The families of 98 victims of the Champlain Towers south condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida reached a $997 million settlement Wednesday. The condominium collapsed on June 24, 2021. The 12-story complex collapsed abruptly in the early morning, almost instantly destroying dozens of individual condo units and burying victims under tons of rubble. Rescuers spent weeks [...]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Thursday agreed to pay a $56 million settlement to the families of veterans who contracted COVID-19 during an outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in 2020. The families filed the class-action lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Holyoke is a state-run long term health care facility which [...]

The Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (VCCPA) Sunday went into effect in Alabama while US District Judge Liles Burke considers legal challenges from doctors and families with transgender children. Plaintiffs sought an injunction against the VCCPA in April 2022, alleging that the law violates their 14th Amendment Rights and strips them of the right to [...]

US District Judge James Donato dismissed former President Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter that challenged his permanent account suspension. The suit was in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Twitter permanently banned Trump’s account after the Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021.  After his account was banned, Trump sued Twitter for First [...]

US District Judge Timothy Kelly for the US District Court for the District of Columbia Sunday dismissed a request by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to block a subpoena asking its email vendor to release records involving the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The House committee investigating the attack made the subpoena request. The committee [...]

US District Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York Friday upheld British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction on sex trafficking charges. Nathan concluded that there was enough evidence to convict Maxwell of recruiting and grooming teenagers for Jeffrey Epstein. A federal jury convicted Maxwell on 5 of 6 counts after a 13-day [...]

Norwegian police Monday arrested 20 Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion activists near Asgardstrand for blocking a tanker from delivering Russian oil to an Exxon Mobil terminal. Police took all 20 activists into custody. The activists traveled in kayaks and boats and blocked the oil tanker Ust Luga from offloading oil by chaining themselves to its anchor. [...]

A former Guantánamo Bay detainee, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Friday commenced legal action against Canadian authorities for $35 million over their alleged role in his detention. Slahi’s claim alleges that Canadian security personnel provided false information about him when he was a permanent resident in Montreal in 1999 and falsely accused him of participating in the Millennium [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled against Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Dunn’s plea to block disciplinary action by the Air Force against him over his religious-based refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine. After Dunn tested positive for COVID-19 in the summer of 2021, he requested a religious exemption from the vaccine. His request was denied, and he [...]

A shooting at an Airbnb party on Pittsburgh’s North Side early Sunday resulted in 10 gunshot victims. Local hospitals pronounced two juvenile victims dead as a result of the shooting. Shots were first fired around 2:30 AM during a large party with up to 200 people in attendance, including many individuals under 18. ShotSpotter, a [...]