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• California Supreme Court upholds ruling in USOPC athlete safety case The California Supreme Court Thursday ruled that a lower court was correct in ruling that the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee did not have a legal responsibility to protect athletes. The court also said the 2nd District court was correct that national governing bodies could be held liable in sexual abuse cases. The Supreme Court ruling could have major ramifications for NGBs in California where a recent law opens a new window of statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases.…
• Donald, Melania Trump launch a new website By Ramishah Maruf | CNN Donald Trump is back online. The former president and first lady, Melania Trump, have launched a website to serve their personal offices. The website, 45office.com, comes after Trump’s ban from social media sites in the aftermath of the January Capitol insurrection. The site features a lengthy biography for the former president that starts, “Donald J. Trump launched the most extraordinary political movement in history, dethroning political dynasties, defeating the Washington Establishment, and becoming the first…
• Summary List PlacementA user in a low level hacking forum has published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free online. The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in the US, 11 million on users in the UK, and 6 million on users in India. It includes their phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and…
• Court to hear bid for new defense of Kentucky abortion law The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Kentucky's attorney general, who wants to be allowed to defend a restriction on abortion rights that lower courts had struck down. The underlying issue in the case, to be heard in the fall, is a blocked Kentucky law that abortion rights supporters say would have effectively banned a standard abortion method in the second trimester of pregnancy. But the issue before the court is whether Attorney General Daniel Cameron,…
• Court to hear bid for new defense of Kentucky abortion law The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Kentucky's attorney general, who wants to be allowed to defend a restriction on abortion rights that lower courts had struck down. The underlying issue in the case, to be heard in the fall, is a blocked Kentucky law that abortion rights supporters say would have effectively banned a standard abortion method in the second trimester of pregnancy. But the issue before the court is whether Attorney General Daniel Cameron,…
• Contra Costa men lose appeal in large-scale meth trafficking case; one defendant argued he needed money for son’s pending murder case SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has rejected two Concord-area convicted meth traffickers’ bid for either a new trial or more lenient sentences, court records show. Concord resident Donnie Phillips, 67, and Clayton resident Gordon Miller, 63, were sentenced to 25 and 20 years, respectively, for methamphetamine distribution in 2018, in a case where prosecutors described Phillips as a middleman and Miller as a higher-up in a large-scale meth trafficking ring. The charges stemmed from a 2015 undercover investigation…
• High court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues Virginia's highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor of a group of residents who sued to block the city from taking down the Lee statue and a nearby monument to fellow Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. Charlottesville’s city council voted to…
• Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle buy mansion in Florida gated community, and some neighbors aren’t happy After months of searching, Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle have finally bought a Florida mansion in an exclusive gated community that once wasn’t so welcoming, judging by letters sent by residents who expressed concerns about the couple’s notoriety and association with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But other residents of the Jupiter neighborhood of Admirals Cove were eager to prove they weren’t so judgmental and could be “inclusive,” allowing the so-called “prom king and queen of Maga-land” to purchase…
• Embattled FOP president wants police board to drop case that could lead to his firing Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times fileJohn Catanzara filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss the administrative charges against him, citing unfair labor practice charges his union has lodged against the police department. John Catanzara, the embattled Chicago police union president, is pushing the city to drop the administrative case that could result in his firing from the Chicago Police Department. Max Caproni, executive director of the Chicago Police Board, said Catanzara filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss the administrative charges the first-time union boss…
• Malaysian ex-PM Najib appeals graft conviction in 1MDB saga A Malaysian court Monday began hearing an appeal by ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak to overturn his conviction and 12-year jail sentence linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government in 2018. The appeal came more than eight months after a high court found Najib guilty of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering, making him the first Malaysian leader to be convicted. He has said he was misled by…