Tag: claim
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Maine shooting survivors claim Army negligence and FDA’s weight-loss drug decision: Morning Rundown
What Republicans are planning after 2020’s chaos at a Detroit vote tally. A surprise move by the FDA allows compounded weight-loss drugs to stay in production. And a foot found on Mount Everest might belong to climber who disappeared 100 years ago. Here’s what to know today. How Trump allies stoked election chaos in 2020…
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100 Lewiston mass shooting survivors and victims’ families claim U.S. military negligence
One year after an Army reservist perpetrated a mass shooting across Lewiston, Maine, lawyers representing survivors and families of the victims said Tuesday they are pursuing negligence claims against the federal government that could pave the way for 100 individual lawsuits. The claimants are serving legal notices of their intent to sue the Defense Department,…
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Ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen faces long odds in reviving claim against former boss
WASHINGTON — Michael Cohen is an unlikely civil rights warrior. The disgraced and disbarred lawyer enjoys fame of the notorious variety because of his longtime association with Donald Trump. That relationship ended in a spectacular falling out. He ended up serving a three-year sentence on various charges he pleaded guilty to relating to the work…
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Guardian of subway rider inadvertently shot in the head by NYPD officer files $80M claim against city
The temporary guardian of a New York City subway rider who was inadvertently shot in the head by police officers at a Brooklyn station last month has filed an $80 million legal claim against the city, accusing the officers of “carelessness and reckless disregard” for the lives of others when they opened fire on a…
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Mexican gun dispute and a straight woman’s sex discrimination claim among new Supreme Court cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday took up a series of new cases ahead of its new term, including a bid by gun companies to evade a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government and a workplace sex discrimination dispute over claims a woman was discriminated against because she is straight. The court’s nine-month new…
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Trump surrogates hit the road; Harris disputes his fentanyl claim
Share Harris says she would ‘double’ DOJ resources to crack down on cartels LAS VEGAS — Harris said yesterday that she would “double” Justice Department resources to crack down on cartels and cut the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., just hours after Trump repeated his false claim that she wants to legalize the drug.…