Michelle Carter, a young woman whose text messages urged her boyfriend to carry through with a suicide plan he’d began to reconsider, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The verdict was announced Friday, drawing a close to a highly publicized case that began with the discovery of Roy Conrad III’s body in July 2014. Carter, now
A government report shows airline complaints have risen 70% over last April’s numbers, driven in part by a series of high-profile cases involving abused passengers. Complaints for April 2017 totaled in at a staggering 1,909, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation summary picked by The New York Times. April was a particularly tumultuous month
A Texas resident who was raped by an Uber driver in India is suing the ride-sharing company and three of its former and current executives after revelations that they had obtained and mishandled her medical records. Identified in court records and by The New York Times only as Jane Doe, a Texas resident living in
Woman Charged With Creating and Distributing Thousands of Fake Checks
So, when one in is school to become a member of law enforcement, it goes without saying that he or she should want to do everything possible to maintain a clean record. But, that’s not always the case. Kids will be kids, even if they are in a college program designed for future success on
Democratic Senators are urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to curb the practice of telemarketers using straight-to-voicemail technology to bypass consumers’ ringtones. The Hill reports that Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal, both of Connecticut, penned a letter together with Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and other legislators, requesting Pai not permit companies to ‘leave messages
A court in Pakistan sentenced a man to death over allegedly blasphemous materials posted on Facebook. Government prosecutors announced the verdict Sunday, the latest development in a social media crackdown spearheaded by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The conviction of 30-year old Taimoor Raza marks the first time in the history of the populous South
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may have placed himself on the wrong side of Donald Trump after a leaked tape caught him mocking the president. Turnbull was entertaining guests at a closed-door speech to journalists and legislators. Called the Midwinter Ball, the event is akin to the White House’s annual correspondents dinner. Although reporters in
The Honest Company is back in the news, this time over news that the company has “settled a lawsuit in New York claiming it fraudulently labeled dozens of home and personal care products as natural, plant-based or chemical-free.” Though the terms of the class action lawsuit settlement have yet to be disclosed, lawyers for both the company and the plaintiffs have said that “they expect to seek preliminary approval shortly.”
Rolling Stone Magazine has finally agreed to pay $1.65 million to a University of Virginia fraternity to “settle a defamation lawsuit.” What was the defamation lawsuit for? It turns out, back in 2014 the magazine published a story written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely titled, “A Rape on Campus.” The story was about “a woman identified only as Jackie who claimed to be raped by members of the school’s Phi Kappa Psi fraternity as part of an initiation rite.” The problem with the story was that it never happened, which led Phi Kappa Psi to file a defamation lawsuit against the magazine.