Police Arrest Ten After They Find Joint In Child’s Basket
Authorities confirmed ten people have been charged after they find a marijuana joint inside an Easter basket at a child’s school.
Fox News Hit With Gender and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
The hits just keep coming for Fox News. As if racial discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuits weren’t enough, the network now faces allegations of gender and disability discrimination. Earlier this week, Diana Falzone, a reporter at the network, accused the conservative news station of “discriminating against her on the basis of her gender and her fight against a chronic disease.” She filed a lawsuit on Monday in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, claiming that “she had been barred from further appearances after writing an op-ed column for Fox News disclosing that she had endometriosis and was likely to be infertile.”
Settlement Reached Between Public Housing Agency and 5 Tenants
A settlement agreement has been reached between Hickory’s public housing agency and the five tenants that accused a former administrator of “trading rent money for sexual favors.” According to court records, the settlement comes almost two years after reports of detailed allegations of “sexual harassment and misspending at the Hickory Public Housing Authority” began pouring in.
NYC Settles Lawsuit Against Rikers Island as Mayor Vows to Close Controversial Jail
New York City settled a lawsuit brought against its infamous Rikers Island facility on Monday, just over a month after Mayor Bill de Blaisio vowed to close the notorious jail. The settlement awarded an undisclosed amount of money to two women who claim they were repeatedly raped by a guard. The duo, both of whom
CDC ‘Ends’ Vulto Creamery Listeria Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued their final report on the deadly outbreak “traced to soft, raw milk cheese from Vulto Creamery of Walton, NY,” officially ending the outbreak. In total, eight people were confirmed with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes, and all of them required hospitalization.
Climate Change Activists March, Push Back Against Trump for ‘Waging War Against Science’
The last week has been a tumultuous one for environmental activists, who marched en masse on Washington, D.C. Protesters demanded the Trump administration take action against global warming, claiming the president was waging war against science. The gatherings, staged in the nation’s capital as well as across the world, took place as the Environmental Protection
Delaware School District Changes Search Policy After Parent’s Lawsuit Over Suspension
A Delaware school district changed its search and seizure policy in response to a parent’s lawsuit. In 2015, Brandywine High School junior Joe Wahl suffered from an unfortunate case of mistaken identity. Mixed up with another student, the boy was told to hand over his backpack for inspection. When administrators dug through the bag, apparently
If Canadian Lumber is Unfair, So is This
The Trump administration imposed a 20% tariff on Canadian lumber, citing unfair government subsidies. Very well, but what about our subsidized exports? Just two days after the tariff decision, Trump signed an executive order amending the Antiquities Act, allowing a review of all national monuments declared since 1996. One thing this would potentially do is open up more national forest land for logging. How is this different from the “unfair government subsidy” of the Canadian lumber industry?
Justice Hits Hard in J&J Pelvic Mesh Case – $20M Verdict
Friday, April 28 was not a good day for Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon division. The most recent suit over the giant corporation’s TVT-Secur transvaginal mesh concluded and the jury found in favor of plaintiff, Margaret “Peggy” Engleman. The eight-woman, four-man jury awarded Ms. Engleman $20 million, the third multimillion-dollar verdict against J&J in
$33.8 Million Judgment Reached In Malpractice Lawsuit
$33.8 Million Judgment Reached In Malpractice Lawsuit