Law - Page 120

April 11, 2024

Florida judge rules school has to temporarily allow transgender teacher to use preferred pronouns

A Florida judge temporarily blocked a pronoun law from being enforced against one nonbinary and two transgender teachers this week.

April 11, 2024

Squatting in the US: A history of unlawfully occupying buildings, land that dates back to before WWII

Squatting has a long history in the United States. In more recent years, laws protecting squatters over homeowners in many states have made this issue a difficult one to overcome.

April 10, 2024

DeSantis signs 5 laws cracking down on sexual predators, ability to abuse or 'groom' kids over the internet

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, where he signed five pieces of legislation into law aiming to protect children from predators.

April 10, 2024

Columbine survivor warns Crumbley parents' sentencing sets 'dangerous precedent': 'He knew what he was doing'

Craig Scott, a survivor of the Columbine High School massacre, said he believes jailing the parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley is 'wrong.'

April 10, 2024

Former Mississippi officers who admitted to torturing 2 Black men face sentencing in state court

Following their federal sentencing, six ex-Mississippi law enforcement officers will be sentenced in state court for the torture of two Black men in January 2023.

April 9, 2024

First of nearly 1,200 lawsuits against New Hampshire youth detention center set for trial

David Meehan's case is the first of over 1,000 in an unprecedented criminal investigation into physical and sexual abuse at New Hampshire's state-run youth detention center.

April 9, 2024

Hundreds accuse Massachusetts doctor of sexual abuse, inappropriate examinations

Dr. Derrick Todd, a former rheumatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, has been accused by over 200 woman and several men of sexual abuse.

April 9, 2024

Billionaire who helped Trump with $175M bond says he 'probably didn't charge enough'

Billionaire businessman Don Hankey, who provided the means for Trump's $175 million bond, says the legal scrutiny brought against the money has been intense.

April 9, 2024

Special Counsel Jack Smith urges Supreme Court to reject Trump immunity claims: 'No person is above the law'

Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutorial team urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject former President Trump's claims of immunity from criminal prosecution in the Jan. 6 case.

April 8, 2024

Montana trial against railroad company begins after thousands in mining town exposed to asbestos

A trial against BNSF Railway has begun over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a Montana town where thousands were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine.