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Court Reopens Lawsuit Challenging Prayer at NC Commission

An appeals court has reopened a lawsuit challenging a North Carolina county commission’s practice of starting meetings with Christian prayer. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Monday that the Rowan County case will be reviewed next year by its full 15-judge bench. In September, a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based court issued a divided ruling upholding commissioners’ right to open …


Personal Trainers Sue Crunch Gym for Up to $200K in Unpaid Wages

Crunch Gym is squeezing its personal trainers — paying the fitness instructors just $8.75 an hour for one-on-one sessions and refusing to compensate them at all for other duties like meetings and cleaning, according to a new class-action lawsuit. Arielle Jernigan, who worked at the East 59th Street location from 2015 to 2016, and Kadeem Johnson, who is still employed there, filed the suit in…