Category Archives: Justice
Pastor fired after coming out as trans files lawsuit against Baptist church
An Ontario pastor who was fired from a Baptist church after coming out as transgender has filed a lawsuit for wrongful dismissal, alleging her termination was spurred by discrimination. Rev. Junia Joplin presented as male when she first took on the
B.C. Prosecution Service says no further charges in legislature spending scandal
VICTORIA — The British Columbia Prosecution Service says two special prosecutors have declined further charges after receiving the final RCMP report into the spending activities of senior staff at the provincial legislature. The service says in a state...
Ex-Detroit councilman Pugh gets parole in sex case with teen
DETROIT (AP) — The former president of the Detroit City Council has been granted parole about five years after his conviction for having sex with a teenage boy when he previously worked as a TV journalist.
Federal judge rules against several Indiana abortion laws
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that several of Indiana’s laws restricting abortion are unconstitutional, including the state’s ban on telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortions.
GBI: Deputies kill man who fired at them during standoff
DALTON, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies killed an armed man who fired at authorities during a standoff in northwest Georgia, investigators said.
Appeals panel revives North Dakota women’s hockey lawsuit
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An effort by 11 former University of North Dakota women's hockey players to bring back the program that was dropped in 2017 got new life on Tuesday when the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived
2 friends from Virginia plead guilty to Capitol riot charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two friends from Virginia pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that they joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
California city agrees to $6M settlement in man’s death
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California city agreed to pay nearly $6 million to settle a lawsuit with the family of a mentally ill man who died in 2018 after police restrained and repeatedly tasered him, the family's attorney
Cuomo resigns: What we know, what we don’t and what’s next
NEW YORK (AP) — After months of holding on to power amid sexual harassment allegations and defying calls to resign, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly did just that Tuesday. With Cuomo on his way out, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul
Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment allegations
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during some
