Texas Cop Free on Bond After Killing Black Woman at Home
The white Texas police officer who shot and killed a black woman in her home over the weekend is out on bond after being charged with murder, authorities said Tuesday.
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A former nursing student sued for readmission to Long Island University-Post, claiming it kicked her out after unfairly accusing her of cheating on a test, though she merely clicked a link on the school website, to which her professor had, apparently inadvertently, attached the next day’s test, in Nassau County Court.
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Dylan Stevens sue the Clay County (Mo.) Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, et al., in federal court, claiming it wrongfully prosecuted and incarcerated him for 17 years after falsely labeling him a “child molester” because while he was 18 and in jail he exchanged love letters with his 15-year-old girlfriend.
Read moreTexas Cop Resigns After Killing Woman in Her Home
Fort Worth officials on Monday identified the white police officer who shot and killed a black woman in her own home while responding to a welfare call, apologizing repeatedly for her “senseless” death and saying the officer has resigned.
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An inmate claims in federal court that a prison guard at the Houston Federal Detention Center “forcibly raped” her “on multiple occasions.”
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Census Bureau Tries End-Around for Citizenship Data
Responding to reports that the U.S. Census Bureau is requesting drivers’ license records to verify whether those who take the survey in 2020 are citizens, experts say the predicted drop in participation from immigrants will be the same as if the Supreme Court had not barred the citizenship question in June.
Read moreCommunity Outraged After Police Kill Texas Woman at Home
A white Fort Worth cop is on administrative leave after he shot and killed a black homeowner through her window during a welfare check Saturday, angering a community still reeling from the murder conviction of former Dallas cop Amber Guyger two weeks ago for killing her unarmed black neighbor.
Read morePresident Orders Army Onto Streets of Ecuadorian Capital
President Lenín Moreno ordered the army onto the streets of Ecuador’s capital Saturday after a week and a half of protests over fuel prices devolved into violent incidents, with masked protesters attacking a television station, newspaper and the national auditor’s office.
Read moreSixth Circuit Upholds Injunction Blocking Ohio Abortion Ban
A Sixth Circuit panel on Friday upheld an injunction that says a women’s right to an abortion cannot be blocked in Ohio based on indications that a fetus has Down syndrome.
Read moreJudge Blocks Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule
Days after skewering the government’s rationale for denying green cards for immigrants on welfare, a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s so-called “public charge” rule on Friday.
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Three people and an LLC claim in federal court that Shorewood Hills Homeowners Association, in Chikaming, Mich., refuses to let Jews live there — only “Christian neighbors,” according to its articles of incorporation.
Read moreDemocratic Candidates Promise Protections for LGBTQ Americans
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and seven other Democratic presidential candidates said at an LA town hall Thursday that they would implement civil rights protections for LGBTQ people and overturn discriminatory policies.
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Iran Women Freely at FIFA Soccer Match, 1st Time in Decades
Thousands of flag-draped Iranian women cheered, blew horns and celebrated inside a Tehran stadium Thursday as they watched the first FIFA soccer match they’ve been allowed to freely attend in decades.
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A former deputy prosecuting attorney sued Snohomish County, Washington, claiming her former boss, Prosecuting Attorney Mark Roe, harassed and discriminated, calling women “bitches” and “cunts,” calling men “faggots” and “homos,” and other vile behavior in the office, in King County Court.
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Reporter Matt Stroud sued all the judges in Pittsburgh Municipal Court for barring any sort of recording of bail hearings, including by court reporters, in federal court.
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