On Wednesday, district attorneys representing four of New York City’s five boroughs announced their joint decision to vacate over a half-million arrest warrants. The action serves as a way to free up courts from pursuing outdated and lost-cause cases. According to The New York Times, city officials began to aggressively ticket minor offenses starting in
In his war on immigration, Donald Trump hasn’t shied away from spectacular claims. As part of his long-running campaign against so-called ‘sanctuary cities’, the commander-in-chief has cited street gang MS-13 as an example of how undocumented aliens can wreak havoc in urban America. Analysts at several media outlets – including CNN and The Economist –
Cooper Tire Must Reinstate Terminated Employee
Lawsuit Filed Over WMTA’s Advertising Policy
When parents buy their children toys, they do so with the mindset that they’re safe to play with. Certainly, they don’t think that their child’s new toy would be hazardous or harmful to play with. Unfortunately, one popular toy has been declared dangerous and is now being recalled. TOMY’s Munching Max Chipmunk toys are being recalled because, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, parts inside the toys can “break and puncture the fabric,” posing a laceration hazard. So far only one child has been injured because of the issue.
Pharmacies Allegedly Overcharging for Commonly Prescribed Drugs
A class action lawsuit was recently settled between Water Street Brewery and many of its servers for $825,000. The lawsuit itself was filed back in November of 2016 by Angela Brandt when she claimed Water Street Brewery was in violation of “state and federal wage-and-hour laws at each of the company’s four locations.” According to Brandt, a former server, the brewery’s servers “had not been paid minimum wage because of various payroll practices, including requiring servers to share tips with certain employees and pay for discarded coasters, discarded silverware and broken dishes from their tips.” Additionally, the lawsuit also alleges “that servers did not receive overtime when they worked more than 40 hours per week.”
EarthJustice’s Right to Zero environmental campaign in California is pushing for zero-emissions technologies, but those don’t solve the underlying problem.
We’ve heard a lot this year about discrimination allegations being brought against major news networks. From gender and racial discrimination and sexual abuse allegations against Fox News to racial discrimination allegations against CNN, one can’t help but wonder what the ruling will be in any of the lawsuits. Well, the wait is over. In one particular case against Time Warner networks CNN and TBS, a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination was dismissed earlier this week “for a lack of factual evidence.”
Mom of Turtle Stealer Says Her Son “Loves Animals”