Audi Recalls 1.2M Cars and SUVs Amid Fire Hazard Concerns

Early last week, Audi issued a recall of more than 1.2 million cars and SUVs around the world amid concerns that “the electric coolant pumps can overheat and possibly cause a fire.” According to the recall notice, the affected vehicles include the 2013 to 2016 A4, the 2013 to 2017 A5, the 2012 to 2015 A6, and the Q5 SUV from 2013 to 2017. All the recalled cars and SUVs have “2-Liter turbocharged engines.”


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Wrongfully Imprisoned Martin Tankleff Wins $10m Settlement

Martin Tankleff served 17 years in prison, convicted of murdering his own parents. Last Thursday, the middle-age man who spent half his life behind bars settled with Suffolk County, N.Y., for $10 million. Following a chamber vote, the Ways and Means Committee of the local legislature approved the full amount for disbursement. Tankleff reached another,


The Verdict Is In: Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault

Yesterday, Bill Cosby was finally found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault, bringing closure to dozens of women who claimed the comedian “drugged and sexually abused them.” Though the statue of limitations had ended for many of the women, the case the ended yesterday revolved around the “2004 assault of Andrea Costand, who said Cosby had given her pills in his suburban Pennsylvania home that left her incapacitated and then molested her.”



Family of Abused Boy Recieves $450K Lawsuit Settlement

Three years ago a developmentally disabled teenager was allegedly abused at a Schenectady facility. As a result of the abuse, the child’s family filed a lawsuit against the Northeast Parent & Child Society, an organization whose parent company is the Northern Rivers Family of Services. Fortunately for the family, the lawsuit recently settled for $450,000. According to the settlement agreement, “$250,000 will be placed in a trust for the boy, while the remaining $150,000 will go toward attorney and medical fees.”


Settlement Reached in Mississippi Gulf Coast County Coroner Discrimination Lawsuit

A settlement has finally been reached between a Mississippi Gulf Coast county and its coroner and six black-owned funeral homes. The settlement brings an end to a racial discrimination lawsuit that shed light on allegations that county coroner Gary Hargrove “steered county business to two white-owned funeral homes to the detriment of the black-owned funeral homes, alleging federal civil rights and state law violations against a backdrop of a business that remains starkly segregated by race in the Deep South,” according to the lawsuit.