A California court partially dismissed a Twitter lawsuit over U.S. government's surveillance requests. The judge also denied Twitter's First Amendment violation argument, but gave it time to amend the complaint.
Kirsty Powell is suing the city and the Long Beach police department after a male officer forcibly stripped off her hijab from her. Powell claims she has become distressed and suffered humiliation as she was seen by other male officers and inmate without her headscarf.
Uber is facing another set of class-action lawsuits from Florida and Illinois. Two more drivers have taken their complaints over their employment to the court.
California lawmakers voted down a resolution calling for the declaration of May 29 as John Wayne Day after opponents criticized the legendary actor of racism. The resolution was introduced by Republican State Assemblyman Matthew Harper of Huntington Beach.
