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Kent: Op-Ed Meant to ‘Inform Americans’ About ‘Extravagant’ Khadr Settlement

Conservative foreign affairs critic Peter Kent penned a scathing op-ed in the Wall Street Journal he says in order to educate the American public about the Omar Khadr case, while also blasting the federal government’s decision to issue an apology and a reported $10.5-million settlement to the former child soldier and Guantanamo Bay detainee. In the piece titled “A terrorist’s big payday, …


Public Records Dispute in Kent State Rape Investigation Lawsuit Sent to Mediation

The Ohio Supreme Court ordered a case to mediation to solve a public records dispute between Kent State University and a former softball player that accused the university of covering up a sexual assault by her former coach’s son. The high court on Aug. 5 ruled the case to mediation instead of having in-person arguments after attorneys for the former player, Laura Kesterson, filed …


Trigger of Kent State Shootings Is at Heart of Lawsuit Seeking FBI Documents

Forty-six years later, Laurel Krause is still asking questions, still probing into why her sister, a 19-year-old honor student at Kent State, was shot and killed by National Guardsmen. Now, she has an ally here in Buffalo. Michael Kuzma, a local lawyer, filed a federal court lawsuit this week seeking the release of FBI documents related to the Kent State shooting and the people, known and …