Ex-Google exec said goal was to ‘crush’ competition, trial evidence shows

By Jody Godoy ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) – A Google executive told colleagues the goal for the company’s then-nascent online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rival advertising networks, according to evidence prosecutors presented at the tech titan’s antitrust trial on Wednesday. The statements underscored the U.S. Department of Justice’s claim that Google has sought…

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US judge blocks some North Carolina restrictions on abortion pill

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge has struck down parts of a North Carolina law restricting patients’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has become the subject of legal battles nationwide. Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles on Tuesday struck down the state’s requirements that mifepristone be prescribed only by doctors and only…

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