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• Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime

  September 25, 2025 2:56 PM

  SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so. The Seattle company will pay $1 billion... more »

• Paxton drops appeal: Texas to pay $6.6 million to whistleblowers

  July 4, 2025 12:11 PM

  " Paxton drops appeal: Texas to pay $6.6 million to whistleblowers " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief , The Texas... more »

• Supreme Court tosses Mexico's $10B lawsuit claiming US gunmakers have fueled cartel violence

  June 5, 2025 9:30 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against top firearm manufacturers in the U.S. that claimed the companies' business practices were helping fuel cartel violence plaguing the country. In a victory for the firearm industry, the unanimous ruling tossed out... more »

• Special Report: Justice… Finance and Frustration Play Video

  October 3, 2019 9:21 PM

  WESLACO – She survived an accidental school bus dragging seven years ago. Justice was served after the family settled a lawsuit with the school district, but frustration continues years later. In Sept. 2012, then, 5-year-old Alicia Moreno was getting her school bus when her backpack got caught in... more »

• Local Couple Hopeful to Receive Settlement from 2016 Legal Battle Play Video

  February 27, 2019 6:20 PM

  WESLACO – The victims of an incident claim they are still waiting for their settlement check after they won their legal battle years ago. Juan Cardenas says he was involved in a vehicle incident in 2013 that left his hand severely injured. The legal battle was won in... more »

• Separated Guatemalan Boy Still in Federal Custody Play Video

  February 14, 2019 9:18 PM

  RAYMONDVILLE – A boy was separated from his father nine months after crossing into the country illegally, the Guatemalan family remains separated; the boy is staying at a shelter in the Valley. This week, a lawsuit was filed requesting the child be released from the government's custody, but a... more »