a good airport either, so we’re going to rebuild it.” “The building is great, but the airport is terrible.”

The plan will solicit proposals from developers, architects, and engineers to build an entirely new terminal and concourse at Dulles. These structures will replace or add to the existing main terminal and satellite concourses.

Trump added: “We’re going to turn things around.” “We’re trying to make Dulles Airport, which serves Washington and Virginia and Maryland and beyond, really great. We have great plans for that.”

Complaints about Dulles center on aging facilities, a small number of gates in the main terminal, an inefficient system that involves moving half a mile of mobile lounges between the main terminal and the gates, and the smell of jet fuel in the concourse, the Department of Transportation said.

“We have a great design for Dulles,” President Trump said. “It was a poorly designed airport. We’re going to make it as good as there is in this country.”

Duffy said the first step, to be announced Dec. 2, is a request for bids to upgrade the shuttle bus, known as the “People Mover,” after a single-vehicle crash on Nov. 10. A vehicle crashed into an airport dock and 18 people were taken to hospital.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which manages the airport, had plans to update the facility, but the Department of Transportation argued it was insufficient. The mobile lounge was expected to cost $160 million and last for at least 15 years, the ministry said.

Once the administration receives proposals for the design, financing and construction of the new terminal and concourse, it will “work closely” with the Washington Metropolitan Area Airports Authority to transform the airport into a “world-class facility,” the agency said.

“Tourists, world leaders, and CEOs from around the world should not be forced to travel through inefficient airports when they visit Washington, D.C.,” Duffy said. Dulles “needs a complete makeover in order to assume its proper role as the principal international gateway to the capital of the world’s greatest nation.”

Trader Joe’s is opening three new stores this week. Check out the location.

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Trader Joe’s is opening three new stores this week. Check out the location.

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Three new Trader Joe’s stores are opening across the United States this week, with 10 more planned in the future.

Two of the three stores that opened this week were among seven new stores Trader Joe’s announced in September. The company currently operates stores in 42 states, with only Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Mississippi and West Virginia without stores.

Trader Joe’s confirmed in an email to USA TODAY that 10 other stores in eight states are scheduled to open in the future, but no opening date has been set at this time.

Here’s what you need to know about where the new store will open.

Where will Trader Joe’s open new stores?

Here are the new Trader Joe’s stores opening this week:

  • 600 Kingwood Dr., Kingwood, Texas – December 5th
  • 21 Town Center Ave., Ste 101, Melbourne, FL – December 3
  • 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, DC – December 4th

Although there is no firm opening date, new Trader Joe’s stores are expected to open in these cities soon.

  • Shelton and Hamden, Connecticut
  • Williamsville, New York
  • costa mesa california
  • columbia south carolina
  • Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • McKinney and Cypress, Texas
  • Miller Place, New York
  • new orleans louisiana

USA TODAY’s Saman Shafiq contributed to this report.

Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Contact us at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and follow us at X @fern_cerv_.

When should you stop shoveling snow? Heart experts say:

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When should you stop shoveling snow? Heart experts say:

A 2001 study found that 85% of adults over the age of 50 already experience symptoms that can lead to coronary artery disease.

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December has begun and several inches of snow blanketed the United States this week. However, while some people are enjoying their time off from school or work, others are busy cleaning their driveways, sidewalks, and balconies.

As the frigid winter approaches, more and more people gather their snow shovels (or blowers) and get to work strenuously. Shoveling snow may seem like a common chore to some, but for people who don’t exercise regularly or have heart conditions, it can be dangerous and even fatal.

“Shobbing a little snow off the sidewalk may not seem like hard work, but the strain of shoveling a heavy snowfall may be as taxing on the heart as taking a treadmill stress test, if not more so,” Dr. Barry Franklin, a former American Heart Association volunteer, said in a news release.

According to the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, from 1990 to 2006, nearly 200,000 adults were treated in emergency rooms for snow shoveling-related accidents, and more than 1,600 deaths were reported during that period.

As winter approaches, here’s what you need to know to stay fit while working in the garden.

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At what age can you start shoveling snow?

Experts haven’t pinpointed the perfect age to retire from snow shoveling, and their recommendations can vary widely.

Dr. John Osborne, the AHA’s chief medical officer, said adults 65 and older should be “more careful” shoveling snow, and people with heart disease risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol should be especially careful.

Dr. Osborne pointed to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that found cold-related mortality was approximately twice as high (65% to 35%) as heat-related cardiovascular events, especially in male patients over 65 years of age.

Meanwhile, Mr. Franklin had previously recommended an age limit for younger people. He said people over 45 should avoid the job. This recommendation is supported by a 2001 study that found that approximately 85% of adults over age 50 already experience atherosclerosis, which can lead to coronary artery disease.

How much snow did it fall? Track winter storms across the United States

Why does shoveling snow put a strain on the heart?

Franklin said in an AHA news release that there are five main stressors that are applied to the heart when shoveling snow.

  • Snow shoveling is mostly an isometric or static exercise that involves contracting the muscles without moving any of the surrounding joints.
  • Shoveling snow requires the use of your arms, which puts more strain on your heart than your legs.
  • When the body tenses up when lifting heavy loads, most people unconsciously hold their breath, which increases heart rate and blood pressure.
  • When your legs are stationary or move too often, blood pools in your lower body and prevents it from returning to your heart for oxygen.
  • Cold air can constrict blood vessels, raise blood pressure too much and constrict coronary arteries.

What are the common symptoms of a cardiac event?

According to the AHA, common symptoms of cardiac events such as heart attacks include chest pain or tightness, light-headedness, palpitations, and irregular heart rhythm.

If you experience any of these symptoms while working in your garden this winter, stop. If symptoms do not stop immediately, call 911.

How to reduce injuries when shoveling snow

Perhaps the most obvious way to avoid injury during the winter is to hire someone to do your yard work. However, if that is not possible, Franklin advised, according to an AHA news release:

  • Start gradually and go at your own pace.
  • Cover your mouth and nose and wear layers such as a hat and gloves.
  • Push or sweep the snow instead of lifting or throwing it.
  • Be careful when the wind is blowing. If there is wind, it will feel colder than the actual temperature, and the cold will have a greater effect on your body.

Franklin also recommended using a snow blower instead of a shovel. He said that using a snow blower increases your heart rate to about 120 beats per minute, but while shoveling snow your heart rate is about 170 beats per minute.

How to reduce injuries during snowstorms

Can I use a snow blower? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends the following safety tips to avoid injury.

  • If dirt or wet snow gets stuck in the machine, stop the machine completely before removing it.
  • Keep hands and feet away from moving parts.
  • Do not leave the machine running in an enclosed area.
  • Add fuel to the tank outdoors before starting the machine. Do not add gasoline to machines that are running or hot.
  • When using an electric snow blower, pay attention to the location of the power cord.

Greta Cross is USA TODAY’s national trends reporter. Story ideas? Email her at gcross@usatoday.com.

Can China compete with Nvidia’s AI GPUs?

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A chip stacking strategy has emerged as China’s innovative response to U.S. semiconductor regulations, but can this approach really close the performance gap with Nvidia’s advanced GPUs?As the U.S. government tightens export controls on cutting-edge chip manufacturing technology, Chinese researchers are proposing a bold workaround. That’s comparable to the performance of chips that can no longer be accessed by stacking older chips that can be produced domestically.

Core Concept: Build Up, Not Forward

Chip stacking strategies are based on a deceptively simple premise. In other words, if we can’t make more advanced chips, we use the chips we can to create smarter systems. Wei Shaojun, vice president of the China Semiconductor Industry Association and a professor at Tsinghua University, recently outlined to the South China Morning Post an architecture that uses three-dimensional hybrid bonding to combine 14-nanometer logic chips with 18-nanometer DRAM.

This is important because US export regulations specifically target the production of logic chips below 14nm and DRAM below 18nm. Wei’s proposal uses a process that remains accessible to Chinese manufacturers and works precisely within these technological limits.

The technical approach includes something called “software-defined near-memory computing.” Instead of moving data back and forth between processors and memory, which is the main bottleneck for AI workloads, chip stacking strategies place processors and memory in close proximity through vertical stacking.

3D hybrid bonding technology creates direct copper-to-copper connections with a pitch of less than 10 micrometers, essentially eliminating the physical distance that slows down traditional chip architectures.

Performance claims and reality checks

Wei claims this configuration could rival Nvidia’s 4nm GPUs while significantly reducing cost and power consumption. He cites performance numbers of 2 TFLOPS per watt, or 120 TFLOPS total. There’s just one problem. Nvidia’s A100 GPU, which Wei is comparing, actually delivers up to 312 TFLOPS, which is more than 2.5 times its claimed performance.

This discrepancy highlights questions regarding the feasibility of chip stacking strategies. The architectural innovation is real, but the performance gap is still large. Stacking older chips doesn’t magically erase the benefits of advanced process nodes that deliver better power efficiency, higher transistor density, and better thermal performance.

Why China is betting on this approach

The strategy logic behind the chip stacking strategy goes beyond pure performance metrics. Huawei’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, has articulated his philosophy: “Achieve cutting-edge performance by stacking and clustering chips, rather than competing on a node-by-node basis.” This represents a change in the way China approaches semiconductor challenges.

Please consider alternatives. TSMC and Samsung are pushing 3nm and 2nm processes that are still completely out of reach for Chinese manufacturers. Rather than fighting unwinnable battles for process node leadership, the chip stacking strategy proposes competing in system architecture and software optimization.

There are also issues with CUDA. Nvidia’s dominance in AI computing lies not only in its hardware, but also in its CUDA software ecosystem. Wei describes this as a “triple dependency” spanning model, architecture, and ecosystem.

Chinese chip designers pursuing traditional GPU architectures will either need to replicate CUDA’s functionality or persuade developers to abandon the mature and widely adopted platform. Chip stacking strategies provide a way around this dependency by proposing an entirely different computing paradigm.

Feasibility issues

Does the chip stacking strategy actually work? The technical foundation is solid, and 3D chip stacking is already used in high-bandwidth memory and advanced packaging solutions around the world. Innovation lies in applying these techniques to create entirely new computing architectures, rather than simply improving on existing designs.

However, several challenges stand in the way. First, thermal management becomes very difficult when stacking multiple active processing dies. The heat generated by 14nm chips is significantly higher than modern 4nm or 5nm processes, and stacking them makes the problem even worse.

Second, the yield of 3D stacking is notoriously difficult to optimize. A defect in any layer can compromise the entire stack. Third, the software ecosystem needed to effectively use such an architecture does not yet exist and will take years to mature.

The most realistic assessment is that the chip stacking strategy is an effective approach for certain workloads where memory bandwidth is more important than raw computational speed. AI inference tasks, certain data analysis operations, and specialized applications may benefit. But matching Nvidia’s performance across the full range of AI training and inference tasks remains a distant goal.

What it means for the AI ​​chip wars

The emergence of chip stacking strategy as a focus of China’s semiconductor development signals a strategic shift. Rather than trying to replicate Western chip designs at inferior process nodes, China is exploring architectural alternatives that leverage available manufacturing strengths.

It remains unclear whether the chip stacking strategy will be successful in closing the performance gap with Nvidia. What is clear is that China’s semiconductor industry is adapting to the regulations by pursuing innovation in areas less affected by export restrictions, such as system design, packaging technology, and co-optimization of software and hardware.

For the global AI industry, this means a more complex competitive landscape. Nvidia’s current dominance faces challenges from traditional competitors like AMD and Intel, as well as entirely new architectural approaches that could redefine what an “AI chip” looks like.

Chip stacking strategies, whatever their current limitations, represent exactly this kind of architectural disruption and are worth monitoring closely.

SEE ALSO: New Nvidia Blackwell chips for China could outperform H20 model

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Mega Millions winning numbers for December 2 drawing: $90 million jackpot

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The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $90 million for the Tuesday, December 2nd drawing because no one matched all the winning numbers in the Friday, November 28th drawing.

On Tuesday, someone from New Jersey matched all six numbers and won the Mega Millions jackpot, according to the Mega Millions website. This was the sixth jackpot win of the year. The winner has the option of a one-time cash payment of $41.9 million.

On November 14th, the previous winner from Georgia took home a $983 million jackpot. This year’s four other winners purchased winning tickets in Virginia, Ohio, Illinois and Arizona, totaling jackpots totaling more than $900 million.

Here are the winning numbers for the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

Mega Millions winning numbers for 12/2/25

The winning numbers for Tuesday, December 2nd drawing are: 17, 25, 26, 53, 60 and the mega ball 16.

The lottery winning numbers sponsors are: Jackpocket, USA TODAY Network’s official digital lottery delivery company.

Has anyone won at Mega Millions?

Yes, one lucky person in New Jersey has won a $90 million Mega Millions jackpot.

To view a list of past winners, go to Visit the Mega Millions website.

How to play Mega Millions

To play Mega Millions, you must purchase a ticket. This can be done at a variety of locations, including local convenience stores, gas stations, and grocery stores. In some states, you can purchase Mega Millions tickets online.

Once you have your ticket, you have to choose six numbers. Five of them are white balls numbered 1-70. The golden mega ball ranges from 1 to 24.

If you’re feeling particularly unlucky or don’t want to go through the hassle of picking, you can request a “quick pick” or “easy pick.” When you use these options, your computer randomly generates numbers.

Mega Millions tickets have built-in multipliers that increase your non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10 times. Previously, players had to pay an extra dollar to add a “Megaplier”.

Where can I buy lottery tickets?

Tickets can be purchased directly at gas stations, convenience stores, and grocery stores. Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.

You can also order tickets online Jackpocket, USA TODAY Network’s official digital lottery delivery companythe following states and territories of the United States: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Washington, DC, and West Virginia. The Jackpocket app allows you to choose your lottery games and numbers, place your order, check your tickets, and claim your winnings, all using your phone or home computer.

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Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Contact us at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and follow us at X @fern_cerv_.

‘Jurassic Park’ star BD Wong apologizes for racist remarks

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‘Jurassic Park’ star BD Wong apologizes for racist remarks

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” actor BD Wong has apologized for racist comments (now deleted) he made on social media.

The 65-year-old “Jurassic Park” alum commented on a Dec. 1 Instagram video post by influencer Mike Halston, known online as “The Real Tarzan.” The video shows the animal sitting on top of Halston, who is black, and the caption reads, “Name this animal… only wrong answers.”

Wong commented on the post, writing, “Looks like a black man,” Variety and Entertainment Weekly reported.

USA TODAY has reached out to Halston and Wong for comment.

The Tony Award-winning actor later posted an apology on the thread, saying he accepted responsibility for how racist and awful his comments were.

“Guys, I made a very bad joke. I took it down for damage control, as most people do, but it’s there and continues to hurt and disappoint. I’m truly sorry for the hurtful parts,” he wrote. “Very stupidly, I tried to follow a ‘wrong answers only’ prompt with the most incorrect answer. This was only successful in that it was very wrong.”

Wong acknowledged that “no one gets a free pass” but said the comment could hurt the respect fans had for him. He thanked those who advocate for a “safe internet for everyone.”

“Let me expend my energy on how wrong it is to exploit a vile and racist metaphor in the spirit of humor. I know better, but again, there is no excuse,” he added. “I am very sorry for the hurt I caused and for downplaying something that hurt so deeply.”

Wong is known for his roles as Special Agent George Huang in “SVU” and Dr. Henry Wu in the “Jurassic” series. He also appeared in films such as “Father of the Bride” and “Mulan,” and dramas such as “Mr. Robot” and “Gotham.”

His acting career began with a role in the 1988 Broadway production of “M. Butterfly,” for which he won awards including a Tony Award.

After the production moved from South Korea to Broadway in August last year, Deadline reported that he wrote an open letter condemning the production’s decision to cast white actor Andrew Barth Feldman in “Maybe Happy Ending.” The role was originally played by Glee actor Darren Criss, who is of Filipino descent.

“Simply put, Asian actors and the Asian theater community are in a heated battle over the casting of a non-Asian actor to replace the Asian male lead in the Broadway musical ‘Maybe Happy Endings.’ Please Google responsibly,” the letter said. “This is a real and eternal protest against race and representation, not some irrational rant against robots.”

Is McDonald’s new Grinch meal worth the hype? See reaction.

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Is McDonald’s new Grinch meal worth the hype? See reaction.

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McDonald’s Grinch meal has arrived in chat just in time for Christmas.

The limited-edition holiday dinner, inspired by the grumpy but beloved Christmas character, hits stores on Tuesday, December 2, and is already creating a buzz on social media. Meal highlights include new dill pickle “Grinch Salt” McShaker fries and Grinch-themed socks.

McShaker fries consist of classic McDonald’s fries with dill pickle seasoning, and customers can create their own tangy fries by mixing cut spuds and seasoning together in a McShaker bag.

The Grinch meal was first introduced in Canada in 2024. The meal’s success made it “a no-brainer” to bring it to the U.S., Alyssa Butikofer, chief marketing and customer experience officer for McDonald’s USA, said in a statement.

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Customers who were lucky enough to get their hands on a Grinch meal have been posting reviews on social media, most of which are overwhelmingly positive.

USA TODAY staff also sampled the Grinch’s food. Check out their reactions in the video above.

See what social media users are saying about McDonald’s new Grinch menu.

What’s in a Grinch meal?

According to McDonald’s, Grinch meals include:

  • 10 pieces of Big Mac or Chicken Mac Nuggets
  • Dill Pickle “Grinch Salt” Mac Shaker Fries
  • medium drink
  • Grinch and McDonald’s themed socks (available in red, blue, yellow, and green)

When is the Grinch meal served?

The Grinch Meal will be available at participating McDonald’s locations starting Tuesday, December 2, while supplies last.

How much does a Grinch meal cost?

Grinch meal prices vary by location.

Greta Cross is USA TODAY’s national trends reporter. Story ideas? Email her at gcross@usatoday.com.

It’s a critical moment for lawmakers to prevent soaring medical costs.

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Millions of Americans will experience significant price increases after the end of the year if bipartisan agreement to contain costs remains absent.

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WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans are bracing for higher health care costs next year, but President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress remain at an impasse on what to do about it.

Time is running out.

The White House and lawmakers are weeks away from expiring federal aid, which could leave about 5 million Americans without health insurance, according to some estimates. The subsidies, provided in the form of tax credits, are part of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

read more: The ACA health insurance tax credit could end in December. How will it affect you?

Just before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration is preparing to intervene, potentially resolving the crux of the issue before the holidays. Multiple news outlets reported that President Trump had planned to propose a two-year extension of the subsidies, but the president forced a suspension after opposition from Republicans in Congress.

President Trump said at a Dec. 2 Cabinet meeting that “something will happen” to address the issue, but also suggested that “it probably won’t be easy.”

Agreement or intermediate message?

Partisan politics is one of the major challenges in resolving conflicts. As the deadline for subsidies approaches by the end of the year, Democrats have vowed to make them, and broader health care, the cornerstone of their 2026 mid-term messaging strategy.

They hope to use public attention to rising health care costs during the recent government shutdown as a springboard to regain control of Congress next November.

“We’re going to get this done,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat who ran for president in 2020. “We’re going to get it done by putting it in some kind of bill, or we’re going to get it done by going to the midterm elections and winning.”

The Senate is expected to vote on a bill to address the issue next week, but it is unclear what specific legislation it will consider. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Dec. 2 that whatever measures are taken, the focus will be on cutting costs.

Either way, given the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for overcoming a filibuster, there is a serious challenge for the bill to garner enough support to pass. Also standing in the way of any potential compromise in the Senate is the Republican-controlled House.

read more: These people found their medical care at the center of the shutdown showdown

Although there is a bipartisan group of lawmakers pushing for an extension of health care subsidies, many House Republicans have big problems with Obamacare in general and would not support any plan that survives in the Senate.

Without a last-minute breakthrough, some lawmakers are already warning that the next Senate vote could turn into a mere partisan exercise.

“Unfortunately, that’s a real risk,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina). Tillis, who is retiring next year, is among a group of Republicans who have expressed support for extending the premium tax credit, at least in the short term, until Congress finds a larger solution to Obamacare’s problems.

“I honestly believe that if we don’t have a conclusion by Christmas, it’s not going to happen,” he said.

Senate Republicans met Dec. 2 to discuss changes to health care policy, including a new plan from Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy. The bill, authored by Cassidy, who is also a physician, would replace expiring subsidies with funds that would be deposited directly into Americans’ health savings accounts (HSAs).

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) said afterward that lawmakers had not finished their talks with an agreement.

“I don’t think there’s a clear path forward at this point,” he told reporters.

read more: By 2026, millions of people could be living without health insurance. Here’s why:

Shutdown promises can fail

The impending vote on the Senate health care bill stems from a key promise Republicans made to Democrats in November in exchange for their support to end the longest government shutdown in history.

During the funding crisis, the biggest issues centered on expiring tax credits. There have been concerns on both sides for months about how to extend the corridor, but as the closure drags on, lawmakers have been unable to find a solution. Republicans had called for further restrictions on subsidies. The Democratic Party mainly pushed for an extension without new provisions.

Bipartisan talks continued for several weeks. After more than a month, a group of Senate Democrats finally agreed to end the shutdown. In return, Republicans guaranteed a vote on health care by mid-December. Progressives accused their colleagues of caving without making any concrete concessions.

One of the architects of the closure agreement was New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Asked a week before a major health care vote if lawmakers were close to reaching a bipartisan compromise, she said, “I don’t think so.”

Zachary Schermele is a Congressional reporter for USA TODAY. You can email us at zschermele@usatoday.com. Follow him on X at @ZachSchermele and on Bluesky at @zachschermele.bsky.social..

CFP Rankings announces winners, losers include James Madison, Notre Dame

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  • Alabama’s rankings suggest it will likely earn a playoff berth regardless of the outcome of the SEC Championship.
  • James Madison enters the rankings, paving the way for the Sun Belt champions to make the playoffs.
  • The ACC faces a scenario in which five-loss Duke could be eliminated from the playoffs altogether if it wins the conference.

The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings set the stage for conference championship weekend and the last gasp of an unpredictable regular season.

All eyes will be on the SEC. No. 9 Alabama is expected to defeat No. 3 Georgia in a rematch of the Crimson Tide’s 24-21 win in Athens earlier this year.

If the University of Alabama wins and No. 4 Texas Tech wins against No. 11 Brigham Young, the current status quo could be maintained and there is a possibility of remaining in the white 12-team spot. But still, there will be a lot of discussion about excluding No. 12 Miami, even though the Hurricanes won the head-to-head matchup against No. 10 Notre Dame.

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In the Big Ten, No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana are scheduled to square off. And trouble is brewing in the ACC, with five-loss Duke looking to beat No. 17 Virginia to snatch an unexpected conference championship. That’s terrible news for the ACC, and I’ll explain why later.

The winners and losers of Tuesday night’s rankings are led by No. 25 James Madison (Alabama) and the ACC.

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The Americans’ success propelled James Madison into the rankings for the first time after being passed over as a team with playoff potential, and suddenly they have a second path to the tournament thanks to potential turmoil within the ACC. Remember, the committee is not picking the best five champions in the conference for an automatic bid, but simply the winners of the Power 4 and the best team from the Group of 5. In other words, we have a situation where two of the top five conference winners come from the American and Sun Belt Group of Five. The Dukes are the favorites to face Troy for the Sun Belt title.

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By moving up one spot and upsetting Notre Dame, the Crimson Tide can feel confident that no matter what happens in the SEC Championship, they can make the playoffs barring a lopsided and embarrassing loss. This is good news for both Alabama and the SEC, as No. 13 Texas and No. 14 Vanderbilt don’t have strong paths to the tournament. Whether Alabama deserves this shock after playing average football over the past month is another question.

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Tulane moved up four spots to No. 20 and North Texas debuted at No. 24, confirming what was already expected. That means the automatic representative from the Group of Five will be the American champion. This matchup will have huge national implications, but one of the underlying themes worth noting is the fact that both teams will be led by coaches who will be taking on new jobs. John Sumrall is leaving Tulane for Florida, while Eric Morris is leaving North Texas for Oklahoma State.

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Not only did the Rebels not drop in the standings after Lane Kiffin left for LSU, they actually moved up one spot to No. 6. This tells us that the committee still sees the Rebels as a team that can win a national championship without Kiffin. Looking at the bracket, moving up one spot would secure a home game to start the playoffs, amid concerns that the committee would fire the Rebels due to Kiffin’s absence and send them on the road for the opening game.

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In a nightmare situation, Duke could either beat Virginia and Alabama to win the SEC or play well enough to defend its at-large spot, potentially knocking the ACC out of the playoffs altogether. If this trend continues, there’s a good chance the Hurricanes won’t be able to convert late-season rebounds into at-large appearances after losing games to Louisville and SMU. This is not a far-fetched scenario. Duke has a good chance of winning a rematch with Virginia, Alabama could get a second win over the Bulldogs, and JMU could put on a show to take home the Sun Belt. Missing out on a major conference seems unlikely given the format favors this group, but the ACC has been considered the weakest of the Power Four leagues all season.

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Notre Dame should have no problem tying the road game for an at-large berth in the opener. But moving back to No. 10 means the Irish will be eliminated from the team if BYU wins the rematch with Texas Tech, leaving the Red Raiders still in the field as the overall pick. Now that the regular season is over, all Notre Dame can do is watch and hope there are no surprises.

Utah

Since peaking at No. 12 two weeks ago, Utah has dropped three spots to No. 15 and no longer has a path to the playoffs as an at-large pick. That was made official by the Utes’ run defense allowing a combined 762 yards in tighter-than-expected wins over Kansas State and Kansas. Utah State was then passed by Miami, No. 13 Texas, and No. 14 Vanderbilt.

Frontier AI Research Institute tackles enterprise implementation challenges

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Frontier AI Research Institute tackles enterprise implementation challenges

Thomson Reuters and Imperial College London have established the Frontier AI Research Lab to overcome historic implementation challenges.

Speed ​​and scale define the current AI boom. However, for enterprises, the main barriers to adoption are different. It’s about trust, accuracy, and lineage. To address these barriers, Thomson Reuters and Imperial College London have announced a five-year partnership to establish a joint Frontier AI Institute.

This initiative, which involves both business and academic leaders, appears to be built to target the disconnect between advanced computer science and the practical requirements of professional services. The lab will advance academic research in AI with a focus on safety, reliability, and the development of frontier capabilities. This provides enterprise leaders with a preview of how future systems can move beyond generated text and perform reliable work in high-stakes environments.

Improving reliability with practical frontier AI research

Current large-scale language models (LLMs) often struggle with the accuracy required in areas such as law, tax, and compliance. To combat this, the lab plans to jointly train a large base model. This is typically an opportunity limited to a handful of industrial technology giants.

Researchers will use Thomson Reuters’ rich content repository to experiment with data-centric machine learning and search enhancement generation. By building on AI models based on validated, domain-specific data, this initiative aims to positively impact the broader world and significantly improve the algorithms used to address challenges ahead of real-world deployment.

Dr. Jonathan Richard Schwartz, head of AI research at Thomson Reuters, said: “We are just beginning to understand the transformative impact this technology will have on all aspects of society.

“Our vision is a unique research space where fundamental algorithms are developed and made available to experts around the world, increasing transparency, verifiability and trust, and how these changes impact the world.”

The provenance of the data is a central theme here. As Dr. Schwartz suggests, the value lies not just in the model architecture, but in the quality of the information it processes. This partnership creates an avenue for researchers to access high-quality data across complex and knowledge-intensive areas.

Consigning the challenges of enterprise AI adoption to history

The Institute’s Frontier AI Research Challenges show where enterprise technology is headed. The facility will go beyond simple content generation to explore agent AI systems, inference, planning, and human-involved workflows.

These areas are essential for organizations looking to automate multi-step processes rather than just individual tasks. Professor Alessandra Russo, who will co-lead the lab with Dr Schwartz and Professor Felix Steffek of the University of Cambridge, believes that the purpose-built infrastructure will enable researchers to make scientific advances with practical relevance.

Professor Russo said: “With our dedicated space, focused PhD pool, and high-quality computing infrastructure and support, researchers will be able to push the boundaries of AI and make truly important scientific advances.”

“Our collaboration with Thomson Reuters provides an anchor that works in real-world use cases, ensuring that breakthroughs lead to meaningful social benefits. There is great potential to unlock creative approaches to a wide range of roles and sectors, enabling AI to strengthen societies, revitalize traditional industries, and create new roles and opportunities across the economy.”

Operations leaders should note that future AI implementations will likely require robust “reasoning” capabilities (i.e., the ability for a system to plan a course of action and validate its own output) before it can be trusted to make autonomous decisions in regulated industries.

Strengthen your infrastructure and talent pipeline to power cutting-edge AI research

Running these experiments requires significant computational power, a resource that is often scarce in purely academic environments. This partnership will address this issue by providing researchers with access to Imperial’s high-performance computing clusters. This allows us to experiment with AI at a meaningful scale and uncover challenges that need to be overcome before real-world deployment.

This setting creates a feedback loop between research and practice. The lab will host more than a dozen doctoral students who will work alongside Thomson Reuters basic research scientists. This structure accelerates the translation of research into practice and establishes a direct pipeline for talent development and real-world validation.

Professor Mary Ryan, Vice-Chancellor for Research and Business at Imperial, commented: “This collaboration gives researchers the space and support to study fundamental questions about how AI can and should work for society.

“Advances in this field depend on rigorous science, open research, and strong partnerships. These ideals are exemplified by the approach this lab takes.”

The risks associated with AI are as much legal and economic as they are technical. Recognizing this, the Lab’s steering committee includes Professor Felix Steffek, Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge;

“AI has great potential to improve access to justice,” said Professor Steffek. “However, there are significant challenges that basic research must address if legitimate AI applications are to be safe and ethically responsible.

“This lab will bring together top talent from multiple disciplines, including law, ethics, and AI, to advance the potential of legal AI and address risk.”

The scope of research extends to the broader economic impact of technology and the future of work. The lab aims to generate insights into how AI can revitalize traditional industries and create new roles across the economy.

Overall, the Frontier AI Research Lab represents a model for de-risking enterprise AI strategies and overcoming the challenges that have historically hindered adoption. By combining industrial data and computing resources with academic rigor, organizations can understand the “black box” nature of these systems, overcome challenges, and ensure successful implementation.

Activities in the laboratory begin with the formal launch and begin with the recruitment of the first PhD students. Business leaders should keep track of collaborative publications coming out of this unit. Because these findings are likely to serve as valuable benchmarks for assessing the safety and effectiveness of internal AI deployments.

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Why do some car batteries die in cold weather?

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Why do some car batteries die in cold weather?

Here’s why you need a jump start this winter.

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  • Car batteries use chemical reactions to start your vehicle.
  • The age of your battery greatly affects its voltage and ability to start your vehicle in cold temperatures.

Winter is almost here, and the temperature is dropping. What does that mean for your car battery?

Even modern cars are more prone to weather-related breakdowns during the cold season. Waking up to a dead car battery in late fall and winter is a common experience for many American drivers.

So what causes a car battery to die in cold weather, and is there a way for drivers to avoid this experience altogether?

Why do car batteries die in the cold?

The battery in a vehicle with a gas-powered internal combustion engine causes the chemical reaction that starts the vehicle. These batteries use lead acid battery technology to generate electricity.

According to AAA.com, “cold weather may slow this response.” When this chemical reaction slows down, the battery can’t generate enough electricity to power the starting process that starts your vehicle’s engine.

In addition to slowing chemical reactions, colder temperatures also put more stress on the battery, requiring more power for the startup process. The age of your car battery is an important factor in whether it can withstand cold temperatures.

What to do if your car battery dies in cold weather

If you try to start your engine and it won’t start, your car’s battery may not be able to generate enough power to begin the starting process. The only way to get it up and running is to jumpstart the battery.

Jump starting a car battery transfers electrical current from one battery to another, giving it that energy to aid in the starting process. Once your car’s battery is working again, your car’s alternator will continue to run your car unless there are other mechanical issues.

How to connect jumper cables to car battery

  • Align the vehicle that can run with the vehicle that has a dead battery and stop the engine.
  • Connect the red jumper cable to the positive (+) terminal of the dead battery.
  • Connect the red jumper cable on the other end to the positive (+) terminal of a functioning car battery.
  • Connect the black jumper cable to the negative (-) terminal of a functioning car battery.
  • Connect the last black jumper cable to an unpainted metal part of the vehicle’s engine with a dead battery.

Once both cables are properly connected, energy transfer will begin as soon as you start the engine of your vehicle with a working battery.

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Try starting the engine of a stopped vehicle. If the vehicle does not start, you may need to connect the last black jumper cable to another unpainted metal part on the running vehicle’s engine block, as described in the Kelley Blue Book.

Once your non-working car battery has been successfully restored, remove the cables in the reverse order of their original arrangement and drive the vehicle to allow the alternator to help restore the battery to optimal power.

How long does a car battery last?

According to AAA.com, car batteries typically have a lifespan of “3 to 5 years.” Heat accelerates battery deterioration, so drivers living in warmer southern regions may need to replace their car batteries every three years.

Car battery prices vary depending on brand and other factors, but most range between $75 and $200. Additionally, some auto parts retailers, such as AutoZone, offer free battery installation services with the purchase of a new battery.

If your car battery frequently dies in cold temperatures, but other mechanical components are working fine, it may be time to invest in a new battery. Automotive retailers and mechanics offer free battery testing services to check voltage.

Publix plans to open three new stores by 2026.

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Publix plans to open three new stores by 2026.

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Publix plans to open three new stores in two U.S. states by the end of the year, bringing its iconic green logo to customers in the Southeast.

According to the company’s New Store Openings page, three new stores opened by the end of December, two of which are in South Carolina. The third location will be in Florida.

As of December 2025, the chain operates more than 1,400 stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Publix was founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins in Winter Haven, Florida, and currently has more than 260,000 employees, according to its website.

Here’s what you need to know about grocery stores opening in December.

Where will Publix open stores in December?

The following three stores are scheduled to open from December 3rd to December 11th.

  • 162 Seven Farms Dr., Ste 100, Daniel Island, SC – December 3
  • 1535 Silver Bluff Rd., Aiken, SC – December 6th
  • 9964 Old Baymeadows Rd., Jacksonville, FL – December 11th

Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Contact us at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and follow us at X @fern_cerv_.

Supreme Court hears appeal of street preacher banned from public areas

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Supreme Court hears appeal of street preacher banned from public areas

Evangelists arrested for not staying in designated protest areas say their religious rights have been violated. The city claims the group’s loud insults and large signs were too disruptive.

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WASHINGTON – Thousands of concertgoers gather at the city’s amphitheater outside Jackson, Mississippi. Evangelical Christians like Gabriel Olivier also frequently visit the venue to share their faith.

But officials in Brandon, Mississippi, said the messages spread by Olivier and others in her group, including shouting insults like “whore” and “Jezebel” over a bullhorn and holding up a large sign of an aborted fetus, were too destructive.

The Supreme Court will consider on December 3 whether Olivier, who was arrested for refusing to remain within the city’s designated area for protests and demonstrations, can sue the city for restricting his free exercise of religion.

Is this case about religious freedom?

Mr. Olivier hopes to sway a conservative court that has been largely sympathetic to allegations of burdens on religious rights. He argues that the First Amendment’s religious freedom guarantees are meaningless if city regulations cannot be challenged.

City officials countered that the rule was not specific to religious activities and that Mr. Olivier was unfairly attempting to go to federal court, even though he did not contest his city ordinance violation conviction in state court.

If the Supreme Court allows Mr. Olivier’s challenge to proceed, they argue, it would pave the way for people accused of crimes to plead guilty to avoid prison time and then be allowed to reverse and sue.

“Olivier wants this case to be about religious freedom,” the city’s attorney said in a written filing. “it’s not.”

Street preacher denied designated protest area

But there is no dispute as to what led to this challenge.

Mr. Olivier’s group preferred to preach at major intersections in the amphitheater, but city officials said it made it difficult for traffic officers to hear radio traffic. Concert-goers walked through the streets to avoid proselytizing and police had to leave their posts to prevent fights from breaking out, city officials said.

In 2021, Olivier and other members of his group ventured out to the amphitheater for a country music concert night after the city of Brandon approved new restrictions on where demonstrations could be held.

Olivier, who was given a copy of the rules, confirmed the designated protest area, but refused.

“He quickly surmised that what he wanted to do was completely unachievable because it would have cut off his message from his intended audience,” Nathan Kellam, a lawyer at First Liberty Institute who is representing Olivier, said during a virtual discussion of the case hosted by the Federalist Society. “And that seemed to be the whole idea behind this law in the first place.”

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Olivier is arrested because he refuses to follow the rules.

He was fined $304, sentenced to 10 days in jail and suspended for one year.

Rather than contest his conviction, Olivier sued the city using federal civil rights law, alleging that his constitutional rights were violated.

Lower courts ruled against street preachers

A federal district judge dismissed the lawsuit. The ruling was upheld by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which cited a 1994 Supreme Court ruling that says convicted criminals seeking damages after an unconstitutional conviction must exhaust state court remedies before filing a federal lawsuit.

Olivier insists his situation is different because he just wants to drop his claim for damages and prevent city rules from being used to restrict his actions in the future.

The Justice Department is conducting a review on his behalf, as are several religious groups, including the Hare Krishna movement.

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness said groups like theirs that “have to propagate or practice religious beliefs in public” would most likely have to challenge restrictions similar to Brandon’s, but faced a no-win situation because they would most likely already have been charged with violating the restrictions.

Another member of Olivier’s group, who was not arrested, also challenged Brandon’s rules in a separate lawsuit.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last year rejected an attempt to block the rule, saying it was not intended for religious speech but was limited to protecting public safety and regulating traffic.

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