Massachusetts Murderer Sues Prison Commissioner Over Sex Change Surgery

A Massachusetts murderer is suing the state prison commissioner to receive a facility change along with sexual reassignment surgery. Boston’s local CBS network says Michelle Kosilek filed the suit against Correction Commissioner Thomas Turco in federal court last week. The motion demands that Kosilek be immediately transferred from a men’s prison in Norfolk, MA, to


Aerosmith Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to President Trump Over Song Use

Aerosmith front man, Steven Tyler, does not like that President Trump has been using one of his songs at campaign events, and recently made those thoughts known by sending a cease-and-desist letter to the president. In the letter, Tyler asked Trump to stop using the band’s “1993 hit song ‘Livin’ On The Edge’ at campaign events.” This isn’t the first time an artist has accused the president of using songs without permission, though. In the past, both Neil Young and Brian May of Queen got after Trump for using their songs at campaign events.




Family of Woman Killed in Lancaster County House Explosion Accuses City, Utility Company of Negligence

Last year on August 14, 2017, the home of Jeanne Jasa exploded, claiming her life. Now, her children have decided to file a tort claim against the city of “Lincoln, Lancaster County, and natural gas provider Black Hills Energy” for negligently causing the death of their mother. The home explosion is still under investigation and Lincoln police have not ruled out foul play. According to Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister, “his investigators need more time to follow up leads in the case.”


Survivors of Jacksonville, FL Shooting to Launch Negligence Lawsuit

Several survivors of Sunday’s deadly shooting spree in Jacksonville, Florida are launching a probable negligence lawsuit against the venue which hosted a virtual sports event. The gunman who opened fire inside of an ‘e-sports’ bar at Jacksonville Landing mall injured 11 people and killed two others. Attorney Matt Morgan, of Morgan & Morgan, told reporters




Butler University and Campus Fraternity Under Fire in Latest Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault

In a recent lawsuit filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, a former Butler University athlete alleges the university and a campus fraternity “failed to protect her from a dangerous student who had a history of sexual assault.” According to the suit, the woman’s attacker, who was also an athlete at the school, pinned her down in a room in the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity house and “raped her in December 2016 when she was 18 years old.


Trump Administration Agrees to Protect Humpback Whale Habitat

Late last week, President Trump and his administration agreed to protect a humpback whale habitat in the Pacific Ocean. The agreement was announced after American Indian and conservation groups sued the government for leaving the whales vulnerable to “ship strikes, oil spills and entanglements in fishing gear.” The groups that filed the suit in federal court included the “Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, a nonprofit that represents American Indian tribes.”