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Parents sue after school bus ran over and killed 6-year-old girl in front of brothers

The lawsuit is seeking in excess of $1m in damages

The Independent UK

War on Wall Street: Why billionaire Daniel Och is suing his former hedge fund for paying his own protégé too much

The New York mogul left his own hedge fund after a massive African bribery scandal. Now he’s fueding with the man he once groomed as his successor, Io Dodds reports

The Independent UK

Megachurch pastor raped hundreds and forced victims to call him ‘uncle’, lawsuit claims

Naasón Joaquín García is being sued in California by five alleged victims, having been convicted of various child sex abuse charges earlier this year

The Independent UK

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Detective’s lawsuit against Baltimore Police Department claims ‘corruption and misconduct’ at highest levels

A Baltimore Police detective is suing Commissioner Michael Harrison, Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau, an internal affairs captain and a retired colonel, claiming they conspired against him to prevent a separate, negligent death lawsuit against the department.

Tribune News Service

Recreational marijuana question will remain on Missouri ballot after state court rulings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A constitutional amendment that would legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri will remain on the Nov. 8 ballot after the Missouri Supreme Court declined to transfer a lawsuit challenging the ballot initiative.

Tribune News Service

How a rape survivor’s DNA led to her arrest for a separate crime in San Francisco

A federal lawsuit outlines how police relied on evidence collected from sexual assault kits for unrelated crimes, underscoring chronic challenges facing survivors seeking justice

The Independent UK

Cremation provider agrees to pay up to $209 million to settle deceptive-sales lawsuit

A cremation services company has agreed to provide up to $209 million in refunds to settle a federal class-action lawsuit alleging it deceived 87,000 Florida customers who purchased its prepaid plans.

Tribune News Service

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Seattle Pacific University is imploding over hiring policy, lawsuit argues

SEATTLE — Seattle Pacific University's policy against hiring people in same-sex relationships is not only discriminatory, it is causing the institution to implode, according to 16 students, faculty and staff who filed a lawsuit against trustees of the Christian school on Monday.

Tribune News Service

Russia's first climate lawsuit filed over greenhouse emissions

Russia's first climate lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by activists who demanded Russia take urgent steps to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet its obligations under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Reuters

Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Law Making It Illegal To Film Cops Within 8 Feet

"The Court fails to see how the presence of a person recording a video near an officer interferes with the officer's activities," the judge wrote.

Reason

A woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues the city of San Francisco

During a search of a crime lab database, the woman's DNA was tied to a burglary in late 2021. Her DNA had been collected and stored as part of a 2016 domestic violence and sexual assault case.

WEKU

San Francisco faces civil rights lawsuit over woman's arrest based on DNA from her rape kit

A San Francisco woman whose DNA from a sexual assault examination was used by police five years later to arrest her in connection with an unrelated property crime, spurring a backlash and attempts to ban the practice, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.

Los Angeles Times

Illinois GOP attorney general candidate has record of taking critics to court, including his girlfriend’s mom and the governor

CHICAGO — While running for a downstate school board seat five years ago, Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore complained in a Facebook post about students who struggled to make correct change at a concession stand during a basketball game.

Chicago Tribune

First climate lawsuit against Russian government launched over emissions

Group of activists file supreme court case demanding stronger action on meeting Paris accord goals

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US woman says San Francisco police used ‘rape kit’ to arrest her

The lawsuit prompts calls for reform to prevent other police departments in the state from using rape kit DNA evidence.

WEKU

Seattle Pacific University leaders are sued for anti-LGBTQ hiring practices

The lawsuit says the university discriminates against potential faculty members by prohibiting individuals in same-sex relationships from being hired.

The Guardian - UK

Google faces €25bn lawsuit in UK and EU over digital advertising

Tech company accused of abusing its power in the ad tech market

Tribune News Service

Texas A&M sued over efforts to hire diverse faculty as professor claims discrimination

A professor sued Texas A&M University, alleging that a faculty fellowship program aimed at boosting diversity discriminates against white and Asian men.

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Reuters

'Hustler' Ruto becomes Kenya's fifth president after close election

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his defeated opponent in a close-fought election he won by portraying himself as an underdog "hustler" battling the elite.

The Independent UK

Los Angeles County to settle lawsuit over homeless crisis

Los Angeles County leaders have announced a lawsuit settlement agreement that commits hundreds of millions of dollars to expand outreach and supportive services for homeless residents — marking the potential end of two years of litigation over the crisis of people living on the streets

The Texas Tribune

In lawsuit, UT-Austin professor accuses Texas A&M faculty program of discriminating against white and Asian men

UT-Austin professor Richard Lowery is represented by America First Legal — a group created by Stephen Miller, a policy adviser for former President Donald Trump, and Jonathan Mitchell, a former solicitor general for Texas and the legal architect of the state’s six-week abortion ban.

Salon

Loomer fraud witness drops out of suit

Republican voter Theresa Rinaldi demanded that her name be removed from Loomer's baseless complaint

The Independent UK

Indiana court hearing set after abortion ban takes effect

An Indiana judge won’t hear arguments until next week on a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s abortion ban, leaving that new law set to take effect on Thursday

The Independent UK

Faculty, students sue Christian school over LGBTQ hiring ban

Divisions over LGBTQ-related policies have flared recently at several religious colleges in the United States

The Independent UK

Dead Oklahoma inmate was suing over 'Baby Shark' claim

An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that jail workers tortured him and other inmates by handcuffing them to a wall and forcing them to listen to the children's song “Baby Shark” on repeat for…

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