Columbia University has reached a settlement with students who sued over unfair tuition and fees after classes moved online during the pandemic. When the novel coronavirus prompted a national lockdown, Columbia University along with other universities throughout the nation shut down in-person learning and transitioned to online classes in an... Read More »
Sitting en banc, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an amendment to a California law that prohibits possession of gun magazines that can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. Allowing some exemptions, the court, in an often feisty written debate, voted 7-4 along party lines to uphold the... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced they are investigating allegations of discrimination at the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas. The civil rights enforcement arm of the Education Department opened three investigations into the school district based on complaints of discrimination against students based... Read More »
E-cigarette company JUUL Labs has reached a $14.5 million settlement with the state of Arizona. The settlement comes after the state filed a lawsuit in 2020 alleging the company targeted young people in its campaign ads without letting them know about the risks associated with vaping. Republican Attorney General Mark... Read More »
The United States government has neared a settlement with the families of victims and survivors of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. On Valentine’s day in 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz walked into his Parkland, Florida, high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and went on a shooting rampage that... Read More »
For the first time since 2010, a lawmaker was formally censured in the U.S. House of Representatives. Paul Gosar, a Republican member from Arizona, posted a 90-second animated video on his official Twitter account that portrayed him killing Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, assaulting President Biden, and brutally repelling migrants trying... Read More »
Over the past week, San Francisco has been the target of brazen organized crime retail theft. Last Saturday, roughly 80 individuals rushed into a Nordstrom store just outside of San Francisco in the city of Walnut Creek and made off with over $200,000 worth in merchandise, according to officials. The... Read More »
Missouri man Kevin Strickland has been released from prison after serving 43 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Immediately after Senior Judge James Welsh filed his ruling that set aside Strickland’s conviction Tuesday morning, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office filed a Notice of Dismissal that ordered... Read More »
Jacob Chansley, the most recognized man in the crowd that took over the U.S. Capitol building nearly a year ago, has been sentenced to 41 months behind bars after pleading guilty to obstructing an official proceeding. Chansley’s “Q-Anon Shaman” persona, complete with a Viking-styled headdress, patriotic face paint, and an... Read More »
Three men were originally convicted of assassinating civil rights activist Malcolm X on February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. Two of those men, who maintained their innocence throughout their lengthy prison sentences, were exonerated earlier this week. The three men arrested, convicted, and sentenced to... Read More »
A holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, turned deadly over the weekend when a red SUV plowed through a crowded street after residents came together to celebrate the holiday season. The red SUV is seen on the city’s live-streamed footage speeding through the town's Main Street. Moments later, it came to... Read More »
Two missionaries who were held hostage in Haiti have been released according to Ohio-based missionary group Christian Aid Ministries. In a statement released Monday, the group details, “As we rejoice about the two hostages who were released over the weekend, we continue to pray for the fifteen who are still... Read More »
A Seattle doctor has been found guilty of fraudulently seeking at least $3.5 million in COVID-19 relief funds during the pandemic. 41-year-old Eric R. Shibley was convicted by a federal jury last week of submitting false loan applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan... Read More »
The chief electrician on the set of the film Rust, Serge Svetnoy, is suing actor Alec Baldwin, rookie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and the film’s assistant director Dave Halls. The suit is the first to come against Baldwin and film producers after Baldwin accidentally fired a live round that killed Director... Read More »
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against rideshare company, Uber. The complaint alleges that Uber violated the rights of disabled riders after charging them for taking too long to enter their ride. Uber’s wait time policy requires that riders have two minutes to get into the vehicle... Read More »
