(Subscription required) The settlement, announced one week into a federal trial underway in Oakland, California, resolves claims by 51 states and territories that the social media giant designed addictive features, knew it exposed young users to mental harms and intentionally misled the public about the risk of its platforms.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel signaled Tuesday that it will strike down a California law requiring nonuniformed federal law enforcement officers to display identification showing their agency and badge number.

Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated three Black women — Justice Rashida Adams and Judges Denise Hippach and Juliet Macaulay — to serve on the California Courts of Appeal. Justices Adams, Hippach and Juliet Macaulay are among eight appellate court nominees recently announced by Newsom. The governor also appointed nine Superior Court judges across five counties.

Two lawsuits before the California Supreme Court challenge Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of 1,000 boxes of November 2025 ballots, in a special election for a measure redrawing congressional districts that passed in his county by about 80,000 votes.