Snap sued over rape of minor who connected to adult attacker on Snapchat

The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 years old by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court.

Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against Roundup weedkiller

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court sided with the maker of Roundup weedkiller Thursday in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people the product could cause cancer.

JPMorgan Chase promotes Petno, Rohrbaugh to copresidents, setting up successors for Dimon

NEW YORK (AP) – JPMorgan Chase promoted investment bankers Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh to copresidents of the bank, elevating two additional potential contenders to succeed Jamie Dimon whenever the longtime CEO step downs from running the nation’s largest bank.

Editorials from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and others

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

Luxury consumers seen nudging sector back to growth despite global tensions

MILAN (AP) – Luxury consumers are cautiously resuming purchases of apparel, handbags and cosmetics despite continued geopolitical uncertainty, fueling a likely return to modest growth in the sector this year, the Bain & Company consultancy said Thursday.

Oil tankers use new route through Strait of Hormuz despite Iranian threats

Oil tankers use new route through Strait of Hormuz despite Iranian threats

Vermont to ban paraquat, a weed killer linked to Parkinson's disease

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – Vermont has become the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, one of the most commonly used herbicides, with lawmakers citing a possible link between the weed killer and Parkinson’s disease.

Americans are inundated with suspected scams. Few victims report them

WASHINGTON (AP) – Most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis – and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams, according to a new AP-NORC survey.

TotalEnergies given 6 months to tighten its climate policies

PARIS (AP) – A court in Paris ruled on Thursday that energy company TotalEnergies must account for its consumers’ greenhouse gas emissions, giving the French firm six months to report the environmental risks caused by the consumption of its gas and oil products.