A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that an Ohio professor can sue a university for violating his constitutional rights after he was disciplined for refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a transgender student. Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2018 after the school formally
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It’s been nearly a year since healthcare worker, Peter Woullard, has walked on his own. The 53-year-old, who contracted Covid-19 last March, lost his ability to stand and walk after spending months in the hospital fighting for his life. “I have nerve damage in certain areas of my body and also weakness,” he told CNN
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Federal prosecutors filed sex trafficking charges against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, alleging she recruited and groomed a 14-year-old girl to engage in sex acts with Epstein as recently as 2004. Prosecutors allege Maxwell and Epstein recruited the underage girl to perform massages that turned sexual at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence. In
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A federal jury in St. Louis returned a mixed verdict Monday in the case of three police officers accused of beating a fellow officer working undercover. Luther Hall, who was identified in a civil suit he filed, went undercover in 2017 during a protest concerning another police shooting of a Black man. Hall, himself, is
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A man who was fatally shot three days ago by a Virginia Beach police officer was wielding a handgun, the department said Monday in a news release. Donovon Lynch, a 25-year-old Black man, died Friday night after he was shot in the torso and thigh, according to a news release from the Virginia Office of
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Myanmar’s military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing threw a lavish dinner party Saturday while his troops reportedly shot dead more than 100 people in the streets and forced thousands of people to flee into neighboring Thailand, during a weekend of indiscriminate terror and bloodshed that was widely condemned internationally. Images posted on social media showed
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Some of the heaviest rainfall in Nashville’s history caused flooding that killed at least six people over the weekend. Authorities identified three of the six victims as men in their 60s and 70s who drowned after driving as floodwaters ravaged the area. One of them was swept away by floodwaters when he got out of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville city officials announce plans to remove Vance Monument are moving forward following a Buncombe County judge’s decision. In a press release, the City of Asheville says Superior Court Judge Steven Warren denied a recent motion calling for a temporary restraint order to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The back of the car of a Holocaust survivor was vandalized with swastikas on Friday, according to StopAntisemitism.org. The swastikas appeared to have been drawn by hand on the back of the vehicle’s rear glass. The organization twitted: “The Horrific- on the eve of Shabbat
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In the case of Megan Mikkalson, you can measure a mother’s love — 1,100 miles and 18 hours round trip from Rochester to the tiny town of Rolla, North Dakota. It’s a long journey she would do all over again to get the COVID-19 vaccine
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLIFTON, New Jersey (WCBS) — Officials say a New Jersey man is facing attempted murder and bias charges after trying to stab a woman because he believed she was Mexican. The incident happened inside a grocery store on Main Avenue near West First Street in Clifton. According to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Four Sacramento sisters are expecting to give birth to their babies just months apart from each other. Caroline, Amy, Haley and Katie – the Gaines sisters – are four siblings that were all born just 18 months apart. They are close-knit as can
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Botham Jean Boulevard was officially unveiled on Saturday as a way to honor the man who was tragically killed in his own apartment by a Dallas officer. The new street name covers a stretch of South Lamar Street from Interstate-30 to South Central Expressway. Among
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE (KPIX) — Many people view getting vaccinated as the key to ending the pandemic and eventually returning to some sense of normalcy in their lives and after a year in lockdown, for many, the experience of finally receiving their shot can be an emotional one. “A
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — CBS 2 has never-before-seen video of the moments after a mass shooting in the Wrightwood neighborhood that left one dead and seven others injured. CBS 2’s Meredith Barack reports from police headquarters. People were gathered for a celebration of life for a man who was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — History was made in Brockton as the first Black woman-owned dispensary on the East Coast opened its doors. Legal Greens, located on Pleasant Street, is run by Vanessa Jean-Baptiste. She was extremely busy welcoming customers on Sunday. “It means a lot to me because we
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) — Former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, who currently serves as a COVID-19 adviser for Gov. Larry Hogan, said recently he believes the virus originated inside a lab in Wuhan, China and “escaped.” “If I was to guess, this virus started transmitting somewhere in September,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. ANN, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis County resident says he hopes to get justice after a local landscaper defrauded him out of more than a $1,000. The resident didn’t want his identity revealed out of fear of retaliation from the business owner. “I’m disappointed, I feel
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Emergency crews had to rescue at least 15 people from an apartment building in Antioch on Sunday morning. Crews were called to a report of a building collapse in the 5,000 block of Linbar Drive. Nashville Office of Emergency Management Public Information Officer Joseph Pleasant
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Four inmates in a Georgia state prison and a woman were indicted on federal drug trafficking charges. The accused allegedly coordinated a scheme to smuggle narcotics into Hay State Prison by reportedly bribing a prison guard. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Jeffery D. Lewis,
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