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Northwestern hazing scandal included multiple sports

LARRY LAGE and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO — Allegations of hazing in Northwestern’s athletic programs broadened Wednesday as attorneys said male and female athletes reported misconduct within two other sports and suggested sexual abuse and racial discrimination within the football program was so rampant that coaches knew it was happening. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he and other attorneys have received disturbing details from former baseball and softball players at the university, in addition to growing complaints of abuse in the football program, which players described as widespread and devastating. “This is a civil rights issue for me,”…
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Deputy’s acquittal in Parkland school massacre case shows holes in the law, attorneys say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. So it was not a surprise to legal observers that Peterson was acquitted Thursday of child neglect and other charges for failing to confront the shooter who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Without an on-point statute to base their case upon, prosecutors tried to make the law fit the facts instead of the facts fit the law, lawyers said. That is always a tougher…
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Fox News settles lawsuits brought by former employee for $12 million, attorney says

She accused Fox News of fostering a “toxic atmosphere victimizing women.” Fox News has settled a pair of lawsuits brought by a former employee for $12 million, according to a statement issued on Friday by the employee’s attorney, marking the latest settlement for the network as it faces a series of legal challenges. Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, a senior booker who worked with Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson, had filed two lawsuits accusing the network of fostering a “toxic atmosphere victimizing women” and claiming its legal team “coerced, intimidated, and misinformed” her as it battled the lawsuit brought…
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Former Onslow County attorney to have portrait displayed in courthouse after decades of dedication | News

The family of a former Onslow County attorney has asked the Board of Commissioners to allow a portrait of him to be displayed in the Onslow County Courthouse. Roger Alston Moore was born in Charlotte but went to Woodberry Forest Prep School in Virginia, according to his wife, Lynda. He then went to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill before serving in the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Lynda said she was even awarded the Bronze Star. After serving in the Army, Moore headed to law school at Chapel Hill where he and Lynda met. Moore graduated…
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E. Jean Carroll’s attorney says she may sue Trump again over CNN town hall comments

E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer said she may sue former President Trump again over comments he made at the CNN town hall Wednesday night. In an interview with The New York Times, Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said Thursday that she is considering whether to pursue a third defamation lawsuit against Trump in light of comments he made during his CNN town hall appearance Wednesday evening. “Everything’s on the table, obviously, and we have to give serious consideration to it,” Kaplan said. “We have to weigh the various pros and cons and we’ll come to a decision in the next day or…