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3 months ago
Chicago

Afternoon Briefing: City's first migrant camp slated to begin construction

Former all-conference player reinstated to high school basketball team after federal lawsuit
Player filed complaint against coach for verbal abuse, bullying, and humiliation
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over toxic train derailment

Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the state's attorney general said Tuesday.The federal lawsuit also seeks to force the company to pay for groundwater and soil monitoring in the years to come and economic losses in the village of East Palestine and surrounding areas, said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

More than 1,000 plaintiffs, including Darren Bailey and 70 firearms dealers, named in lawsuit challenging state gun ban

SPRINGFIELD - Downstate attorney Thomas DeVore, an unsuccessful Republican candidate for attorney general last year, has filed a second lawsuit challenging Illinois' recently enacted ban on high-powered guns and high-capacity magazines.The latest lawsuit was filed in downstate White County and lists more than 1,000 plaintiffs, including former state senator and GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey and some 70 firearms dealers, who allege the new law violates the state constitution.
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Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Chicago police officer tied to disgraced unit fired 18 years after scandal

A Chicago police officer was fired late Thursday for his role 18 years ago in one of the biggest scandals in department history.The Police Board decided todismiss Officer Thomas Sherry in a five to one decision for his alleged actions in the disgraced Special Operations Section, a specialized unit that was disbanded when some of its officers committed home invasions and robberies in the 2000s.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Chicago police officer tied to disgraced unit fired 18 years after scandal

A Chicago police officer was fired late Thursday for his role 18 years ago in one of the biggest scandals in department history.The Police Board decided todismiss Officer Thomas Sherry in a five to one decision for his alleged actions in the disgraced Special Operations Section, a specialized unit that was disbanded when some of its officers committed home invasions and robberies in the 2000s.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Owner of 'The Mix' didn't defame former assistant who accused host Eric Ferguson of misconduct, judge rules

For the second time, a federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit related to the way Hubbard Radio Chicago handled misconduct allegations against onetime star host Eric Ferguson.A former assistant producer for Ferguson, Cynthia DeNicolo, had alleged the company defamed her last year by stating it found no evidence to corroborate her allegations that Ferguson engaged in illegal workplace conduct at WTMX-FM 101.9.
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Patently-O
9 months ago
Intellectual property law

The Supreme Court to Decide if Trump is Too Small

Guest Post by Samuel F. Ernst[1] As Dennis reported, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the case of Vidal v. Elster to determine if the PTO violated Steve Elster's First Amendment right to free speech when it declined to federally register his trademark TRUMP TOO SMALL in connection with T-shirts.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Federal charges do not bar Trump from running for president.

The second indictment of former President Donald J. Trump this time over his hoarding of sensitive government documents adds to the unusual questions raised by the spectacle of someone running for president while facing charges.The indictment and any conviction would not bar Mr. Trump from running.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

U.S. Supreme Court denies request to block Illinois and Naperville gun bans

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from a Naperville gun store owner to block a city ordinance and and Illinois law banning the sale of certain high-powered firearms and high-capacity ammunition magazines.Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who oversees emergency requests from Illinois and neighboring states, referred the request from gun shop owner Robert Bevis to the full court, which denied it in an unsigned order.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

State, Naperville ask US Supreme Court to reject injunction against high-powered gun bans

Gun bans in Illinois and Naperville should remain in effect while legal challenges work their way through the courts, attorneys for the state and western suburb argue in briefs filed Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court.The responses were sent to Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in her role overseeing the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which last month turned down a request from a Naperville gun shop owner and a gun rights organization to put the bans on hold.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

Charges do not legally bar Trump from running for president.

The vote by a Manhattan grand jury to indict former President Donald J. Trump raises novel legal and political questions because he is running for the Republican nomination for president again.Any indictment or conviction would not bar Mr. Trump from running.A clean criminal record is not among the criteria the Constitution sets for who is eligible to be president.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

National Archives agrees to give personal tours to activists who say staff asked them to hide anti-abortion attire

The National Archives will give personal tours to two activists who sued the federal records agency, resolving a days-old lawsuit the pair brought after staff at the museum told them cover up anti-abortion attire during a recent visit.A federal lawsuit filed last Wednesday said that the activists were visiting the Washington, DC, museum the same day as the national March for Life in January and were subject to a pattern of ongoing misconduct by federal government officials, specifically National Archives security officers who targeted plaintiffs and intentionally chilled their religious speech and expression by requiring plaintiffs to remove or cover their attire because of their pro-life messages.
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Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Protesters removed after disrupting Oak Lawn police commission

Loud protesters disrupted another meeting Wednesday of the Oak Lawn Fire & Police Commission, and have no intention of stopping."The next month will be a bigger protest," said Husam Marajda, a member of the Arab American Action Network, because it will be approaching the one-year anniversary of when a 17-year-old from Bridgeview was beaten by Oak Lawn police officers during a July 27 arrest.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Former Robbins police chief alleges wrongful termination

Former Robbins police Chief David Sheppard alleges in a lawsuit Mayor Darren Bryant interfered with police work including storage of evidence, hiring of officers and how to handle investigations.In a federal lawsuit citing "concerning behavior," Sheppard, who was fired by Bryant in April, alleges wrongful termination and violation of the Whistleblower Protection Act by Bryant and the village of Robbins.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
California

Torrance pays $750,000 to man after police allegedly decorate his car with a swastika

The city of Torrance has paid a Redondo Beach man $750,000 after two city police officers allegedly spray-painted a swastika inside his car in 2020.The investigation into that incident led to the discovery of a trove of racist and homophobic text exchanges among Torrance police officers.The resulting scandal prompted prosecutors to toss dozens of felony cases.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Oak Lawn officer pleads not guilty in violent arrest captured on video, allegedly struck teen more than 10 times

An Oak Lawn police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct for his allegedly striking a then 17-year-old Bridgeview teen more than 10 times in the face and head as he was laying face down in the street during an arrest captured on video last July.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Aurora Pride files lawsuit against city stemming from parade controversy

Aurora Pride, organizers of the annual Pride Parade in the city, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the city ordinance that they said led to the event's permit being revoked last summer before the parade was eventually held.The lawsuit seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the city of Aurora from using the Special Events Ordinance that was applied to Aurora Pride, and an assurance that what happened in 2022 will not be repeated in the future, according to a news release from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Oak Lawn denies officers beat teen whose arrest sparked protests, asks that lawsuit be dropped

Oak Lawn denies police officers pummeled a teen following an arrest last July in which video provided by police as well as video taken by witnesses show officers repeatedly punching the youth as he was pinned down on a village street.Responding to a federal lawsuit filed last summer by the Bridgeview teen, Oak Lawn is asking a judge to dismiss the complaint, although talks aimed at settling the lawsuit are underway.
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www.npr.org
9 months ago
Law

K-9 dogs have long been seen as impartial. Now police bodycams hold them accountable

The moment a Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy is accused of "cueing" his drug-sniffing dog to alert on Alek Schott's pickup truck.Bexar County Sheriff's Office body camera video For decades, American courts have had to take it on faith that drug-sniffing dogs were impartial.Testimony by a dog's handler, along with training records and credentialing by a local K-9 organization, were usually enough.
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9 months ago
Law

Family of Aderrien Murry, 11-year-old shot by police, files federal lawsuit

Aderrien Murry, 11, called the police as his mother asked but when officers arrived, one of them shot him in the chest.A new lawsuit says officials failed to train and supervise its officers.Courtesy of Nakala Murry The family of Aderrien Murry has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Indianola, Miss., and at least two police officials, after an officer shot 11-year-old Murry in the chest after the boy placed a 911 call on May 20.
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1 year ago
Law

A Black pastor sues the police who arrested him while watering his neighbors' flowers

This image captured from bodycam video released by the Childersburg (Ala.) Police Department and provided by attorney Harry Daniels shows Michael Jennings, left, in custody in Childersburg, Ala., on May 22.
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1 year ago
Law

Executions resume in Oklahoma as judge deems lethal injection protocol constitutional

Death row inmates failed to convince a federal judge that Oklahoma's lethal injection method is cruel and unusual punishment.It will resume executions at a pace of about one a month through 2024.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

The dealer that sold the gun used in the Oxford High School shooting is being sued

Students stand outside Oxford High School, near memorial items that were placed after the November 2021 shooting that took place at the Michigan school.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Oxford High School students sue for changes after deadly mass shooting last year

Students hug at a memorial at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., Dec. 1, 2021.
Exchangewire
10 months ago
Marketing tech

The Stack: Meta Fined Record 1.2bn; TikTok Sues Montana

Another week of highs and lows for Meta began with news the tech giant was developing a new app to rival Twitter, with loose plans to launch as early as June.Reports that the Facebook-parent was fined a record €1.2bn (~£1bn), however, soon knocked any other developments out of the spotlight.Sticking with social media, TikTok filed a federal lawsuit against Montana, alleging the state's ban of the app violates the US constitution.
Exchangewire
10 months ago
Marketing tech

Anthropic Secures Funding; TikTok Sues Montana

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: AI startup Anthropic has secured USD$450m in funding; TikTok has retaliated against Montana's statewide ban with a federal lawsuit; and Warner Bros Discovery's Max is now live.Google-backed Anthropic secures investment
AI startup, Anthropic, has raised USD$450m (~£362.7m)
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Law

An Orlando drag show restaurant files lawsuit against Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis

Hamburger Mary's in Orlando, which has held drag performances since 2008, is suing to block the implementation of a new Florida law that targets drag shows.Google Maps A popular Orlando burger restaurant known for regularly featuring drag shows is suing the state of Florida and its governor, Ron DeSantis arguing that the state's new law targeting drag shows violates First Amendment rights.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Medication abortions in the United States usually involve two different drugs.In the latest effort to limit abortion access, opponents of the procedure are seeking to ban one of those medications.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Ahead of key Illinois Supreme Court elections, federal judge blocks state campaign contribution limits in judicial races

With less than a month to go before voters determine the balance of power on the Illinois Supreme Court, a federal judge has temporarily blocked provisions in two recent Democratic-backed state laws that limit contributions in judicial races.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

BNSF loses first case to go to trial under Illinois' biometrics privacy law

In what is believed to be the first jury verdict related to Illinois' strict biometrics privacy law, a $228 million judgment has been entered against BNSF Railway in a class-action lawsuit over the railroad's collection of fingerprint data.
the Guardian
1 year ago
LGBT

US justice department challenges Alabama trans children law

The US justice department has joined an effort to strike down a new Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide transgender children with certain kinds of medical care.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Tech industry

TikTok sues Montana over its new law banning the app

TikTok sued the state of Montana on Monday after the governor there signed a law that would effectively ban the popular social media app in the state.Drew Angerer/Getty Images TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against Montana after the state passed a law last week intended to ban the app from being downloaded within its borders.
www.vice.com
10 months ago
Books

Authors and Publishers Sue Florida School District Over Draconian Book Bans

Image: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Yesterday, a group of concerned authors and activists filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida against Escambia County School District and School Board that asks for censored books to be returned to the school library.Parents of the school district were supported in the suit by authors, including George M. Johnson, David Levithan, and Kyle Lukoff, whose books have been frequent subjects of banning, along with free expression organization PEN America and publisher giant Penguin Random House.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

FBI searched Ald. Jim Gardiner's text messages amid probe into alleged $5,000 cash payment from developer, court records show

Federal investigators sought and were granted access to Northwest Side Ald. Jim Gardiner's text messages a little over a year after he took office, as part of an investigation into whether he accepted a $5,000 payment from a developer in exchange for stalling a housing development in the ward, according to a search warrant application unsealed this week.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Games

Judge dismisses gamers' claims that Microsoft/Activision merger will spoil gaming

Last December, Call of Duty gamers sued Microsoft, seeking to block its merger with Activision, partly because they alleged that the merger would set up Microsoft to dominate industry rivals, drive up prices, and reduce consumer choice.Yesterday, a California judge, Jacqueline Corley, granted Microsoft's motion to dismiss the suit, saying that the gamers didn't "plausibly allege" that the merger "creates a reasonable probability of anticompetitive effects in any relevant market."
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Will court fight over fireworks shows affect Long Beach's popular Big Bang celebration?

A growing debate over the possible environmental damage caused by fireworks shows, especially over waterways, recently erupted in federal court where climate activists are pushing for stronger regulations of a popular Independence Day celebration in Southern California.While fireworks have for years been known to cause significant air pollution - with July 4 and 5 recording some of Southern California's worst air quality days - activists and attorneys with the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation want officials to help minimize the damage fireworks pose to waterways when the pyrotechnics debris and chemicals sink into the ocean or other water sources.
KQED
1 year ago
California law

State Justice Department Fails to Probe - or Even Log - Multiple Police Shootings of Possibly Unarmed People

"Oh, it's absolutely troubling, but I'm just a lawyer, I'm not the family who lost a loved one," said Izaak Schwaiger, an attorney representing the family of David Pelaez Chavez in a federal lawsuit against the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office and the deputy who shot him."And for those folks out there who are relying on some oversight ... to just get turned a cold shoulder like this is indefensible, and it's a misapplication of the attorney general's duty under the law."
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1 year ago
Education

Uvalde survivors file class action lawsuit seeking $27 billion from law enforcement entities, school district and others

Survivors of the fatal mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a $27 billion class action lawsuit against multiple law enforcement agencies in Texas, according to court documents.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Austin, names the city, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, the school district's police department, the Uvalde Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety and a number of persons who are members or former members of the agencies listed as defendants.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Books

Penguin Random House and 5 authors are suing a Florida school board over book bans

Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the U.S., has sued a Florida county school board over its decisions to ban and restrict access to books.Joining the lawsuit are five authors, two parents of students and the advocacy group PEN America.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A new federal lawsuit alleges that recent decisions by officials in a Florida county to ban and restrict access to books in school libraries violates constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection under the law.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Education

Florida teacher defends showing Disney movie: I'm just being accepting'

A Florida teacher under investigation because she showed her class the Disney animated movie Strange World which features a gay character has defended herself on social media, insisting the film related to the curriculum and warning that state investigators were traumatizing her 10- and 11-year-old students.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Education

Florida teacher allegedly investigated for showing students film Strange World

Florida education officials allegedly told a school teacher that she was under a misconduct investigation after, her friend claimed, she showed students the Disney animated film Strange World.The purported investigation following this alleged showing of Strange World comes amid rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis's attacks on educators that include book censorship and limitations on discussions of race and sex as he jockeys for his party's presidential nomination with anti-woke talking points.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Education

Oklahoma state board affirms decision to downgrade accreditation for 2 school districts over violating law on race and gender teaching

(CNN)Two school districts in Oklahoma will remain under a downgraded accreditation status after they were accused of violating a state law that bars certain types of teachings on race and gender, despite educators' calls on Thursday to lift the punishment they say is hurting teachers and students.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Education

Oklahoma's board of education downgrades school district's accreditation over complaint that training shamed White people

Just weeks after Oklahoma's governor called for a special audit of Tulsa Public Schools (TPS), the State Board of Education voted to downgrade the district's accreditation status for violating a law that restricts teachings on race and gender.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

Disney Argues New Florida Law Nullifies DeSantis-Backed Suit

Florida legislation that was designed to hamstring Disney could end up helping the company, at least in relation to a lawsuit in state court over development at Walt Disney World near Orlando.Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney have been sparring for more than a year over a special tax district that encompasses Disney World.
www.cnn.com
11 months ago
US news

After their university's president canceled a charity drag show, students found a new venue

A group of students at West Texas A&M University have announced a new venue for their charity drag show, which was initially set to take place on campus before it was canceled by the school's president.The performance, titled A Fool's Drag Race, will occur at the Sam Houston Park in Amarillo, according to a flyer posted by Spectrum WT, the university's student-led LGBT+ organization.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
US news

Two Black Men, One Shot in the Mouth, Plan to Sue Mississippi Deputies

Two Black men, one of whom said he was shot in the mouth by a deputy while handcuffed, plan to sue a local sheriff's department in Mississippi, claiming that deputies beat them and used waterboarding techniques and a stun gun on them during a raid in January, according to their lawyer.A letter of intent to sue, sent to Rankin County officials in February by their lawyer, Malik Shabazz, said that the men, Michael Corey Jenkins, 32, and Eddie Terrell Parker, 35, were at Mr. Parker's house in Braxton, a mostly white community about 25 miles south of Jackson, on Jan. 24, when six or seven sheriff's deputies raided the home without a warrant.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US news

Freight Train Carrying Corn Syrup Derails in Arizona

A freight train that derailed in western Arizona on Wednesday night was carrying corn syrup, its operator said, hours after a report indicated that hazardous materials were on board.The accident near the town of Topock, Ariz., occurred less than six weeks after a train derailment in Ohio released toxic chemicals and prompted a national conversation about railroad safety.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Federal lawsuit filed over Kenosha police officer who put his knee on a 12-year-old's neck while breaking up school fight

(CNN)A father and his middle-school-aged daughter have filed a federal lawsuit against a former school security guard in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after he put his knee on the child's neck while trying to break up a cafeteria fight last year.The security guard, Shawn Guetschow, also was a Kenosha police officer but was not on police duty at the time of the incident at Kenosha's Lincoln Middle School on March 4, officials have said.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Lawsuit alleges Jeffrey Epstein sent JPMorgan Chase exec photos of young women

Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley allegedly exchanged sexually suggestive emails with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, some of which included photos of young women, according to newly unsealed passages of a federal lawsuit.Those email exchanges allegedly continued long after Epstein was convicted of sex crimes in 2008, the US Virgin Islands government wrote in its complaint against JPMorgan Chase, where Staley previously served as a top executive.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Georgia County Spent $1.2 Million to Deny One Employee Gender-Affirming Care

Governments often claim covering gender-affirming care is too expensive, but analyses show the costs are relatively low.Sgt.Anna Lange in a video for Houston County's Sheriff's Department.Houston County 911 / YouTube When a transgender sheriff's deputy in Houston County, Georgia, requested that the department's health insurance plan cover gender-affirming surgeries, local officials refused to cover them, claiming it was too expensive.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Read the transcript: What happened inside the federal hearing on abortion pills

The J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, where U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk will decide on a lawsuit over the abortion drug mifepristone.Justin Rex/AP Court officials in Amarillo, Texas, have released the transcript from this week's closely watched hearing in a federal lawsuit that could curb access nationwide to a drug that's used in nearly all medication abortions in the U.S.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon is no longer limited to just state residents

Terminally ill patients seeking physician-assisted death in Oregon, where it is legal, are no longer required to be residents of the state, under a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit this week.
amNewYork
1 year ago
New York Mets

Mets bring Khalil Lee to major-league spring training despite domestic violence allegations | amNewYork

Note: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links, Schneps Media may earn a commission.The New York Mets have brought outfielder Khalil Lee to their major-league camp at spring training despite the ongoing investigation into domestic violence allegations waged against him, as first reported by Newsday's Tim Healey on Wednesday.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Google to stop exempting campaign email from automated spam detection

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Gmail features at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif., in May 2018.(Jeff Chiu/AP)Google plans to discontinue a pilot program that allows political campaigns to evade its email spam filters, the latest round in the technology giant's tussle with the GOP over online fundraising.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Anti-trans protestors promise to sue the NCAA for giving students opportunities

Anti-transgender activist Riley Gaines led a protest outside of the NCAA convention last Thursday, denouncing the college sports organization for working to allow transgender students to participate in school sports.A hate group lawyer even promised to sue the NCAA for allowing transgender students an opportunity to participate in school sports.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Education

New group of Bowie High School alumni joins federal lawsuit against Austin ISD

AUSTIN, Texas Editor's note: The above video is the initial KVUE Defenders report on the allegations against Betsy Cornwell, published in September 2022.There are now new allegations against long-time Austin ISD teacher Diane "Betsy" Cornwell.In September, the KVUE Defenders first reported claims that the Bowie High School theatre director created an unsafe and toxic environment for students.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Education

Family of three Uvalde school shooting survivors file first federal suit

The families of three children who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary School have become the first to file a federal lawsuit in connection with the mass shooting, which left 19 students and two teachers dead.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Education

Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Robb Elementary survivors

The lawsuit asserts that Robb Elementary was under-prepared even after receiving funds to improve school safety following the deadly shooting at Santa Fe High.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Students & faculty sue university over ban on hiring LGBTQ people

Students and staff at a private Christian university are suing members of the school's board of trustees over its anti-LGBTQ hiring policy.
Advocate
1 year ago
Education

Students Sue Christian University Over Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies

A private Christian university in Washington that admits to discriminating against LGBTQ+ job applicants is being sued by dozens of current and former students, faculty, and staff.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Disneyland cast members laughed before disabled woman was injured on ride, lawsuit alleges

Disneyland employees laughed and snickered at a disabled woman trying to climb out of a ride moments before she fell back and broke her leg, a lawsuit against the park alleges.The federal lawsuit alleges 66-year-old Joanne Aguilar had to spend days in a hospital and then weeks at a rehabilitation clinic after her injury on Aug. 22, 2021.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Judge dismisses Ashley Morgan Smithline's sex-assault lawsuit against Marilyn Manson

A judge has dismissed model Ashley Morgan Smithline's 2021 federal lawsuit in which she alleged musician Marilyn Manson had assaulted her.U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha dismissed the lawsuit on Tuesday without prejudice, according to court documents obtained by The Times, which means Smithline can still sue Manson over the same allegations.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

California Supreme Court allows San Jose church to avoid over $200,000 in COVID-19 fines

A California Supreme Court ruling brought an end to one chapter of an ongoing legal battle between a San Jose church and county officials that could have wide-ranging implications for religious activists and public health authorities.Wednesday's ruling denied a final bid by Santa Clara County to force Calvary Chapel to pay more than $200,000 in fees after the church was found in contempt of court.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Orange County to pay $480,000 over delayed treatment of pregnant inmate who miscarried

Sandra Quinones was pregnant and in Orange County jail for a probation violation when her water broke.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

LAPD officer pleads no contest in videotaped beating of homeless man

A Los Angeles police officer who was caught on video repeatedly punching a homeless man in Boyle Heights two years ago pleaded no contest to assault Thursday, authorities said.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Amtrak and BNSF Railway sue dump truck owner after fatal Missouri train crash

Amtrak and BNSF Railway have filed a federal lawsuit claiming a Missouri company's negligence led to a train crash and derailment Monday that killed four people, including the company's dump truck driver.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Update: Harney County Blocks Gun Control Measure from Going into Effect Hours After a Federal Judge Allowed It

A Tuesday afternoon decision by a Harney County judge has effectively reversed a ruling made earlier in the day by a federal judge allowing a new voter-approached gun control law to move forward.The lawsuit filed in Harney County came from two Harney County gun owners and a Virginia-based nonprofit called Gun Owners of America.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

City Agrees to End the Use of "Flash-Bang" Grenades in Settlement With Don't Shoot Portland

The first federal lawsuit filed against the city of Portland for its officers' actions against demonstrators during the city's racial justice protests of 2020 has come to a close.On Monday, lawyers representing five demonstrators and the advocacy group Don't Shoot Portland reached a $250,001 settlement with the city over a June 2020 lawsuit, which accused Portland police for the "indiscriminate use" of tear gas and impact munitions against nonviolent protesters.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Afternoon, News: Fire Bureau Understaffed & Underfunded, Good/Bad News for Metro's Housing Tax, and Trump's Possible Obstruction Charge

Our Alex Zielinski has more details and council's reaction-but do pay special heed to this illuminating info: In the last budget cycle, PFR was given a $147 million budget.Comparatively, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) received a $227 million budget in the same budget year.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: Anti-Racist Training for Coaches, NFL Pushes for Stronger Punishment, and Oregon's Housing Shortage

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Austin's legal costs to oust the South Terminal's operator double to $3 million - Austin Monitor

Photo by Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT
Monday, December 5, 2022 by Nathan Bernier, KUT
Legal bills are piling up in the city's fight to oust the company running the South Terminal at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.City Council voted Thursday to double ABIA's legal services agreement with corporate law firm Winstead PC to more than $3 million.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

CPD officer who shot man after struggle at busy Red Line station in 2020 found not guilty in bench trial

A Chicago police officer who was criminally charged in connection with an on-duty shooting at a busy CTA platform during rush hour in 2020 was acquitted by a judge Tuesday, drawing cheers in a packed courtroom.Melvina Bogard, 33, was charged with aggravated battery and official misconduct in the Feb. 28, 2020 shooting of Ariel Roman at the Grand Avenue Red Line station, which was captured by cell phone video and went viral, spurring quick condemnation from the community and city officials.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Atlanta

Comedians Eric Andre and Clayton English sue police, alleging racial profiling

The comedians Eric André and Clayton English have sued police, alleging racial profiling at Atlanta's main airport in a program supposedly aimed at finding illegal drugs but in which officers regularly confiscate passengers' cash.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Fan sues Patriots, says they ruined his Tom Brady-signed flag

BOSTON (AP) - The New England Patriots caused irreparable damage to a U.S. flag signed by Tom Brady by improperly displaying it in the team's hall of fame at Gillette Stadium, the flag's owner contends in a federal lawsuit.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Bullying incidents at Boston's Mission Hill K-8 School spur federal lawsuit

The school environment also made the students reluctant to report bullying "because they understood that their aggressors would be protected and feared making the situation worse, or simply because they felt they would not be believed."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

New Hampshire agrees to upgrade fish hatchery over pollution fears

"This settlement will lead to significant reductions in phosphorus discharges to the Merrymeeting River and downstream ponds and help reduce risks to anyone fishing or coming into contact with these waters."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Congressional hopeful pleads not guilty to gun theft charges

Dean Tran issued a statement earlier this month calling the allegations "untrue and categorically false."
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Workers accuse Hostess of discrimination, unjust firings of Black LGBT employees

Workers at a Hostess bakery in Galewood accused the snack dessert maker of firing a transgender employee for her gender identity and of segregating LGBT employees onto a separate work line at the Narragansett Avenue factory at a Wednesday news conference.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Snapchat parent reaches $35 million biometric privacy class-action settlement in Illinois

Illinois residents who use Snapchat may be eligible for payouts of between $58 and $117 in a class-action privacy settlement reached by the app's parent company, Snap.Inc., this month.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Agency that oversees troubled insurance firms for state sues to recover millions lost in cyberattack

A quasi-state agency has filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to force private insurance companies to cover millions of dollars lost last year through "wrongful wire transfers" in a cybercrime with ties to Dubai, China and other foreign countries.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Chicago police misused ShotSpotter in murder case, lawsuit alleges

A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges Chicago police misused "unreliable" gunshot detection technology and failed to pursue other leads in investigating a grandfather from the city's South Side and charging him with killing a neighbor.
Dodger Blue
1 year ago
LA Dodgers

MLB Settles Lawsuit With Minor League Players For $185 Million

Three Minor League Baseball players filed a class action lawsuit against MLB on Feb. 7, 2014, claiming violations of state and federal minimum wage laws.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Sarasota Ice Cream Brand Linked To 10-State Listeria Outbreak

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is asking people to check the ice cream they have in their freezers due to a potentially serious health concern.
Gay City News
1 year ago
NYC LGBT

Port Authority Police to stop targeting men's bathrooms

Ending a federal lawsuit that began in 2017, two men who were falsely charged with public lewdness by the Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) in Manhattan's Midtown bus station entered into a settlement that requires reforms in the agency's policing and training practices.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Illinois issues 48 new craft cannabis grower licenses in step that helps diversify the industry

Illinois issued 48 new marijuana craft grow licenses Wednesday, continuing slow progress in expanding and diversifying the industry.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Woman injured in Brooklyn subway shooting sues gun manufacturer Glock

A woman wounded in last month's mass shooting on a New York City subway car filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Glock, the maker of the handgun allegedly used in the attack.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Five things to know about one of the deadliest federal prisons

The federal Bureau of Prisons announced in 2018 that it was moving a special unit that had been plagued with violence to a new federal prison complex in Illinois.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Federal jury finds former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was wrongly fired

A federal jury found that former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was wrongfully terminated for flagging what she thought was corruption in the police civilian oversight commission, the verdict reached more than two years after she was fired.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Education

Students at a Georgia high school file civil lawsuit claiming racial discrimination by the school and district

(CNN)Five students at Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, along with their mothers, filed a federal lawsuit against the Floyd County School district claiming continued racial discrimination at the school and continued violations of their first amendment and equal protection rights.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

L.A. approves $300,000 payout to protester shot in testicle by LAPD projectile

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved paying $300,000 to a protester who lost part of a testicle after being shot by a Los Angeles police projectile during protests over the murder of George Floyd in 2020.
amNewYork
1 year ago
New York Yankees

'Yankee Letter' reveals Yankees sign stealing never reached heights of Astros scandal | amNewYork

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

In a lawsuit, a group of Texas library patrons says a book ban amounts to censorship

A group of library patrons in Llano County, Texas, are suing the county, alleging censorship and First Amendment violations.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Zoom agrees to 'historic' $85m payout for graphic Zoombombing claims

The Covid-19 pandemic brought on a surge of "zoom-bombing" as hackers and pranksters crashed into virtual meetings with abusive messages and imagery.
Advocate
1 year ago
Education

First Federal Suit Against Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Law Filed

The first federal lawsuit has been filed against Florida's "don't say gay" law.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Physician-assisted death in Oregon is no longer limited to just state residents

sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty Images Terminally ill patients seeking physician-assisted death in Oregon, where it is legal, are no longer required to be residents of the state, under a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit this week.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Public health

Oregon Ends Residency Requirement for Medically Assisted Deaths

In resolution of a federal lawsuit, state health authorities agreed on Monday to stop enforcing the residency requirement and to ask the Legislature to remove it from the law.
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