The Latest Breaking News from Delaware

Catholic church paid Maryland lobbyists more than $200K to help limit, prevent abuse lawsuits

BALTIMORE — For years, the three Roman Catholic dioceses operating parishes in Maryland have successfully lobbied lawmakers to keep sexual abuse survivors from filing lawsuits against the church, a review of lobbying records shows.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

Groundhog steals gardener's crops and eats them in front of his security camera

Gardener Jeff Permar, from Delaware, America, has shared how he struck up an unlikely friendship with the groundhog stealing his crops - and how the animal's cheeky antics inspired him to set up a YouTube channel

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Arbitrator will referee Dr. J's suit against brand developer

A Delaware judge has halted a lawsuit filed by basketball legend Julius Erving against a brand-development and marketing company

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

Musk’s Twitter fix-it team fades out as billionaire says transition is almost done

Elon Musk told a court in Delaware on Wednesday that his reorganization of Twitter Inc. is almost done, and he’ll spend less time on the company by the end of next week. The team of lieutenants he assembled to help with the transition is already inching toward the door.

Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022

Musk testifies he will ‘reduce’ time at Twitter and eventually hand over reins

The Tesla CEO was in a Delaware court to defend a 2018 $56bn pay package that helped him become world’s richest man

The Guardian - US · Nov 16, 2022

How Elon Musk scored a $55 billion pay package that’s now under fire

The largest executive-pay package in US corporate history was born in a text message from Elon Musk.

The Times of India · Nov 14, 2022

If Parody Seems to Imply That the Parodied Person Is Responsible for Racist Actions, Can That Be Libelous?

From Corso Ventures, LLC v. Paye, decided Sept. 7, 2021 by Judge Karen Held Phipps (Ohio Ct. Com. Pl. Franklin County), but just posted several days ago on Westlaw; it's now on appeal. {In January of 2020, Defendant Jordan saw a story on the local news that the Short North…

Reason · Nov 9, 2022

Rochester, Murphy face off again in Delaware House contest

The only federal race on Delaware’s ballot this year is a rematch between incumbent Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester and Republican Lee Murphy for the state’s lone U.S. House seat

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

Woman scoops $300,000 lottery prize on way home from collecting a $100,000 win

The 70-year-old woman went to claim her prize $100,000 (£88,000) prize in Newark, Delaware on October 20 when she was told she had won another mega prize in Newark, Delaware, US

Daily Mirror · Nov 3, 2022

Rare Pikachu, Kobe's sneakers — a hidden vault guards it all

The nondescript building in Delaware would probably not garner much attention if it weren’t for the razor wire and armed guards outside that hint at something important inside, possibly even valuable

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022