Tag: Lawsuits
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic...
Suit can proceed against ex-Indiana officer over crash death
<p>SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A federal appeals court has ruled that a wrongful death lawsuit can proceed against a former South Bend police officer...
Report: Drug executive emails mocked Appalachians
<p>CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emails to and from a drug company executive presented at a landmark West Virginia trial against three large opioid distributors used...
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic...
NFL families seek to end ‘race-norming’ in $1B settlement
<p>PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to...
Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
<p>WASHINGTON — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white...
Judge approves $577 million settlement for Maryland HBCUs
<p>ANNAPOLIS — A federal judge has approved a $577 million settlement in a lawsuit over underfunding at Maryland's four historically Black colleges and universities.</p>
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Inside one network cashing in on vaccine disinformation
<p>The couple in the website videos could be hawking any number of products.</p>
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Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
WASHINGTON — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white...
Democrats search for a strategy to combat GOP voting laws
<p>A small group of civil rights leaders gathered at Vice President Kamala Harris’ ceremonial office last week, discussing how to combat a wave of...