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Still no deal in rich financier teen sex victims’ lawsuit

Published on July 5, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Associated Press

Despite two intense days of negotiations, a settlement remained elusive Tuesday in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government by two women who claim their rights as victims were violated in a case involving abuse of numerous teenage girls and a wealthy, well-connected South Florida sex offender. U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Lee Brannon said after more than three hours of talks in West Palm Beach that the attorneys for two women known as Jane Does 1 and 2 and Justice…

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GOP wants to stymie “inconvenient” voting groups at polls, says Democratic Chair

Published on April 5, 2016 in 2017/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

There were reports on Tuesday of college students waiting in long lines to vote in Wisconsin’s presidential primary election, amid concerns that the Badger State’s convoluted voter ID law signed by Gov. Scott Walker could ultimately disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. That comes on top of the report that the U.S. Department of Justice will investigate long lines in Arizona’s presidential primary two weeks ago that forced some people to wait up to five hours to vote. Maricopa County Recorder Helen…

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Federal judge OKs $20 billion settlement from 2010 BP oil spill

Published on April 4, 2016 in Top Headlines by Associated Press

A federal judge in New Orleans granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving years of litigation over the worst offshore spill in the nation’s history. The settlement, first announced in July, includes $5.5 billion in civil Clean Water Act penalties and billions more to cover environmental damage and other claims by the five Gulf states and local governments. The money is to be paid out…

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U.S. investigating Florida prisoner’s death in scalding shower

Published on May 20, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the death in a scalding shower of a Florida prisoner and may conduct a broader civil rights probe into allegations of abuse of mentally ill inmates. Existence of the criminal investigation into the 2012 death of Darren Rainey, 50, was confirmed in a recent Justice Department letter to the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, which last year requested the probe. Rainey, who suffered from schizophrenia, died after he was locked in the shower…

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