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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Dr. May Lau for allegedly providing gender transition care to 21 minors in violation of Texas law. The suit accuses Dr. Lau of deceptive trade practices, including falsifying medical records and prescriptions related to testosterone for transitioning minors. This case marks the first enforcement of…
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President Joe Biden has canceled another $4.5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 borrowers, raising the total number of public service workers who have received student loan forgiveness to more than 1 million. This cancellation marks Biden’s latest effort to fulfill his 2020 campaign promise to provide debt relief to millions of Americans before…
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A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is demanding a federal investigation into consulting giant McKinsey & Company due to its alleged connections with the Chinese government. House Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), expressed concerns about McKinsey’s operations in China and its eligibility for Department…
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A lawyer who represented Rodney King after Los Angeles police officers beat him in 1991 has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for failing to pay over $2.4 million in taxes. Milton Grimes will plead guilty to one count of tax evasion, resolving allegations that he did not pay taxes for nearly a…
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In a landmark decision, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to a historic $880 million settlement to resolve over 1,300 claims of childhood sexual abuse. This settlement is being recognized as the largest single child sexual abuse settlement by a Catholic archdiocese in history, highlighting the extensive scope of the allegations that span decades.…
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A Virginia county prosecutor filed a civil class action lawsuit against Georgetown University on Friday, following a recent data breach that exposed personal information of current and former students. The breach, which the university reported earlier this week, compromised sensitive data such as Social Security numbers, tax ID numbers, and employee payroll details, as claimed…
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The family of 16-year-old Kaleiah Jones has filed an $85 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Newport News School Board and others, accusing them of gross negligence after Kaleiah collapsed at Menchville High School and did not receive CPR for nine minutes. The lawsuit, led by civil rights attorney Ben Crump, claims staff failed to…
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Some U.S. states are sending clear warnings to county and local officials who might consider illegal interventions in the upcoming Nov. 5 election. Officials face the possibility of criminal charges or significant financial penalties if they fail to fulfill their responsibilities. In at least five of the seven battleground states that could determine whether Democrat…
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Prosecutors in Florida are demanding the death penalty for Tyshael Elise Martin, a 35-year-old woman accused of ordering her dog to attack her boyfriend’s 9-year-old daughter before brutally beating her to death. The Fifth Judicial Circuit’s state attorneys filed a motion calling for the death sentence due to the particularly gruesome nature of the crime.…
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Intrum (INTRUM.ST), Europe’s largest debt collector, announced on Friday that it will file for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States to restructure its finances. The company has faced challenges as the pandemic, an energy crisis, and two-decade-high interest rates failed to trigger a wave of loan defaults. Concerns have grown over Intrum’s…
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