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Teen was sexually abused at therapeutic boarding school, lawsuit says as parents advocate oversight
Read full article: Teen was sexually abused at therapeutic boarding school, lawsuit says as parents advocate oversightThe parents of a teenager with special needs say he was repeatedly sexually assaulted beginning when he was 14 by an employee at a small private boarding school in South Carolina.
1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal
Read full article: 1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandalA former Northwestern football player filed the first lawsuit against Pat Fitzgerald and members of the school’s leadership, seeking damages stemming from a hazing scandal that cost the former football coach his job.
Election officials sue conservative voting group over refusal to produce ballot-harvesting evidence
Read full article: Election officials sue conservative voting group over refusal to produce ballot-harvesting evidenceThe Georgia State Election Board is asking a judge to order a conservative voting organization to produce information to help investigate its claims of ballot trafficking in the state.
Private detective appeals to Nevada Supreme court in Reno mayor's lawsuit over GPS tracking device
Read full article: Private detective appeals to Nevada Supreme court in Reno mayor's lawsuit over GPS tracking deviceA court battle between the mayor of Reno and a private investigator who secretly tracked her with a GPS device ahead of the November election is moving to Nevada's Supreme Court.
Walker campaign staffer lawsuit says GOP activist groped him
Read full article: Walker campaign staffer lawsuit says GOP activist groped himA staffer on Herschel Walker's Republican Senate campaign has filed a lawsuit against prominent conservative activist Matt Schlapp, accusing Schlapp of groping him during a car ride in Georgia before last year’s midterm election.
Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probe
Read full article: Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probeFlorida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville says he'll meet with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday to discuss his involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks’ sexual abuse scandal.
Belt buckle prompts Florida sheriff to reopen cold case
Read full article: Belt buckle prompts Florida sheriff to reopen cold caseThose initials — WT — and DNA analysis this month would help confirm the man's identity: William Ernest Thompson. “Years passed, but no tips on the case," the Sheriff’s Department said in its social media post. The case went cold — until someone looking into a missing uncle came upon the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office website two years ago. A cold case entry on the website described what little was known about the “John Doe" who was found on that January day so many years ago. With a key question resolved, authorities now hope to answer more: Why did he die, and who might have killed him?
US Navy veteran: For 2 decades, VA never told him he had HIV
Read full article: US Navy veteran: For 2 decades, VA never told him he had HIV's Columbia medical center ordered the lab work that included the HIV test in November 1995. “In clear contravention of the standard of care, Mr. Doe was not informed of the positive HIV test until decades later," the lawsuit states. who wrote in a medical record that he came across the 1995 lab results showing the positive HIV test. That doctor also asked the veteran if he knew he was HIV positive, and he responded that he was never told about any positive test. “In my experience working with patients like Mr. Doe, the V.A.