• Texas AG Ken Paxton sued Google in 2022 over claims that the company violated data privacy laws.
• The company agreed to pay Texas about $1.4 billion to settle two lawsuits, Paxton said.
• Google just lost a major antitrust case that could significantly change the shape of its business.

Google has agreed to settle a case as it deals with a government effort to break up its business.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement on Friday that the search engine giant agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to settle two lawsuits accusing Google of violating data privacy and security laws.

"In 2022, Attorney General Paxton sued Google for unlawfully tracking and collecting users' private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data," the statement said. "After years of aggressive litigation, Attorney General Paxton agreed to settle Texas's data-privacy claims against Google for an amount that far surpasses any other state's claims for similar violations."

The settlement does not mean Google has admitted to any fault. A Google spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In 2024, Meta settled a similar lawsuit filed by Paxton that accused the company of illegally collecting people's personal biometric data. Meta agreed to pay the state $1.4 billion.

For Google's parent company, Alphabet, the settlement is just one of many legal headaches the tech giant has had to deal with over the past few years.

Last August, Google lost a landmark antitrust case that determined it had a monopoly on the search engine business. The company is now in the middle of a court battle with the Department of Justice to figure out what to do in light of the ruling. The DOJ wants the company to divest its Chrome web browser.

During the process of figuring out the legal remedies, an Apple executive testified on Wednesday that search volume on Apple's Safari browser, which has Google Search as the default engine, fell for the first time in more than 20 years due in part to AI, causing Alphabet's stock to plunge more than 8% on Wednesday.

Google said in response that the company continues to "enhance Search with new features" as overall search queries have grown.

In a separate antitrust case, a federal judge for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that Google has an illegal monopoly on advertising technology.

The company said that it plans to appeal the ruling.

Baraka said after being released from custody Friday night that he "didn't do anything wrong."

• Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope.
• Leo XIV's management style is one of caution, active listening, and leading by example.
• Leo XIV has been critical of JD Vance and President Trump's policies, especially on immigration.

American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was introduced to the world on Thursday from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church — and the first ever pope from America.

Before becoming pope, Prevost was chosen in 2023 by Pope Francis to be in charge of selecting bishops. In August 2024, he said during a talk at St. Jude Parish in Chicago that Francis chose him for "a different perspective."

With 133 voting cardinals, the 69-year-old polyglot and naturalized Peruvian citizen was elected by the Conclave to succeed Pope Francis, who died in April.

Two cardinals who spoke to the Washington Post noted that he was seen as a skilled manager.

From looking through past interviews, it's evident that Pope Leo XIV's management style could reshape the Catholic church — and provide us with tips on leadership.

'Listen to his neighbors'

Pope Leo XIV has placed emphasis on the idea of synodality promoted by Pope Francis — a concept that emphasizes the importance of everyone working together in communion to make decisions about the life and mission of the Church.

In an interview with Vatican Media in 2023, Leo XIV said that a bishop should possess the "ability to listen to his neighbor and seek advice," in addition to having a "much broader vision of the Church and reality and experience the universality of the Church."

"A fundamental element of the portrait of a bishop is being a pastor, capable of being close to the members of the community, starting with the priests for whom the bishop is father and brother," said Leo XIV. "To live this closeness to all, without excluding anyone."

Promoting inclusivity

Leo XIV praised Pope Francis' 2022 decision to name three women as full members of the dicastery — a department or office of the central administrative office of the Catholic Church, also known as official congregations — which gives them a voice on the selection of bishops.

In a March 2024 interview with Catholic News Service, Leo XIV said that the inclusion of women "contributes significantly to the process of discernment in looking for who we hope are the best candidates to serve the church in episcopal ministry."

Under Pope Francis, women of faith have joined priests as voting representatives for religious orders for the very first time, and when appointing 70 non-bishop members of the synod in 2023, Francis had also asked that half of them be women.

Leading by example

Leo XIV commended Pope Francis in a March 2024 interview with Catholic News Service for being "a pastor who preaches by gesture" in his "effective and important" pushback against attitudes of clericalism among bishops.

Clericalism is the belief that church leaders are morally better and more talented than regular people, and that their authority should be the main focus.

"It's important to find men who are truly interested in serving, in preaching the Gospel," said Leo XIV in the 2024 interview with Catholic News Service, "Not just with eloquent words, but rather with the example and witness they give."

"And we must not hide behind an idea of authority that no longer makes sense today. The authority we have is to serve, to accompany priests, to be pastors and teachers," Leo XIV added in a 2023 interview with Vatican News.

Non-partisanship

While Leo XIV has been critical of policies, he has cautioned against partisanship and anchors most of his criticism in Catholic social teaching — the church's guide on how to approach social, economic, and ecological issues.

In mid-April, the then-cardinal shared a post in what appears to be his X account criticizing Trump and El Salvador's president for mocking the deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The post linked to a Catholic Standard article in which Bishop Evelio Menjivar asked Catholics, "Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?"

In February, he also shared articles on X that are critical of Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert, including one from the National Catholic Reporter. He echoed the headline in his post: "JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others."

The article challenged Vance's assertion in a Fox News interview that it is a "Christian concept" to prioritize loving those closest to them over people from other nations, in reference to the treatment of immigrants.

In 2017, the day after the Las Vegas music festival mass shooting on October 1, when Leo XIV was the Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, the account also shared a post from a Democratic senator, criticizing Republicans for not speaking up about gun violence, and that their "cowardice to act cannot be whitewashed by thoughts and prayers."

Voting records show that he voted in three Republican primaries in the state of Illinois in Will County between 2012 and 2016. Illinois voters do not register by party, so voting in Republican primaries doesn't necessarily indicate a person's party affiliation.

Leo XIV has never endorsed a party or a candidate and urged unity over partisanship.

"We must be able to listen to one another," said Leo XIV in a 2023 interview with Vatican Media, "To recognize that it is not a question of discussing a political agenda or simply trying to promote the issues that interest me or others."

• Delta Air Lines and Korean Air have invested $550 million in Canada's WestJet for equity stakes.
• The investment comes at an uncertain time for Canada-US travel due to Trump's policies.
• Delta and WestJet previously explored a joint venture, but it fell through in 2020.

Delta Air Lines and Korean Air will pay a combined $550 million in exchange for stakes in Canada's WestJet, the three companies announced in a joint statement on Friday.

Delta, headquartered in Georgia, will invest $330 million to acquire a 15% stake in the Calgary-based carrier, while Korean Air will commit $220 million to acquire a 10% stake. The partnership will increase connectivity between each airline's existing international routes, which are focused primarily throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

Walter Cho, Chairman and CEO of Korean Air and Hanjin Group, said in a press release that the partnership will "create long-term value for customers through greater choice and convenience."

Ed Bastian, Delta's CEO, added that the investment "ensures that we remain focused on providing a world-class global network and customer experience for travelers in the United States and Canada."

The venture, which reconceptualized prior partnership plans between WestJet and Delta that fell through in 2020, comes at an uncertain moment for travel between Canada and the US — and, for Americans, international travel in general.

Business Insider previously reported that many Canadians are opting not to travel to the US out of anger over Trump's tariffs on their country and his repeated suggestion to make the US's northern neighbor the 51st state.

Longwoods International, a market research consultancy, found in an April survery of 1,000 Canadian travelers that 36% of respondents said they'd planned to travel to the US in the next 12 months but decided to cancel their plans, while 60% they're less likely to visit the US in the next year due to political reasons.

In March, WestJet Airlines vice chairman Alex Cruz told CNBC that Canadian travelers were opting for Central America over the US, and that "there's clearly been a reaction" toward Trump's tariff policies.

American travelers visiting other countries like Canada have also previously told BI that they have encountered increased hostility, and that negative perceptions toward Trump's policies have carried over to Americans in general.

Delta and WestJet previously explored a joint venture aimed at better coordinating schedules for flight transits, but the initiative was shelved in 2020 after US regulators demanded that WestJet relinquish some takeoff and landing slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport as a condition for approval.

WestJet and Korean Air did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Delta Air Lines referred BI to the original press release announcing the investment.

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