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A California school district has agreed to settle a lawsuit with Jessica Tapia, a teacher who claims she was terminated due to her religious beliefs after she refused to use students’ preferred pronouns. The Jurupa Unified School District in Riverside County will pay Tapia $360,000, according to a May 14 press release from Advocates for…
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On Thursday, the State Bar of California halted a plan to develop its own online bar exam, which could save the financially struggling organization up to $4 million annually. The State Bar’s Board of Trustees withdrew a proposal from its meeting agenda that would have hired Kaplan North American to develop multiple-choice questions similar to…
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A petition circulating online has gathered momentum, urging President Joe Biden to grant a full pardon to former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Facing a potential 40-year sentence on fraud charges, Mosby’s case has sparked a wave of support from various quarters, including notable figures like E. Faye Williams of the National Congress of Black…
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The U.S. Justice Department accused Boeing (BA.N) of breaching its obligations under a 2021 agreement that prevented the planemaker from facing criminal prosecution after fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, resulting in the deaths of 346 people. The finding suggests that Boeing could face prosecution it had previously evaded, potentially leading to new…
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An aspiring police officer was put behind bars on May, 8, after admitting that he sexually assaulted a victim during an interview for the job. Reports say 26-yearold Stephen Bodley openly admitted to the offence during a job interview for the Apopka Police Department. According to the Tampa Bay Tribune, Bodley was interviewing with the…
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The Biden administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal by international deals broker Blenheim Capital, alleging exclusion from a multibillion-dollar transaction involving South Korea’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets and a satellite. The U.S. Justice Department presented the Biden White House’s views on the case in a filing on Tuesday, as…
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Joshua Cobb, a 23-year-old former Marine from New Jersey, has been charged after making threatening remarks online, including expressing intentions to kill white people. Federal agents arrested Cobb on May 10 following an investigation into his online activities, which revealed alarming plans for a potential mass shooting targeting white individuals. Details of the Threats According…
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Canadian e-commerce provider Shopify (SHOP.TO) sued a subsidiary of Chinese technology company JOYY Inc (YY.O) in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally copying Shopify’s software to build its own e-commerce platform. In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Shopify alleged that JOYY’s…
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A recently spotlighted statute in Missouri is causing a stir, particularly among legal circles and advocacy groups, as it restricts divorce proceedings for pregnant individuals, even in cases of domestic violence. The law, originating in 1973, mandates that individuals seeking divorce must disclose their pregnancy status. In effect, pregnant petitioners are barred from legally ending…
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Republican-led states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers. The 18 states filed the complaint in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee, late Monday. They asserted that the federal workplace bias agency lacked the power to assert that federal law requires employers to use…
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