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The Monticello, Utah, city council has fired Police Chief Kent Adair after his department refused to answer a 911 call  about one of its of...

The Rule of Law

A British court has ordered a York man acquitted of rape  to alert police 24 hours in advance each time he plans to have sex with a woman. ...

If You See Something, Say Something

In England, taxi driver Tony Kemp says he lost business and had his reputation damaged  after the North Yorkshire County Council banned him...

Just the Facts

Police in Stockholm, Sweden, have been ordered not to include race, ethnicity, nationality, skin color or height in any descriptions  of cr...

You've Got a Friend

Germany's highest court has declared Facebook's friend finder  feature to be an illegal form of advertising. The court said the fea...

Teen Mom

The principal at Virginia's Mount Vernon High School has barred yearbook editors from including selfies taken by a pregnant student  sh...

Welcome to Germany

Months before gangs of men of North African and Middle Eastern descent sexually assaulted hundreds of women during New Year's Eve celeb...

Season's Over

April Gehl, a three-sport athlete at Wisconsin's Hilbert High School, has been suspended  for five basketball games for publicly critic...

As I Lay Dying

The Orlando, Florida, police department fired officer Pete Delio and Sgt. William Faulker after Delio kneed a prisoner in the abdomen hard ...

Speak No Evil

Sweden's prime minister has condemned an apparent police cover up of sexual attacks on female attending a youth music festival by recen...

Getting Too Close

Israel's Education Ministry has rejected a request by teachers to include Dorit Rabinyan's novel Borderlife in the curriculum for ...

Take My Wife, Please

The University of California system wants all its students, staff and faculty to report intolerance . That includes intimidation, bullying ...

It's a Man's Man's Man's World

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has ordered the Marine Corps to remove the word "man" from all job titles.  Jobs such as reconnaissance...

Union, Justice, and Confidence

Independence, Louisiana, police officer Laquinton Banks has been charged with felony theft, malfeasance in office  and hate crimes. Banks a...

I Must Say

A federal appeals court has refused to issue an injunction blocking a California law that requires crisis pregnancy centers to inform patie...

Sex on the Brain

A federal court has granted an injunction barring Giles County, Tennessee, schools from banning clothing  with pro-gay messages. The ruling...

As Cold as Ice

When Marc Kohn's daughter Melanie, a Washington Capitals fan, died last summer, he decided to honor her by building an ice skating rink...

Take a Bite Out of Crime

Henderson, Nevada, officials have agreed to pay $13,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a 17-month-old girl mauled by a police...

Quick on the Trigger

Des Moines, Iowa, police officer Brady Pratt unintentionally fired his service weapon  inside the city airport. Officials say he was practi...

His Aim Is True

The Iowa Public Information Board, an independent agency charged with enforcing the state’s open records and open meetings law, is suing th...