In a recently filed lawsuit against a West Virginia college oversight agency, the Higher Education Policy Commission, an agency director alleges that the Commission illegally recorded over three years' worth of building staff conversations in its Charleston headquarters. As reported by the Charleston Gazette-Mail, the Higher Education Policy Commission's academic... Read More »
Over five years after the senseless murders of two Delphi, Indiana, teens Libby German and Abby Williams, Indiana police announced early Monday that a local man has been arrested and charged with the murders. Abby was just 13, and her best friend Libby was 14 when the pair were killed... Read More »
Cosmetics company L'Oreal Paris and partner companies, Namaste Laboratories LLC, Dabur International Ltd., and Godrej Consumer Products are at the center of a lawsuit that alleges women who use their chemical hair straightening products are at an increased risk of developing uterine cancer. The lawsuit was brought forward by civil... Read More »
The 82-year-old husband of Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, is recovering after he was the victim of a brutal assault in the couple's upscale San Francisco home. Officials arrested the attacker, 41-year-old David DePape, on a slew of charges including attempted murder, elder abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, battery,... Read More »
As first reported by the Associated Press, the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against an Idaho city over illegal waste dumping into waterways that feed into several rivers throughout the area. The lawsuit was filed by the DOJ In Idaho's U.S. District Court on Monday. According to the... Read More »
A grandmother who was arrested after feeding the homeless at an Arizona public park has filed a lawsuit against the city with the support of the nonprofit public interest law firm, Institute for Justice. Last March, 78-year-old Norma Thornton was feeding the local homeless population at a nearby public park... Read More »
Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced the $10 million settlement with three real estate firms that operated developments in some of the most affluent communities in our nation’s capital. The settlement will be the largest civil penalty in a US housing discrimination case. The three real estate firms involved... Read More »
The 2020 Denver George Floyd protests resulted in a number of police brutality lawsuits that have required the city to dish out millions in settlement payments. The latest settlement will cost the city of Denver and others $485,000 in taxpayer dollars after protestor Trevor Hughes filed a lawsuit blaming the... Read More »
The families of two people who were killed in the 2021 Astroworld Music Festival have settled with concert organizer and headliner, rapper Travis Scott. The November 5 concert resulted in a deadly crowd surge shortly after Scott took the stage. The crowd surge killed 10 concertgoers and injured hundreds more.... Read More »
Less than a week after an online application portal for student debt relief went live, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Biden administration from moving forward with its student loan forgiveness plan. The ruling came Friday evening just as over half of qualifying student loan borrowers filed applications on... Read More »
An Illinois medical device sterilization company has been ordered to pay $363 million to a cancer survivor who lived in the same community where the company’s plant was based. The lawsuit was brought forward by Susan Kamuda, and her complaint is just one of over 700 that accused the company,... Read More »
Five former daycare employees have been arrested and charged after viral videos show them using scary Halloween masks to frighten a classroom of young children. Four of the individuals are facing felony child abuse charges while the fifth is facing a misdemeanor count of simple assault against a minor and... Read More »
Alarming radioactive contamination levels at Missouri’s Jana Elementary School have caused the school to shut its doors and switch to virtual learning. The news was shared Tuesday evening during a packed Hazelwood School District board meeting. At that meeting, parents were told that children who attended Jana Elementary School in... Read More »
The father of a five-year-old girl who was killed in a July car crash that involved Wisconsin Senate minority leader Janet Bewley has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the senator, the driver who struck the vehicle his daughter was in, and three insurance companies. Brandon Fink, the father of... Read More »
The nation’s largest domestic carrier, American Airlines, has agreed to a $7.5 million settlement to end a lawsuit claiming the company improperly charged baggage fees to certain passengers. The class-action lawsuit was filed in February 2021 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The initial... Read More »
