News from WTSA for your Friday October 22:
WTSA News for your Friday October 22: Two deaths and 318 new cases of covid 19 were reported in Vermont on Thursday, with 18 new cases in Windham County. In New Hampshire, there have been 2 deaths and 609 new cases of the covid virus. One death and 44 new cases have occurred in Cheshire …
Elijah McClain’s family settle federal civil rights lawsuits
The family of Elie mcclain settled a federal civil rights lawsuit two years after McClain was killed during an encounter with police. The city of Aurora, Colorado, and McClain’s family settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount on Monday, KUSA-TV reports. It happened more than a year after the family filed a lawsuit in U.S. …
Afghan women judges and lawyers now fear for their lives
When Nabila was a judge on the Afghan Supreme Court, she granted divorce to women whose husbands were sometimes jailed for assaulting or kidnapping them. Some of the men threatened to kill her after serving their sentence, she said. In mid-August, as the Taliban flocked to Kabul and seized power, hundreds of prisoners were released. …
Biden team asks Supreme Court to suspend Texas abortion law
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington on Monday, October 18, 2021. The Biden administration asks the High Court to block Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the constitutionality of the measure is played out in the courts . The law has been in force since September. (AP Photo / J. Scott …
‘Big, Big Changes’: How Biden Civil Rights Professionals Reoriented the Justice Department
The most recent, publicly announced investigation was launched in Texas, where five juvenile detention centers are being screened for systemic physical or sexual abuse of children. Kristen Clarke, civil rights chief for Biden, highlighted racial disparities in juvenile detention systems. “Nationally, black children are more than four times more likely to be incarcerated than white …
Hurry and wait: Trump’s best legal move to block the release of his January 6 documents
According to court documents, Trump has less than a month to obtain a first court order blocking the release of the records. The National Archives told Trump last week that they intended to turn over the documents on Nov. 12, as President Joe Biden refused to assert executive privilege over them. Trump’s efforts to act …
Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ legacy continues in San Jose state
It’s amazing to think that something that happened 53 years ago this month in Mexico City still matters. But it is, and especially in the state of San Jose. This is because on October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists on the Olympic medal podium after winning gold and bronze …
The Viktor Orban effect: why American conservatives love Hungary
The Catholic Church in Poland is a more widely popular and legitimate institution, because of the role it played in the resistance to communism. In Krakow this winter, I met the philosopher Ryszard Legutko, a former anti-Communist dissident who grew increasingly disenchanted with liberal democracy in the 1990s, in a way that was illuminating for …
Former staff support lax fired CCU coach Selvage
Former Coastal Carolina women’s lacrosse coach Kristen Selvage greeted her team members following a press conference to announce her hiring in August 2015. Jason lee [email protected] CONWAY Two former staff of Coastal Carolina University’s women’s lacrosse program under the direction of recently-fired coach Kristen Selvage have defended the head coach’s treatment of his players in …
9th Circ. Judge says LinkedIn misinterprets judges overthrow
By Dorothy Atkins (Oct. 18, 2021, 10:24 p.m. EDT) – A Ninth Circuit judge on Monday cast doubt on LinkedIn’s arguments that the US Supreme Court’s recent overturning of an earlier panel decision de circuits suggests that LinkedIn may deny a data analytics startup access to public profiles, claiming the judges’ opinion is “irrelevant” to …