Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it’s reached a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, California-based Live Nation Entertainment that will benefit consumers by letting competitors play a role in ticket sales and force Live Nation to sell 13 amphitheaters. Some states, though, are not joining the deal and say they’ll continue a trial in New York federal court. The case alleged there was an illegal monopoly over live events in America. The announcement angered a judge who said he was kept out of the loop. The government has said Live Nation’s monopoly costs consumers. Live Nation has maintained that artists and teams set prices and decide how tickets are sold.

Kentucky soldier in Saudi Arabia is 7th US casualty to die in Iran war

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who joined the Army straight out of high school is the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war. The Pentagon says 26-year-old Army Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington of Glendale died Sunday after being wounded during a March 1 attack on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. He was based at Fort Carson, Colorado, with a unit whose website says its mission focused on “missile warning, GPS, and long-haul satellite communications.” Officials previously announced six Army reservists were killed in Kuwait when an Iranian drone struck an operations center at a civilian port.

Anthropic sues Trump admin. seeking to undo ‘supply chain risk’ designation on AI company

(AP) — Anthropic is suing the Trump administration, asking federal courts to reverse the Pentagon’s decision designating the artificial intelligence company a “supply chain risk” over its refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its technology. Anthropic filed two separate lawsuits Monday, one in California federal court and another in the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., each challenging different aspects of the Pentagon’s actions against the company. The Pentagon last week formally designated the San Francisco tech company a supply chain risk after an unusually public dispute over how its AI chatbot Claude could be used in warfare. The lawsuits aim to undo the designation and block its enforcement.

Complaint: Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration

NEW YORK (AP) — A court complaint says two men who brought explosives to a protest outside New York City’s mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group. Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi are being held without bail. They were arraigned Monday on charges that include attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction. The complaint says Kayumi blurted out as he was being arrested Saturday that “ISIS” was the reason for his conduct. The homemade devices did not explode. They were hurled Saturday during raucous counterprotests against an anti-Islamic demonstration led by far-right activist Jake Lang.