Kevin Spacey will be charged with indecent assault and battery in Massachusetts, according to SF Gate. A criminal complaint was issued against the disgraced actor for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year-old at a bar in Nantucket back in 2016. The charge stems from an accusation made by Boston news anchor Heather Unruh, who accused … [Read more...]
Workers Exposed to Coal Ash Face Long Road to Compensation
Workers responsible for cleaning up a catastrophic coal ash spill in Tennessee will have the opportunity to prove their illnesses were the result of their exposure to the coal ash after a federal jury found Jacobs Engineering did not exercise reasonable care for their health. However, the workers have a difficult task in making their case, and … [Read more...]
Government Continues to Fail in Fight Against Climate Change, Free Market Steps-Up
The story of the Trump Administration's environmental policy is as consistent as it is depressing. Time after time, on issue after issue, the White House and the executive branch officials the president has appointed to oversee environmental regulations have sided with big polluters and dirty energies at the expense of any policies to address the … [Read more...]
El Chapo Trial Witness Describes Meeting The Boss, And The Naked Man Chained Nearby
A key informant in the case against Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman testified in federal court on Tuesday, highlighting his meetings with the reputed cartel boss and the bloody drug war that drove him to cooperate with investigators. Pedro Flores, who operated a cocaine and heroin distribution business with his twin brother Margarito in Chicago, said … [Read more...]
Strict Term Limits Force Nation’s Highest Turnover in Michigan Legislature
In the 80's and 90's, the idea of term limits took hold across the country. Activists pushed them as a way of bringing change to moribund legislatures, while angry voters dissatisfied with their local governments seized on term limits as a way of holding politicians to account. Term limits represented an important part of the “Contract With … [Read more...]
Trump Bans ‘Bump Stocks’ That Played A Role In Last Year’s Las Vegas Shooting
On Tuesday, the Trump administration banned the high-power gun attachments of the type used in last year's Las Vegas shooting massacre of 58 people, giving the owners of 'bump stocks' 90 days to turn in or destroy the devices, according to a report by Reuters. President Donald Trump's Republican Party typically supports gun ownership, and its … [Read more...]
New Jersey Takes Action With Ammunition Ban
Instead of asking for “thoughts and prayers,” many Americans, instead, are demanding action—action to help stop the epidemic of mass shootings resulting in death and destruction in our country. Hardly a day goes by without hearing or reading about another shooting in which multiple victims lie dead or seriously wounded. Victims and survivors of … [Read more...]
Trump Outlines Watered-Down Health Insurance Plans
President Skirting Obamacare with Skimpy State Plans Sold by Suspect Carriers The Trump Administration, intent on crippling The Affordable Care Act’s value-added and cost-effective healthcare mechanism, outlined new “guidance” in November that loosens ACA state waiver restrictions, allowing states and insurance carriers to offer the same … [Read more...]
Target in Trouble (Again); This Time for Hazardous Waste Dumping
It’s quite surprising sometimes how forgiving Americans can be because Target, one of the country’s most beloved retail giants, is in trouble again—this time for allegedly dumping hazardous waste illegally over the course of two years from 2012 to 2014. Yet, Target continues to rake in billions of dollars a year, and it remains, especially this … [Read more...]
Toddler’s Death After Being in ICE Custody Spurs $60 Million Lawsuit
Mariee Juarez was just 19 months old when she and her mother, Yazmin Juarez, were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Yazmin and Mariee made the journey from Guatemala and arrived at the United States border in May 2018, where they were taken into ICE custody. Tragic Story Mariee and Yazmin were initially taken … [Read more...]
Weekend Nursing Home Inspections Catch Understaffing Issues
If you have ever worked as a healthcare professional in a nursing home or assisted living setting, you know that caring for the elderly is one of the most meaningful acts a healthcare worker perform in their career. But if you have worked in this field, you also understand the challenges that come with this type of work: long hours, high turnover, … [Read more...]
2018’s Most Shocking Celebrity Legal Problems and Arrests
Being a celebrity doesn't mean you're above the law. Here are some of 2018's most shocking celebrity arrests and run-ins with the law. Alec Baldwin - Assault Over a Parking SpaceAmy Schumer - Protesting Brett KavanaughIce-T - Not Paying a Bridge TollAllison Mack - Human Sex TraffickingVince Vaughn - D.U.I.Amanda Stanton - Domestic … [Read more...]
California Court Rules YMCA Not Required to Provide AEDs to Parties Who Lease Facilities
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) save lives. That is not in dispute. Under California law, every “health studio” has a duty to provide and maintain AEDs on site. What was in dispute recently before the California Court of Appeals was whether a “health studio” breached that duty when the member of a third party league suffered cardiac … [Read more...]
Kentucky Right to Work Law Upheld, Ohio Republicans Pass Stand Your Ground Bill
Republicans in control of the governments in two states – Ohio and Kentucky – won big victories in mid-November, as the latter's Right to Work law was upheld by a state court and the former's GOP-dominated legislature passed a controversial stand your ground bill. These victories show just how meaningful control of state governments can be, … [Read more...]
Judge Slaps Down Pre-Viability Abortion Law
“This court follows the commands of the Supreme Court and the dictates of the United States Constitution, rather than the disingenuous calculations of the Mississippi Legislature”, Reeves wrote in a scalding decision protecting abortion rights until the fetus is viable at between 23 and 24 weeks, as stated in the historic 1973 decision, Roe v. … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Refuses To Hear States’ Case To Defund Planned Parenthood
The nation's top court refused to hear a case that carried big implications for Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding, according to Business Insider, . Officials in Louisiana and Kansas, two Republican-led states, contended that health providers can't go to court if they are blocked from Medicaid. The Supreme Court's decision lets stand … [Read more...]
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