Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.
The lawsuit alleges that an Escambia County school district removed nearly one-dozen books that discussed “inappropriate” subjects including race, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
Florida state officials had earlier sought a temporary restraining order to prevent the Biden administration from rescinding public health-related restrictions on alternative parole opportunities for undocumented immigrants.
While the Florida-based jury did not find McDonald’s liable for the 4-year-old victim’s physical injuries, jurors did say the company and a franchisee should have included warning labels on the McNuggets packaging.
In his ruling, a Michigan-based federal judge found that the victims’ families had plausibly argued that education officials failed to take reasonable steps to mitigate the danger posed by then-15-year-old shooter Ethan Crumbley.
While York County officials say that the plaintiff was brandishing a shotgun, body-camera footage suggests that deputies never realized the man had a weapon inside his vehicle until after they’d already opened fire.
The amended lawsuit alleges that several recently-approved Florida policies specifically target Disney for political retribution.
While the jury awarded former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll an estimated $5 million in damages, it did not, ultimately, find the former president civilly liable for rape.
The settlement could provide individual payments of about $47,000 to eligible class members, most of whom are or were higher-ranking executives.
The court appeared broadly skeptical of the state’s claims that TikTok fails to moderate inappropriate content, finding that only 2.6% of some 8 billion videos violated the company’s community moderation policies.
Voting rights advocates claim that a Louisiana law makes it unnecessarily difficult for felons who have been released from prison to cast ballots.