The controversy over the use of a racial slur that has embroiled a public law school in New Jersey began with a student quoting from case law during a professor’s virtual office hours. The first-year student at Rutgers Law School in Newark, who is white, repeated a line from a 1993 legal opinion, including the […]
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video A school teacher has been filmed forcefully whacking a six-year-old girl with a wooden paddle over ‘$50 worth of damage to a classroom computer’. Melissa Carter, head of the Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, may face criminal charges after […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats hoping for some encouraging signs in Texas did not find any on Saturday in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat. Instead, they found themselves locked out of a runoff that will now see two Republicans battle for the seat in northern Texas. The two Republicans — Susan Wright, […]
Eli Broad, a businessman and philanthropist whose vast fortune, extensive art collection and zeal for civic improvement helped reshape the cultural landscape of Los Angeles, died on Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 87. Suzi Emmerling, a spokeswoman for the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, confirmed his death, which, she said, […]
While sentencing a Vancouver man for running an illicit nightclub, a judge compared his actions to that of a fentanyl dealer’s. By Ian Austen While it’s very likely that no one other than deep introverts enjoys lockdown restrictions, several polls from the past year show that an overwhelming majority of Canadians support the rules and […]
Meghan Markle has hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with a group of teenage girls to encourage them to make their voices heard. The Duchess of Sussex spoke with the young activists – primarily girls of colour – who are part of the US non-profit organisation Girls Inc. It was intended to give the 13 to […]
Disneyland has reopened for the first time in over a year – as it was revealed more than 100 million Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Disney fans who visited cheered and screamed as the Southern California theme park opened its gates for the first time in 13 months, when it was forced to […]
US health officials have said that cruise holidays can go ahead from mid-July – but only fully-vaccinated tourists will be allowed to set sail. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said its working with cruise operators to put plans in place that will allow the industry to get back up and running […]
Her first reaction after receiving the email from the University of Tampa announcing that commencement would be conducted online was to cry. Up and down the spine of Florida, larger colleges were announcing plans for in-person graduations — so why not hers? Then 22-year-old Allison Clark dried her tears and turned to Instagram, asking her […]
An Idaho lawmaker who the police say is the focus of a criminal investigation into allegations that he raped a 19-year-old female legislative intern last month resigned on Thursday — the same day that an ethics committee recommended that he be suspended. In a unanimous vote by the House Ethics and Policy Committee, the lawmaker, […]