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Suspended Kentucky law professor seeks to block appointment of incoming dean
{mag_summary} A suspended professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law has filed a federal lawsuit to stop the incoming law school’s dean from…
‘Extremely excessive’ research, fees alleged in ‘It Ends With Us’ litigation
{mag_summary} With representation from two large law firms, is more than $7 million in attorney fees, pretrial, excessive? Yes, and it’s “anything but a typical…
Trump administration asks justices to have lower court reconsider protected status for Venezuelan and Haitian nationals
In a filing submitted on July 9 and docketed on Monday, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the justices to order the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to reconsider its ruling in a challenge to the decision by then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi...
Make history with us: Join VA’s Million Veteran Program
Help improve health outcomes for Veterans The Million Veteran Program (MVP) is a historic effort: the largest health research program in the world affiliated with a healthcare system, and the first program of its kind to have 1 million participants. MVP participants...
Teen charged after swim team member drowns in lake following jump from railroad bridge, police and family say
Inset left: Lucas Roper (Rowlett Police Department). Inset right: Daniel Erving (GoFundMe). Background: The railroad tracks leading to a bridge over Lake Ray Hubbard in Rowlett, Texas (Google Maps). A teenager in Texas is behind bars several months after another...
'No one stopped him': Man died from 'water intoxication' after guzzling over 5 gallons from his toilet while state hospital workers did nothing, lawsuit says
Inset: Kenneth Hass. Background: Oregon State Hospital, where Kenneth Hass was a patient (KGW/YouTube). An Oregon psychiatric patient died from "water intoxication" after guzzling more than five gallons of toilet water while state hospital workers stood by and "no one...
'Lock her up': Mom ties 8-year-old daughter up with dog leash and passes 2 hospitals while the girl is seizing and in need of help, cops say
Background: The Fayette County Jail in Uniontown, Pa. (Fayette County Government). Inset: Lisa Miller (Pennsylvania State Police). Authorities in Pennsylvania say an 8-year-old girl drank bleach at a campground, and instead of being rushed to the hospital, her mother...
Man who strangled ex-girlfriend and kept her remains in his basement for 7 months will be locked up for much longer
Background: Matthew Lewinski at his sentencing (Law&Crime). Inset: Courtney "Jerri" Winters (Facebook). A Michigan man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and kept her remains in the basement of his condo has been sentenced to life in prison. Matthew Lewinski, 42,...
Best friends holding hands while crossing street mowed down and killed by GMC Yukon driver who sped away: Police, witnesses
Top inset: Amy Austin and May Daiber (WISN/YouTube). Bottom inset: The GMC Yukon that Wisconsin police say struck and killed Amy Austin and May Daiber in Milwaukee (WITI/YouTube). Two Wisconsin women were mowed down and killed by a driver while crossing a street in...