By COLLIN BINKLEY and ERICA HUNZINGER, Associated Press Title IX, the best law known for its role in gender equity in athletics and preventing sexual harassment on campuses, is turning 50. It was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972, after being shepherded through Congress in part by Rep. Patsy Mink, … Read more
RALEIGH, NC (AP) – A city and two law enforcement agencies in a North Carolina county will pay $ 336,000 to a group of plaintiffs to settle a lawsuit stemming from a 2020 protest in which demonstrators were pepper-sprayed during a get-out-the -vote rally. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, the Lawyers’ Committee … Read more
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) – California officials have agreed to pay $ 51 million to settle lawsuits against state stemming from a shooting at a home for veterans in Northern California where a former patient fatally shot three female mental health workers and then himself. On March 9, 2018, Albert Wong, 36, took hostage three staffers … Read more
SANTA FE, NM (AP) – Dozens of residents in a small New Mexico community impacted by massive wildfires that merged in April are suing the US Forest Service over what they called a failure to provide information about the rescue role in starting the blazes. The Forest Service has acknowledged that two prescribed burns it … Read more
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles County-run shelter meant to be a safe space for children as they awaited placement in foster homes was for decades a den for sexual predators among the staff – and some residents – who preyed on children as young as … Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California Highway Patrol has agreed to pay nearly $ 4 million to settle a lawsuit that said the agency was responsible for an officer who killed his estranged wife, wounded her lover and then killed himself in 2018. The CHP had temporarily taken away Brad Wheat’s service handgun after he … Read more
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) – A high school honors student in Nevada said in federal court that he’s being bullied by students and harassed by campus administrators who search him for a gun every time someone identifies him on a state hotline that invites anonymous reports of school threats . “I’m … Read more
By MICHAEL TARM, AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) – A 13-year-old boy shot in the back by a Chicago police officer was unarmed and had his arms raised to surrender when he was hit by the bullet, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday, saying the incident illustrates deeply flawed implementation of department policy on … Read more
By ADAM BEAM, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $ 25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday. The bill … Read more
By MARC LEVY, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the US Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, sued in a Pennsylvania court Monday to try to ensure counties obey a brand-new federal appeals court decision that could help him … Read more