Immigrant rights group CASA, along with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center, filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Immigrant rights group CASA, along with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law…
A lawsuit against many of Maryland’s top officials is targeting laws crafted in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The suit, filed on Saturday, names Gov. Larry Hogan, Health Secretary Robert Neall, Deputy Secretary of Public Health Services Frances B. Phillips and Maryland State Police Superintendent Woodrow W. Jones, III, as its defendants. Filed by…
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, president of the 40,000 member New York State Nurses Association and an emergency room nurse at Montefiore Medical Center, speak during an "urgent community speak out." | AP Photo The New York State Nurses Association filed suits against the state health department and two hospitals Monday, alleging that the entities failed in their…
Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY Published 7:04 p.m. ET April 19, 2020 | Updated 8:38 p.m. ET April 19, 2020CLOSE The coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed major manufacturers that specialize in personal protective equipment like face masks and face shields — so some smaller and medium sized businesses are switching course to make PPE. (April 9) AP…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A 16-year-old girl has sued a Wisconsin sheriff, claiming she was threatened with arrest if she did not delete social media posts saying she had contracted the coronavirus after a Florida spring break trip.Amyiah Cohoon, a sophomore in the Westfield…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…