Months after the Equifax data breach, consumers are taking the Atlanta-based company to small claims court — and winning. A librarian from Vermont took the credit-reporting agency to court shortly after the massive hack was disclosed. Jessamyn West, 49, filed suit in small claims court, arguing that the ordeal she went through from the recent death of her mother that July was only compounded by having to sort through her finances along with the prospect of having her other family members’ data exposed, according to an account from cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs.

A Pakistani law student has emerged as a women’s rights crusader after she was stabbed 23 times in a busy street only to see her alleged attacker walk free, igniting outrage across the deeply patriarchal country. Khadija Siddiqui, 23, survived the frenzied attack in broad daylight outside her sister’s school on a busy thoroughfare in the teeming eastern city of Lahore, Pakistan’s cultural capital, in May 2016.

In the days following revelations last September that big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax had been hacked and relieved of personal data on nearly 150 million people, many Americans no doubt felt resigned and powerless to control their information. But not Jessamyn West. The 49-year-old librarian from a tiny town in Vermont took Equifax to court. And now she’s celebrating a small but symbolic victory after a small claims court awarded her $600 in damages stemming from the 2017 breach.

In what could be one of the most consequential antitrust decisions in recent memory, a judge has ruled that AT&T and Time Warner can merge, despite a lawsuit from the Justice Department arguing that the deal would be anti-competitive. While the Justice Department could still appeal, the decision clears the way for a new telecom behemoth, combining AT&T’s paid-TV subscribers with Time Warner’s content, which includes HBO, CNN, and Warner Bros.

The ruling will disproportionately disenfranchise low-income and minority voters.

As Italy’s new government prepares to challenge the European Union, Poland has a timely lesson for how quickly a particular brand of politics can change a country.

A Georgia police officer has been fired after using his car to hit a fleeing suspect. Athens-Clarke County police department has released bodycam footage that shows Taylor Saulters pursuing Timmy Patmon, culminating in the officer using his patrol car to bring Patmon to a stop

One Stanford professor's relentless pursuit of justice in the Brock Turner case.

The Haditha massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of the Iraq War. This is the true story of why none of the perpetrators were brought to justice. By Adam Linehan.

A new ruling that has serious implications for those who participated in the CIA torture program. By Katherine Cheasty Kornman,

If a government employee suspects you might be carrying drugs, be prepared to engage in a nonconsensual, highly-intimate relationship with the feds and their helpers. A New Mexico resident suspected of carrying drugs was subjected to multiple anal...

Republican Rep. Diane Black of Tennessee recently cited pornography, along with the deterioration of the family and violent movies, as a contributing factor to gun violence in schools. Black made the remarks during a listening session with local pastors last week, according to audio obtained by HuffPost and posted Tuesday.

Yelp reviewers, beware. A Manhattan woman who gave one-star reviews on Yelp and ZocDoc to a Kips Bay gynecologist has spent nearly $20,000 defending herself against a defamation suit filed by the physician, according to her and court papers. And the litigation has only just started.

A case about a stolen motorcycle has major ramifications for Americans’ right to live free from police intrusions.

The rules are changing, and participation is important

ePrivacy has the potential to have a bigger impact than GDPR because it places controls on the metadata that companies collect.

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was charged today (May 25) with rape and several counts of sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. Because Weinstein could shell out $1 million for bail, he was allowed to walk free before his trial. It’s a privilege not afforded to tens of thousands of people who are unable to pay even a few hundred dollars to escape jail time while they wait to be tried for crimes far less severe.

Orlando Police Chief John Mina held a press conference to explain the city’s facial recognition pilot, after ACLU documents revealed new details of the collaboration with Amazon’s Rekognition system.

Mississippi's Mike Moore says prescription drug companies are responsible for the nation's opioid addiction crisis.

Far from the top-secret, covert intelligence asset the FBI has depicted him as, Stefan Halper is a long-time, well-known CIA operative with ties to the Bush family and a shady past. By Glenn Greenwald.