Nov 01, 2024
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West posing together at an event.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West File for Divorce

On February 19, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Kardashian is being represented by Laura Wasser, a prominent divorce attorney. According to NBC News Wasser has represented celebrities in divorce court including “the singers... Read More »

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AWS Manager Sues Amazon on Claims of Racial Discrimination

An African American Amazon employee has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging she was the target of discrimination and sexual harassment. In her complaint, Charlotte Newman, 38, explains of the tech giant, “Their practices when it comes to hiring and promoting Black people and other underrepresented minorities to high-level... Read More »

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces the lifting of the state-wide mask mandate and all COVID-19 restrictions.
Texas Lifts Mask Mandate and All Other COVID-19 Restrictions

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced that the state-wide mask mandate will be lifted and that businesses can open 100% starting March 2. According to Governor Abbott, “Under no circumstances can a county judge put anyone in jail for not following COVID orders and no penalties can be imposed for... Read More »

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SoCal Hospice Administrator Sentenced After Medicare Fraud

80-year-old hospice administrator Antonio Olivera has been sentenced to 30 months behind bars for his involvement in a Southern California hospice fraud scheme. Between 2011 and 2018, Olivera admitted that he was one of several officials who “paid illegal kickbacks to patient recruiters for the referral of hospice beneficiaries to... Read More »

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COVID Concerns Continue to Confuse Courts

Three days into a conspiracy trial in New York, a juror tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The judge said the trial must go on and replaced the infected juror with an alternate. In Pittsburgh, trials are going on but courtrooms are closed. When one judge denied a watchdog nonprofit... Read More »

A sign instructing voters to the polling place amidst desert vegetation in Arizona.
Supreme Court Ponders Minority Voter Suppression in Arizona

Two Arizona laws were brought before the Supreme Court for oral argument to decide if they violate the Voting Rights Act. Those laws are 1) a bar against counting ballots that were cast at the wrong precinct, and 2) a prohibition on absentee ballots being collected by voter-turnout groups (a... Read More »

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Equality Act Passes U.S. House in Sweeping Vote

On February 25, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in a 224 - 206 vote with the support of all Democrats and three Republicans. The Act, which has been the center of controversy, aims to expand the rights and protections of LGBTQ individuals. When the bill was... Read More »

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Parler Back Online After a Month

After being offline for a month, the Parler app is now up and running again. It was shut down in January after the Jan. 6 protests at the United States Capitol. According to a statement given by Mark Meckler, the interim CEO of Parler, "Parler was built to offer a... Read More »