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Recreational marijuana question will remain on Missouri ballot after state court rulings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A constitutional amendment that would legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri will remain on the Nov. 8 ballot after the Missouri Supreme Court declined to transfer a lawsuit challenging the ballot initiative.

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How a rape survivor’s DNA led to her arrest for a separate crime in San Francisco

A federal lawsuit outlines how police relied on evidence collected from sexual assault kits for unrelated crimes, underscoring chronic challenges facing survivors seeking justice

The Independent UK

Cremation provider agrees to pay up to $209 million to settle deceptive-sales lawsuit

A cremation services company has agreed to provide up to $209 million in refunds to settle a federal class-action lawsuit alleging it deceived 87,000 Florida customers who purchased its prepaid plans.

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Seattle Pacific University is imploding over hiring policy, lawsuit argues

SEATTLE — Seattle Pacific University's policy against hiring people in same-sex relationships is not only discriminatory, it is causing the institution to implode, according to 16 students, faculty and staff who filed a lawsuit against trustees of the Christian school on Monday.

Tribune News Service

Russia's first climate lawsuit filed over greenhouse emissions

Russia's first climate lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by activists who demanded Russia take urgent steps to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet its obligations under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Reuters

Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Law Making It Illegal To Film Cops Within 8 Feet

"The Court fails to see how the presence of a person recording a video near an officer interferes with the officer's activities," the judge wrote.

Reason

A woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues the city of San Francisco

During a search of a crime lab database, the woman's DNA was tied to a burglary in late 2021. Her DNA had been collected and stored as part of a 2016 domestic violence and sexual assault case.

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San Francisco faces civil rights lawsuit over woman's arrest based on DNA from her rape kit

A San Francisco woman whose DNA from a sexual assault examination was used by police five years later to arrest her in connection with an unrelated property crime, spurring a backlash and attempts to ban the practice, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.

Los Angeles Times

Illinois GOP attorney general candidate has record of taking critics to court, including his girlfriend’s mom and the governor

CHICAGO — While running for a downstate school board seat five years ago, Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore complained in a Facebook post about students who struggled to make correct change at a concession stand during a basketball game.

Chicago Tribune

First climate lawsuit against Russian government launched over emissions

Group of activists file supreme court case demanding stronger action on meeting Paris accord goals

The Guardian - UK

US woman says San Francisco police used ‘rape kit’ to arrest her

The lawsuit prompts calls for reform to prevent other police departments in the state from using rape kit DNA evidence.

Al Jazeera

Seattle Pacific University leaders are sued for anti-LGBTQ hiring practices

The lawsuit says the university discriminates against potential faculty members by prohibiting individuals in same-sex relationships from being hired.

WEKU

Google faces €25bn lawsuit in UK and EU over digital advertising

Tech company accused of abusing its power in the ad tech market

The Guardian - UK

Texas A&M sued over efforts to hire diverse faculty as professor claims discrimination

A professor sued Texas A&M University, alleging that a faculty fellowship program aimed at boosting diversity discriminates against white and Asian men.

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Reuters

'Hustler' Ruto becomes Kenya's fifth president after close election

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his defeated opponent in a close-fought election he won by portraying himself as an underdog "hustler" battling the elite.

The Independent UK

Los Angeles County to settle lawsuit over homeless crisis

Los Angeles County leaders have announced a lawsuit settlement agreement that commits hundreds of millions of dollars to expand outreach and supportive services for homeless residents — marking the potential end of two years of litigation over the crisis of people living on the streets

The Texas Tribune

In lawsuit, UT-Austin professor accuses Texas A&M faculty program of discriminating against white and Asian men

UT-Austin professor Richard Lowery is represented by America First Legal — a group created by Stephen Miller, a policy adviser for former President Donald Trump, and Jonathan Mitchell, a former solicitor general for Texas and the legal architect of the state’s six-week abortion ban.

Salon

Loomer fraud witness drops out of suit

Republican voter Theresa Rinaldi demanded that her name be removed from Loomer's baseless complaint

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The Independent UK

Indiana court hearing set after abortion ban takes effect

An Indiana judge won’t hear arguments until next week on a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s abortion ban, leaving that new law set to take effect on Thursday

The Independent UK

Faculty, students sue Christian school over LGBTQ hiring ban

Divisions over LGBTQ-related policies have flared recently at several religious colleges in the United States

The Independent UK

Dead Oklahoma inmate was suing over 'Baby Shark' claim

An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that jail workers tortured him and other inmates by handcuffing them to a wall and forcing them to listen to the children's song “Baby Shark” on repeat for…

Benzinga

Missouri Judge Spurns Cannabis Prohibitionists' Push To Remove Marijuana Legalization From Ballot

A judge with the Missouri Circuit Court of Cole County dismissed a lawsuit on Friday that sought to overturn the initiative from Legal Missouri 2022 to place a recreational cannabis legalization petition on the November ballot, reported Marijuana Moment.

The Independent UK

Trial set to begin for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook hoax case

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several victims' relatives emotional and psychological harm

Asharq Al-Awsat

3 Americans Sue Iran for Imprisoning Them on Espionage Charges

Three Americans who were jailed by Iran for more than a year and accused of being spies while hiking along the border with Iraq are suing their former captors, hoping to persuade a judge to award them damages for the torture they say they endured. The lawsuit is pursued by…

The Independent UK

Black pastor files lawsuit against police who arrested him while watering neighbour’s flowers

Michael Jennings suffered post traumatic stress and humiliation from the arrest, the lawsuit alleges

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