Most people living in Florida get behind the wheel of a vehicle each day and never think about the possibility of getting into an accident. If you don’t want to face unplanned expenses or have to fight with your insurance company, learning about Florida laws related to automobile crashes is a good place to start.
President Trump’s attempts to limit asylum applications were challenged in court Monday. The outcome of the hearings, writes USA Today, could determine how many members of a U.S.-bound migrant caravan will be allowed into the country. Hundreds of caravan members have already converged along the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana. On Monday, Customs and Border Protection
Butte County recently decided to settle a lawsuit filed by Michael Sears, a former deputy with the Butte County Sheriff’s department. Sears originally filed his lawsuit against the department and county after he allegedly experienced workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation over his race. The suit settled for $645,000 and will be paid to Sears and the law firm that represented him, Mastagni Holstedt, APC.
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Earlier this week, the governor of Kansas and other top legislative leaders agreed to settle a child-death lawsuit for $75,000. The suit was originally filed in Sedgwick County District Court against the “Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) after the agency failed to intervene based on allegations an 18-month-old girl was physically abused and living in a drug house.”
A recall was issued late Saturday for nearly 100,000 pounds of bulk raw ground beef from a JBS USA Swift Beef facility in Utah over concerns of potential E. coli contamination. According to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the recalled product was distributed to retailers throughout “at least five states,” including Utah, Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection briefly closed California’s San Ysidro border crossing Monday. San Ysidro, writes USA Today, is the busiest land port along the U.S.-Mexico border. Customs and Border Protection temporarily halted northbound traffic for more than three hours, apparently in fear that members of a migrant caravan might try to force their way
On Friday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced a heavily anticipated overhaul of the procedures colleges use to deal with allegations of sexual assault and misconduct on campus. But one feature of the new rules struck critics as unusual. According to The Atlantic, Betsy DeVos’s new protocol would allow students accused of sexual assault to personally