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Why Have 800 Adults Come Forward About Sexual Abuse They Experienced as Children in State Custody? A lawsuit filed on February 10, 2025, represents 133 former youth detainees who allege they were sexually abused while in Illinois juvenile detention facilities, attorneys announced at a Chicago news conference on Tuesday. The legal action is part of...

How Did an Unoccupied SUV Roll 75 Yards Downhill and Fatally Strike a Student During Recess? A 12-year-old sixth-grade girl died Thursday afternoon when an unoccupied SUV struck her outside Washington Middle School in Seattle. Seattle Police Department spokesperson Todd Kibbee reported the incident occurred around 1 p.m. on March 6th on 20th Place South,...

Why Has Route 1 Become One Of New Jersey’s Deadliest Highways With 45 Deaths In Five Years? Middlesex County officials have launched a comprehensive Route 1 Safer Travel Initiative to address the alarming rise in fatal crashes along one of New Jersey’s busiest highways. The multi-jurisdictional task force, set to be fully implemented this spring,...

What Caused a Beechcraft Turboprop to Make an Emergency Landing Near Lancaster Airport? A Beechcraft A36 Bonanza Turboprop crashed into the Brethren Village retirement community parking lot in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2025. All five crew members aboard survived with injuries and were transported to local hospitals. According to Lancaster County...

How Did a Seven-Year Legal Battle Stay Hidden From Abuse Survivors? The New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the release of hundreds of pages of previously sealed court documents on March 6, 2025, revealing a years-long secret legal battle over clergy abuse investigations that has remained hidden since 2018. The high court scheduled oral arguments for...

What Did Arizona State University Researchers Discover About This Common Herbicide? Arizona State University researchers discovered that even brief exposure to glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, causes brain inflammation that persists long after exposure stops. The study, published December 4, 2024, in the Journal of Neuroinflammation, found that mice exposed to glyphosate developed...

What Led to the Shooting of Ankle Monitor Fugitive in Houston McDonald’s? Robert Gregory Johnson III, a 32-year-old former Uber driver, was captured and shot by law enforcement. Johnson was accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Uber passenger. He was captured at a Houston McDonald’s on February 4, 2025, after he had been evading authorities...

How Are Allegations at Oaks Church Connected to Multiple Church Leaders? Tim Somers has been fired from his position as youth pastor at Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church in North Carolina following allegations of inappropriate conduct with former students at Oaks Church in Texas. The termination comes as part of a widening investigation that has already...

Lawsuit Claims Decades of Exposure to Known Carcinogens in Professional Hair Products A California hair stylist diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2023 has filed a lawsuit against L’Oreal and 10 other beauty companies, alleging their hair dye products caused his disease. Hector Corvera, a hairstylist for 40 years in California’s Central Valley, filed the suit...

What Do These New Legal Complaints Allege About Ride-Sharing Safety? Twenty-four women and three men have filed lawsuits against Uber, claiming drivers sexually assaulted them between 2017 and 2024. The two separate legal complaints, submitted to San Francisco Superior Court on February 10, 2025, detail allegations including groping, indecent exposure, stalking, and rape. Plaintiffs argue...

Medical Case Study Reveals Dangers of Secondhand Asbestos Contact Through Father’s Work Clothes An 80-year-old West Virginia woman recently hospitalized with severe breathing difficulties discovered her childhood exposure to asbestos likely contributed to her current lung disease. Doctors at West Virginia University Health Sciences Center found extensive pleural plaques throughout her lungs when treating her...

What Did NIST’s Latest Study Reveal About “Forever Chemicals” in Protective Equipment? According to a government study published this month, NIST researchers discovered high levels of PFAS chemicals in firefighter gloves and wildland protective equipment. The investigation, led by NIST chemist Rick Davis, found that 25 of 32 tested equipment samples contained measurable levels of...