The “Public Charge” rule was issued on Aug. 12. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will apply the new rule on applications filed after Oct. 15. But the Acting Director of USCIS Ken Cuccinelli told the Washington Times that the rule will not automatically disqualify applicants. Concerning food services and Medicaid, non-citizen households use more than 25 percent more …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – A growing number of veterans are suing the makers of an earplug that the government said is defective. The Department of Justice already settled its own case against the company, 3M, but none of that money went to the soldiers who suffered hearing loss. lawsuit all came about because of a whistleblower that alleged 3M did not disclose defects about the specific …
A former Detroit police officer is facing two lawsuits for alleged misconduct and abuse that was “racially motivated.”According to NBC News, two Black women filed two separate actions in Wayne County Circuit Court against, former officer Gary Steele. The suit further states that when officers arrived, Murriel told them that she “legally owned a firearm” and complied with officers. …
A California college student injured in the Las Vegas music festival massacre filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the hotel owners, the concert promoter and bump stock manufacturers, claiming they were all liable in the mass shooting. The claims against MGM Resorts International, which owns both Mandalay Bay and the concert venue that hosted the festival, raise more questions about a timeline that has changed numerous times — and, according to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, could change again. …
On Oct. 17 of last year, Erin Henderson was one of two Jets players with a team-high seven tackles in a loss to the Cardinals. It was the second straight game Henderson led New York in tackles. Five days later, the Jets placed him on the non-football injury list, effectively ending his season.
Family members of Adrian Jones, a 7-year-old boy who was fed to pigs after being killed by his father and stepmother, have filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against social service workers in Kansas and Missouri, KTLA sister station WDAF in Kansas City reported Friday. Adrian Jones is seen in a photo obtained by KTLA sister station WDAF. In the lawsuit, the boy’s maternal grandmother, …
Talisa Borders and Otisha Woolbright say that, until 2014, Walmart had a company-wide policy that denied pregnant workers the same accommodations as workers with other disabilities, treating expectant mothers as “second-class citizens.” That policy, they said, was in violation of federal law, which requires employers to treat pregnancy as a temporary disability and provide work accommodations …
The parents of the 22-year-old who was shot and killed by an El Paso police officer have filed a lawsuit against the officers involved and the city of El Paso. According to court documents, the lawsuit was filed on Friday and alleges that the shooting death of Erik Emmanuel Salas Sanchez was unjustified and that he was killed in front of his mother, his sister and her infant daughter. Earlier …
On Tuesday, as the FEC case restarted in Salt Lake City’s U.S. District Court, Johnson’s attorney said his decision not to cooperate with the government stems in part from the Swallow case. Johnson was ordered to a 30-day jail sentence for refusing to testify and has been held in solitary confinement since he was returned to a California federal prison where he is serving an 11-year sentence …
The family of a 12-year-old boy is suing BART, saying there was insufficient security at the El Cerrito del Norte station when their son was robbed at gunpoint. The incident happened last April, and the boy was not hurt. The boy told his mom he gave his backpack to the robber, held onto his cellphone and ran away.