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Finding Baby Holly was ‘a miracle,’ says genealogist who helped solve the 40-year-old mystery

EXCLUSIVE: Two genealogists helped ID murder victims found more than 40 years ago – and track down the couple’s missing baby the researchers only learned about from relatives, Sheila Flynn reports

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Exclusive: Finding Baby Holly was ‘a miracle,’ says genealogist who solved the 40-year-old mystery

Two genealogists helped ID murder victims found more than 40 years ago – and track down the couple’s missing baby the researchers only learned about from relatives, Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK

Ninth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Claim Alleging Unconstitutional Police Mishandling of Rape Accusations

Plaintiff had shown the police cell phone messages in which she “casually discussed the sexual activity that occurred the night of the alleged rape and agreed to meet [the person she was accusing] again for a future sexual encounter,” and “told the alleged assailant that she ‘could make him lose…

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Texas Supreme Court says governor cannot order trans child abuse investigations

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday struck down a statewide injunction halting child abuse investigations into the parents of transgender youth, while keeping in place a block on the case of one family who sued the state.

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Rape Victim Asks Court to Retroactively Redact Name from 16-Year-Old Opinion

Court redacts the name from the court-hosted official record, but refuses to order private sites to remove it.

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Experts: Lawmaker rape case illustrates survivors' trauma

Experts say the conviction of a former Idaho lawmaker who raped a legislative intern was a rare victory for prosecutors in a justice system that can be fraught with trauma for assault survivors

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Bengals Do Not Comment on Jackson Carman Rape Allegation

The Cincinnati player was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl when he was 18; he continues to say it was consensual.

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Jury still deliberating in rape trial of Idaho ex-lawmaker

Jurors in the rape trial of a former Idaho lawmaker are to begin another day of deliberations after a three-day trial in which the young accuser fled the witness stand during testimony, saying “I can’t do this.”

The Independent UK

Ex-Idaho lawmaker accused of raping intern takes the stand

A former Idaho state lawmaker who was charged with rape after a statehouse intern reported that he sexually assaulted her last year has taken the stand to testify in his defense

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Woman testifying in Idaho lawmaker's rape trial flees court

A woman who said she was raped by an Idaho lawmaker while serving as a legislative intern fled the witness stand during the rape trial Wednesday

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Trial begins for former Idaho lawmaker accused of rape

The trial for a former Idaho lawmaker accused of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern has begun

The Independent UK

How Trump's "Big Lie" was built

Internal documents show Trumpworld conspiracy theorists knew their claims were disproven, disputed or dubious

Salon

Body of missing teenage girl identified 30 years after she vanished

Margaret Ann Sniegowski disappeared in 1992

The Independent UK

Snoop Dogg: Woman files to withdraw sexual assault lawsuit against rapper

Rapper vehemently denied woman’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her in 2013

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Couple sues fertility clinic, claiming they had to abort a stranger’s baby

The doctors first allegedly claimed the test was inaccurate before diagnosing the mother with a rare condition, saying her body contained two sets of DNA

Tribune News Service

Cowboys and Jerry Jones’ family are front and center in the offseason. Why now?

DALLAS — The private lives of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his family are dominating the offseason after a lawsuit and a letter linked his daughter’s divorce case to an allegation that the billionaire had an affair and fathered a child.

Los Angeles Times

Snoop Dogg is trying to have sexual assault lawsuit against him dismissed

LOS ANGELES — Rapper Snoop Dogg is trying to put an end to a lawsuit alleging that he and his associates committed sex trafficking and sexual harassment, assault and battery.

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Activision Blizzard faces another sexual harassment lawsuit

The suit was filed on Wednesday by Attorney Lisa Bloom.

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Chicago Teachers Union suit claims group is a ‘front’ working for the ‘benefit of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’

The Chicago Teachers Union is suing a former top adviser to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a “Jane Doe” over their alleged interference in the May election of union officers.

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Texas appeals court again halts child abuse investigations into parents of transgender youth

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas appeals court has again temporarily blocked the state from investigating parents solely for providing gender affirming care to their transgender children.

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Texas judge halts child abuse investigations of gender-affirming care for transgender youth

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas district court judge on Friday temporarily halted all child abuse investigations into gender-affirming care for trans minors, after a daylong hearing that pitted the mother of a transgender teenager against the state’s lawyers.

Reason

Absolute Immunity from Libel Lawsuits for Witnesses Testifying in Private Universities' Title IX Proceedings?

Witnesses testifying in court have such "judicial immunity"; this is a longstanding principle, animated by a worry that otherwise angry litigants would otherwise routinely sue witnesses who testified against them, and that the threat of such lawsuits would deter witnesses from coming forward. (Prosecutors can of course still prosecute witnesses…

Reason

Justice Thomas Argues Again for Reading § 230 Immunity More Narrowly

From Justice Thomas's statement respecting denial of certiorari today in Doe v. Facebook, Inc. [UPDATE: just saw that Jonathan beat me to it, but I thought I'd keep this up; the main extra matters in this post are the excerpts from the Texas Supreme Court opinion, which may help explain…

Reason

Justice Thomas (Again) Urges Reconsideration of the Scope of Section 230

In a statement respecting the denial of certiorari, Justice Thomas suggested some courts are adopting an overly expansive interpretation of the immunity conferred by Section 230.

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Madonna King: Everyday heroes leading by example in extraordinary circumstances

We can call them John and Jane Doe; individuals whose names we’ve never heard, but whose actions this week deserve to be a living textbook on leadership.

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