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FILE – Eric Langan, president and CEO of Rick’s Cabaret International Inc., speaks during the company’s annual stockholders meeting, Aug. 27, 2004, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, file)

Company that owns Denver strip clubs accused of bribing NY tax auditor with private dances, other perks

September 17, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.

RCI Hospitality Holdings owns five strip clubs in Denver, including Diamond Cabaret, Rick鈥檚 Cabaret, PT鈥檚 Showclub, PT鈥檚 Centerfold and Scarlett抖阴ap Cabaret.

Colorado to get $8M from Google as 40 states settle location-tracking charges for $392M

November 14, 2022 at 2:16 p.m.

Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with Colorado and 39 other states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users鈥� locations, state attorneys general...

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Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

October 12, 2022 at 3:29 p.m.

The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from his false claim that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, a jury in...

FILE – Packaging for an electronic cigarette and menthol pods from Juul Labs is displayed on Feb. 25, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. In a deal announced Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states鈥� teen vaping probe

September 6, 2022 at 7:06 p.m.

Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have...

Alex Jones鈥� Infowars files for bankruptcy protection

April 18, 2022 at 12:08 p.m.

Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website's founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting...

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Mask mandates go away in schools, but parent worries persist

March 7, 2022 at 10:13 p.m.

Major school districts around the country are allowing students into classrooms without masks for the first time in nearly two years, eliminating rules that stirred up intense fights among educators,...

FILE — A parent walks away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School with her children following a shooting at the school in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, 2012. The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012, according to a court filing, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News via AP)

Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington

February 15, 2022 at 11:38 a.m.

The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill...

2nd former aide accuses New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment

February 27, 2021 at 8:04 p.m.

A second former aide has come forward with sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who responded with a statement Saturday saying he never made advances toward her...

39 states investigating Juul鈥檚 marketing of vaping products

February 25, 2020 at 10:38 a.m.

Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted youths and made misleading claims about nicotine content...

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Supreme Court allows Sandy Hook shooting victims to sue Remington Arms

November 12, 2019 at 10:15 a.m.

The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used...

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