A lawsuit was filed earlier today against Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and four of its employees, including the school’s chancellor. The suit, which was filed by a former student, Bailey Reed, claims the “university violated Title IX when it failed to uphold the student’s rights after she was raped on campus by a classmate.”
Court Will Take Another Look at Decision to Protect TSA
A new IPCC report predicts a dire future climate if we don’t make big changes. Trump doubts, but the administration says we’re toast. Will we turn or burn?
Detention Center Not in Compliance, ICE Urged to Act
Patients Say They Need Hard to Get Prescription Opioids
Last week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a class action racial discrimination lawsuit with more than “200 current and former black financial advisers and their attorneys.” Additionally, the bank agreed to spend $4.5 million to “in-house development programs over the next three years to recruit advisers and help them be successful in those positions.”
Back on October 15, 2016, 15-year-old Roger Trindale was found in Central Park in Winter Park beaten and unconscious. Unfortunately, he later passed away from his injuries. Now, his family recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit in response to the incident and want answers as to why their child was taken from them so soon.
A Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center physician says his efforts to improve the quality of care within the hospital’s ICU were met with retaliation and a trumped-up disciplinary action. A ProPublica investigation claims the suit originated with a complaint. Dr. Tomas Rios, who practices at Baylor, believed some of his patients were receiving unnecessary medical
Hurricane Michael is expected to cause at least $25 billion in economic losses from now until its dissipation. Bloomberg reports that about $3 billion of the total will ‘fall on the federal flood insurance program.’ Private insurers are likely to face bills ranging from $9 to $10 billion, according to disaster modeler Chuck Watson. Whatever
In an unexpected policy shift, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Canadians working in the country’s legal cannabis industry won’t be prevented from crossing the border. The reversal follows announcement made in September. CBP and Trump administration officials then held that “as marijuana continues to be a controlled substance under United States law,