The U.S. State Department took a step toward accomplishing its gender inclusivity policy push by issuing the first-ever U.S. Passport with an “X” gender marker. While this is a momentous occasion for the LGBTQI+ community, the service won’t be routinely offered until early 2022. The move began as a campaign... Read More »
The mother of an eight-year-old boy whose body was left decomposing in a Texas apartment complex and her boyfriend have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the child’s death. The couple, Gloria Y. Williams, 35, and her boyfriend Brian W. Coulter, 31, were arrested on Tuesday after they... Read More »
The Department of Justice announced last Thursday that they have reached an $88 million settlement with the families of churchgoers shot and killed in the historically Black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The settlement also extends to victims who were injured during the shooting. The June... Read More »
Jane Roe was drunk. John Doe claimed she consented to have sex. She denied it. When suspended by the university that both of them attended, Doe moved to set aside his penalty because he was denied the chance to cross-examine his accuser. The trial court said there were no credibility... Read More »
At a pre-trial meeting, a Wisconsin judge ruled that the individuals shot by Kyle Rittenhouse cannot be referred to as “victims” but can only be described as “rioters” or “looters,” potentially impacting the outcome of the case and swaying jury members to one side. The Kenosha County Circuit Judge, Bruce... Read More »
A billionaire tax plan proposed by Democrats has now been declared “dead on arrival” after unsurprisingly losing favor by not only the billionaires it would impact but by members of the Democratic party too. The plan was introduced as a means to fund the Build Back Better Plan, a social... Read More »
Ruling that a new California labor code section “regulates economic activity rather than speech,” the Ninth Circuit rejected First Amendment and Equal Protection challenges to the 2020 amendments to AB 5, a law that makes some freelance journalists employees instead of independent contractors. Writing for a unanimous three-judge panel, Circuit... Read More »
Two Texas pain management doctors have been charged with healthcare fraud and have agreed to a settlement totaling $3.9 million. Pain management physicians Robert Wills and Brannon Frank are accused of violating the False Claims Act after knowingly submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE.... Read More »
A drag racer lost control of his car and sped into a group of spectators killing two young boys and injuring eight others. The Fort Worth, Texas, native Michael Gonzales was the driver participating in a no-prep drag race as a part of the Airport Race Wars 2 at Kerrville... Read More »
Since the 1950s, the Catholic Church has been aware that it has a problem with priests who sexually abuse children. After one of the victims sued a California archdiocese in 2017, a trial court found that since the priest’s Los Angeles Archdiocese had no direct knowledge of his sexual misconduct,... Read More »
Rhode Island is set to become the first state to pilot a safe-injection site program. The program would create injection sites around the state where drug addicts can safely use illegal intravenous drugs. The state aims to codify the program in January and hopes to have its first sites up... Read More »
Following an investigation into claims of racial harassment towards Black and Asian students, a school district in Utah has settled with the government to resolve shocking racist behaviors and practices. According to the Justice Department, the Davis School District in Utah routinely allowed and even perpetrated the mistreatment of its... Read More »
The Biden Administration unveiled a new program for resettling evacuated Afghan refugees that includes private sponsorship by veterans and qualified individuals over 18. The program gets the thousands of Afghans still living on military bases into permanent homes and will initiate a system of support outside of the normal resettlement... Read More »
The fatal shooting of a young cinematographer and secondary shooting of the director by actor and producer Alec Baldwin quickly morphed from a hit movie in the making to a supernova legal case, destined to become its own chart-topping film. The prop gun used by Baldwin in the death of... Read More »
The notorious real estate scion, Robert Durst, 78, is facing charges related to the death of his first wife, Kathie Durst. This latest turn of events in the Durst saga comes after State Police investigator Joseph Becerra filed a complaint charging Robert Durst with the death of his first wife.... Read More »
