NY diocese files for bankruptcy amid clergy abuse lawsuits

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in New York City's suburbs has become the largest in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy to protect itself from a wave of lawsuits filed over past sexual abuse by clergy members. The Diocese of Rockville Centre filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on...

A Roman Catholic diocese in New York has become the largest in the US to declare bankruptcy amid clergy abuse lawsuits

NEW YORK (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in New York has become the largest in the US to declare bankruptcy amid clergy abuse lawsuits.

Lawsuit challenges Alaska Medicaid transgender coverage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A lawsuit has challenged the legality of a rule in Alaska’s Medicaid program excluding transgender residents from coverage for transition-related health care. The lawsuit arguing the exclusion is a civil rights violation names as defendants the Alaska Department of Health...

Lawsuit filed over Kansas crash that killed mother, 4 kids

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The paternal grandparents of a 10-year-old Kansas girl killed in a crash last week are suing the truck driver involved in the collision, along with his employer. The Wichita Eagle reports that Mark and Carrie Brady are seeking damages in excess of $75,000 from the driver and L.B....

Little Rock chief sues officers' union claiming conspiracy

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock's police chief on Wednesday sued the local police union, two assistant chiefs and several officers, accusing them of conspiring to try and force him out of his job. The federal lawsuit by Chief Keith Humphrey is the latest round in an escalating public fight within the...

Federal judge questions North Carolina absentee rule change

A federal judge said Wednesday that a North Carolina elections board directive making it easier for voters to fix witness deficiencies in absentee ballots may violate a previous ruling he made and has ordered state lawyers to explain the changes to him. Federal Judge William Osteen, who presided over one of...

Trump campaign threatens to sue over Philly election offices

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign threatened a lawsuit Wednesday if it does not gain access for its campaign employees to observe activity inside newly opened satellite election offices in Philadelphia, where people can register to vote, apply for mail-in ballots and fill them out. A...

Judge: Suit over arrest of pipeline protesters can go on

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by three people who say they were illegally arrested as they protested construction of a major oil pipeline in south Louisiana. The suit was filed last year by protesters Cynthia Spoon, Sophia Cook-Phillips and Eric Moll, who say...

Judge grants extension in Wyoming sheriff appointment

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has granted a request to extend a deadline to replace a Wyoming sheriff. A deadline this Thursday to replace Albany County Sheriff Dave O’Malley was too soon after the county commission accepted O'Malley's resignation Sept. 15 to properly vet candidates to take his place...

Court OK's $800M settlement for MGM Resorts, Vegas victims

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court on Wednesday approved a settlement totaling $800 million from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting that was the deadliest in recent U.S. history. The action makes final a deal settling...