Tag: Lawsuits
WVa governor agrees to live in government seat, ending case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has agreed to live in the seat of state government in Charleston, ending a long-running challenge...
Group asks justices to ban use of race in college admissions
WASHINGTON — A group claiming Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants is asking the Supreme Court to ban the consideration of race in college...
Suit: Police excessive force caused Indiana woman’s death
INDIANAPOLIS — The estate of an Indianapolis woman who died from a lack of oxygen in 2019 after officers restrained her facedown in a...
New lawsuit revives discrimination allegation against Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An organization that alleges Yale University discriminates against Asian-American and white applicants filed a federal lawsuit against the school on...
Suit: Police excessive force caused Indiana woman’s death
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — The estate of an Indianapolis woman who died from a lack of oxygen in 2019 after officers restrained her facedown in a...
New lawsuit revives discrimination allegation against Yale
<p>NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An organization that alleges Yale University discriminates against Asian-American and white applicants filed a federal lawsuit against the school on...
Deaf Costco worker with mumbling manager won’t get award
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A deaf former employee of a South Florida Costco store won't be collecting $775,000 a federal jury awarded her in...
Lawyer hired by Democratic AG defends Iowa’s GOP governor
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa's Democratic attorney general has installed the Republican governor’s lawyer into a high-level job in which he is aggressively defending...
Ex-congressman ordered to pay $456k for election violations
<p>MIAMI — A federal judge ordered a former Florida Republican congressman on Tuesday to pay $456,000 for secretly funneling thousands of dollars to a...
Federal judge says California can enforce net neutrality law
<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that California can for the first time enforce its tough net neutrality law, clearing the...