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Calif stewards hear case involving Justify's 2018 drug test
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stewards at Santa Anita listened to hours of testimony Thursday on Triple Crown winner Justify’s post-race drug test after the 2018 Santa Anita Derby, with attorneys for the horse’s connections arguing that the California Horse Racing Board has no authority or basis to...
Woman shot by suburban Chicago police sues officers, city
CHICAGO (AP) — A Black woman who was seriously injured when a suburban Chicago police officer shot her and killed her boyfriend is suing the officer who opened fire and the officer who initially questioned them minutes earlier. Tafara Williams’ lawsuit was filed late Wednesday in U.S. District...
Falwell sues Liberty, saying school damaged his reputation
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has sued Liberty University, alleging the evangelical school founded by his late pastor father damaged his reputation in a series of public statements that followed his resignation as president and chancellor in August amid a series of scandals. The lawsuit filed in...
Trump's diversity training order faces lawsuit
New York (AP) — Three civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging President Donald Trump's executive order that prohibits federal agencies, contractors and grant recipients from offering certain diversity training that the president deems “anti-American." The NAACP Legal Defense Fund...
Indianapolis police department removed from suit over death
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge removed the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a 21-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in May by a city police officer. U.S. District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson on Tuesday dismissed the department...
Fair housing groups: Redfin 'redlines' minority communities
SEATTLE (AP) — Several fair housing organizations accused Redfin of systematic racial discrimination in a lawsuit Thursday, saying the online real estate broker offers fewer services to homebuyers and sellers in minority communities — a type of digital redlining that has depressed home values and...
Court revives Kansas City man's lawsuit in wrongful arrest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black man who was wrongly arrested when he was 15 and held for three weeks without charge will be allowed to sue the two Kansas City officers who detained him, a federal appeals court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Wednesday that the...
Judge grants 9-month delay to Meghan's lawsuit against paper
LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Thursday granted a request by the Duchess of Sussex to postpone the trial of her privacy lawsuit against a British newspaper publisher, and said the reason for the delay should remain secret. During a hearing in London, judge Mark Warby granted the application to delay the...
Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Carolina, yes. Pennsylvania, yes. Wisconsin, no. That’s how the Supreme Court has answered questions in recent days about an extended timeline for receiving and counting ballots in those states. In each case, Democrats backed the extensions and Republicans opposed them. All...
Police to investigate sex abuse allegations against doctor
WEST LINN, Ore. (AP) — West Linn police say they’re investigating criminal allegations against former West Linn Dr. David Farley, whose Oregon medical license was revoked this month amid patient complaints of sexual abuse. Four people this month filed a civil lawsuit against Farley, alleging he...
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