In the day's other headlines, a federal judge ruled that Facebook's parent company, Meta, does not have an illegal monopoly over social networking.

It's a huge win for the social media giant and means that Meta won't have to spin off its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms.

In his ruling, Judge James Bosberg said times have changed since the government first brought its case five years ago,

with competitors like TikTok mixing things up in the market.

Today's decision is a sharp contrast to recent rulings that found Google engaged in an illegal monopoly in both search and online advertising.

The Internet Infrastructure Company Cloudflare says it's resolved an outage that

disrupted thousands of internet users earlier today. Chat GPT, New Jersey Transit, Spotify,

and even the online game League of Legends were affected. The company says the outage was caused

by a file that triggered a, quote, crash in the software system that

handles traffic for a number of its services. Cloudflare helps websites secure and manage

their internet traffic. The company says it's monitoring for any further problems, adding there

is no evidence of a cyber attack. A federal court is blocking Texas from using its new congressional map in next

year's midterm elections. A three-judge panel sided with civil rights groups today, finding that,

quote, substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 map. Governor Greg

Abbott called that claim absurd and said Texas would appeal the decision

to the Supreme Court.

It's the latest blow to President Trump's efforts to push states to redraw their maps ahead of next year's vote.

Last week, Republicans in Indiana said they would not be taking up a similar effort there.

Federal investigators say two electrical blackouts disabled controls on the ship

that crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last year killing six people. At a hearing

today, the NTSB revealed one blackout was caused by a loose wire, the other by problems with

a fuel pump. Investigator said the crew did periodically inspect the wiring system,

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