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Lamont nominates Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become next chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court

Aug. 29, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday nominated state Supreme Court Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become the next chief justice, calling him a fair, sensible and empathetic jurist with experience serving in all three levels of the state court system. If confirmed by the General...

Expelled Yale student sues women's groups for calling him a rapist despite his acquittal in court

Aug. 20, 2024 17:09 PM EDT

An expelled Yale University student who was acquitted of sex assault charges in 2018 is now suing 15 women's advocacy groups and an attorney for defamation after being called a “rapist” in a court brief that they filed in a 2022 proceeding. Saifullah Khan, a 31-year-old...