The Aegis

2 days ago | baltimoresun.com | Matt O’Brien |Barbara Ortutay

By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAYA federal judge on Wednesday sided with Facebook parent Meta Platforms in dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the company of stealing their works to train its artificial intelligence technology. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabri was the second in a week from San Francisco’s federal court to dismiss major copyright claims from book authors against the rapidly developing AI industry.

2 days ago | baltimoresun.com | Megan Janetsky

By MEGAN JANETSKYMEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department slapped sanctions Wednesday on three Mexico-based financial institutions it said were used to launder millions of dollars for cartels, in a move officials say would block certain money transfers between the sanctioned banks and U.S. banks.

2 days ago | baltimoresun.com | Ben T.N. Mause

Fed’s Powell repeats warning about tariffs as some GOP senators accuse him of bias

2 days ago | baltimoresun.com | Carson Swick

A look at how Trump’s big bill could change the US immigration system

2 days ago | baltimoresun.com | Jessica Damiano

By JESSICA DAMIANOFor about two weeks every spring, my letter carrier, delivery drivers and just about everyone else who walks into my yard comments on the deliciously strong scent emanating from the two lilac shrubs flanking the front gate. Most days, the breeze carries the fragrance all the way to the front door or even indoors if the windows are open. Not many flowers have that power. Some never did.