Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein faced one of his accusers in New York court Wednesday as he was told he would be retried for rape and sexual assault convictions that were overturned in the state. His 2020 conviction for raping ex-actress Jessica Mann, who was in the front row of
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook. STOUGHTON, Mass. — The last known person to see Sandra Birchmore alive was a police officer. He stopped by her apartment days before the elementary school teacher’s aide, 23 years old and newly pregnant, was found dead in February 2021. The medical examiner later...
Global sports giants have been accused of failing women by not going nearly far enough in designing boots for the specific needs of female feet. Experts have told talkSPORT that neither traditional
Harvey Weinstein accuser Mann, 34, looked somber leaving court in New York City on Wednesday after the disgraced producer's rape conviction was overturned in a shocking legal verdict.
You can’t pick and choose which rights go along with being a woman. You either believe in the truth of biology or you don’t.
NYU told student protesters at the pro-Palestinian encampment outside the Paulson Center they would be suspended if they did not leave the area earlier today, an Instagram post from the university’s Palestine Solidarity Coalition states. NYU confirmed that it would go forward with disciplinary action against protesters in a statement. University spokesperson John Beckman told This story Students facing suspension at Paulson encampment appeared first on Washington Square News.
Americans have witnessed something remarkable unfolding in the judicial system in recent years: Conservative jurists seemingly bent on taking away—as opposed to preserving or expanding—rights from abortion to affirmative action enjoyed by the American public. Many of these rights are being methodically erased in lengthy, complex judicial opinions that the vast majority of citizens will never read. These rights are being whittled away in the shadows by judges whose names they do not know, and...
JOPLIN, Mo. — Every one is okay after a van crash Monday afternoon in Joplin, the school district said. A Boys & Girls Club van collided with a pole just outside Stapleton Elementary while carrying students. In a release by the district, all students and the driver aboard were uninjured. Stapleton faculty responded to the []
A Toronto Police officer has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of an assault investigation in which the alleged victims were two women. Police said officers started an investigation on April 20 after a man allegedly showed up at an address and assaulted two women. Const. Nickolas Kalatzopoulos, 51, a 25-year-veteran assigned to the […]
Stanford issued letters to approximately 60 protestors violating University policies against overnight camping, warning that they faced possible suspension or arrest.
“To protect my family today, I’ll withdraw as a candidate.” That’s the main takeaway from a rather long statement released on Thursday by Arizona state Rep. Austin Smith, who’s no longer running for re-election in his district after being accused of forging signatures to get on the ballot this fall. As AZ Central reports: The signatures on his petitions have also been sent to the state attorney general for review. Smith’s lengthy statement (which you can read below) says this is "silly" and...
An already tense rivalry will have some fuel added to the fire on Friday when the host Chicago Cubs open a three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers. Chicago manager Craig Counsell is set to face Milwaukee for the first time since a five-year, reported $40 million deal lured him away from the Brewers in the offseason. Counsell was with Milwaukee from 2015 to 2023, leading the Brewers to five playoff appearances. Brewers fans have had no problem adding Counsell's departure to the long list...