Illinois group is third to challenge Trump candidacy for president: Involving five residents, the suit is the fourth filed nationwide by Other cases filed by Free Speech For People. Its cases have have been rejected in Minnesota and Michigan, and an Oregon challenge is still undecided, reports The Hill. Read more about the case, and others, here.
Alabama joins California in focusing on Ebony Alert for missing Black children: In light of statistics from the Black and Missing Foundation, showing Black people account for 40 percent of missing people despite only accounting for 13 percent of the U.S. population, Alabama is the second state to ponder n Ebony Alert (WSFA). Read about the law here.
Anti-gay former Kentucky clerk must pay $360,000: Kim Davis earned notoriety when she refused marriage licenses to gay couples in Kentucky in 2015, shortly after the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. A court has now ruled she must pay one couple’s damages nd attorneys’ fees, reports the L.A. Times.
Perry shooter of seven recipient of “bullying for years:” With rumors flying rampant about the 17-year-old who killed a child, injured five adults, and then took their own life Thursday, The Associated Press reports that Dylan Butler, who also took their own life, was “a quiet person who had been bullied for years.” Butler’s social media accounts, which some said indicated a connection with the LGBTQ+ community, have been shut down since yesterday’s early-morning shooting at Perry High School. Follow the AP for the latest reliable information about the Perry school shooting.
New class-action lawsuit contends vegan upcharges are unconstitutional: Should you have to pay an extra dollar or two if you want non-dairy milk? Ten Californians are asking a district court to say “no” to the vegan upcharges, reports VegNews, which says the case could set a “potentially industry-altering legal precedent.”
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