Lou Anna Simon, the long-time president of Michigan State University, resigned from her post amidst pressure Wednesday evening. Criticized for her handling of the Larry Nassar scandal, Simon’s step down was arguably overdue. Although the university Board of Trustees reaffirmed their faith in her leadership Friday, calls for Simon’s resignation only intensified after Dr. Nassar’s
President Donald Trump is expected to make a proposal on Monday, offering citizenship to 1.8 million illegal immigrants in exchange for billions of dollars in border wall funding. According to Politico.com, White House adviser Stephen Miller outlined the new framework in a phone call to Oval Office surrogates and Capitol Hill staffers. Trump’s deal would
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alleging its decision to rescind a temporary, protected immigration status for Haitians was racially motivated. “The action by the Department of Homeland Security to rescind TPS [temporary protective status] for
A voluntary nationwide recall was recently announced by the National Frozen Foods Corporation (NFFC) involving “a limited quantity of Not-Ready-To Eat Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) green beans and IQF mixed vegetables because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” Potential Listeria contamination is a serious matter because the organism has the potential to “cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.” Even healthy individuals can experience symptoms such as fever, nausea, stiffness, and abdominal pain, among others.
Prestigious Academy Accused of Having Culture of Sexual Assault
Assisted Living Home Administrator Sentenced in Abuse Case
A recent medical malpractice lawsuit ruled against the University of Arizona Health Network, now Banner-University Medical Center Tucson and awarded $12 million to a “Tucson woman in a vegetative state” due to a medical error. The largest medical malpractice lawsuit in Pima County in the last decade, the suit stems from an incident that occurred on September 13, 2013. In that day, Esmeralda Tripp visited the ER alone and had “been to the same emergency room multiple times dealing with the same issue,” seizures. According to her daughter, Jamaica Tripp-Serrano, she was “generally treated with a Vitamin K shot or plasma and released.” In addition to the frequent seizures, Tripp was also on “Coumadin, a blood thinner medication.”
The NCAA has opened an investigation into Michigan State University and its handling of the accusations piled up against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Nassar has pleaded guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct. He’s been accused of molesting and assaulting over a hundred athletes throughout his career, including members of the U.S.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shut down an offer to fund the president’s border wall, just days after putting it on the table. According to Politico.com, the senator told Trump through an aide that the deal was no longer up for grabs. Schumer purportedly promised over $1.6 billion in funding for a barrier along the
Former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was handed a harsh sentence Wednesday, following a seven-day hearing which gave voice to the physician’s many victims. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who presided over Nassar’s trial and sentencing, condemned the sex predator to between 40 and 175 years in prison. “I just signed your death warrant,”