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Wrongfully convicted man awarded $50M in lawsuit against City of Chicago, police detectives
By Nate Rodgers Published September 9, 2024 5:28pm CDT To watch video report, Click Here. Wrongfully convicted Chicago man awarded $50M in lawsuit Marcel Brown, who spent nearly a decade in prison for a murder he did not commit, was awarded $50 million by a federal jury on Monday in his lawsuit against the City of…
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French fan support at Paralympics gives athletes hope for future of disability sport
Win or lose, the French fans are turning out and supporting the more than 4,000 Paralympians competing in Paris, especially their own team By ANNA LICASTRO September 3, 2024, 9:59 AM To watch video report, Click Here. PARIS — It’s the end of the second set of a women’s sitting volleyball match between the United States…
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Disney no longer magical to guests denied Disability Access Service
By Andrew J. Campa Sept. 1, 2024 6:30 AM PT Some Disney fans feel betrayed by changes to popular disability pass Eight-year-old Noah Roland lasted less than two hours inside Disney World’s Magic Kingdom one June afternoon before suffering an autistic meltdown. Days earlier, he was denied Disney’s Disability Access Service pass, intended to help disabled individuals wait…
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Kansas Legal Services helped Navy veteran, attacked by pirates, secure disability benefits
By: Anna Kaminski – September 3, 2024 8:45 am TOPEKA — When pirates attacked Leah Delamarter and her U.S. Naval crewmates at sea, somewhere between the east African countries of Djibouti and Somalia in 2009, she suffered injuries to her central nervous system that caused lifelong damage to the right side of her body. She looks back on…
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Study: Individuals with pre-existing disabilities had long COVID and much higher rates than peers
by University of Kansas September 3, 2024 The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially hard on individuals with disabilities. New research from the University of Kansas shows that this population is also experiencing long COVID at significantly higher rates than the general population, which exacerbates existing barriers to accessing care. Researchers from KU’s Institute for Health and…
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Bible-inspired lessons in Texas public schools? State education board to hold hearings this month
KERA | By Megan Cardona Published September 3, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT The State Board of Education will hold public hearings this month over a proposed curriculum for Texas public schools that includes Christian-based religious references in K-5 education. The proposal faced some criticism from the public since it was unveiled by the Texas Education Agency in May. The…
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Investigation finds falsified Dallas County juvenile detention records
KERA | By Marina Trahan Martinez Published September 10, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT A state investigation released Monday found that minors in Dallas County’s juvenile detention center were isolated for 24 hours a day, sometimes for several days. In 2023, the Office of Inspector General investigated allegations reported to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department of cruelty,…
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UNT is fine with voter registration on campus, but new directive says keep it outside of class
KERA | By Lucinda Breeding-Gonzales | Denton Record-Chronicle Published September 5, 2024 at 9:58 AM CDT University of North Texas administrators told deans recently that faculty can no longer use class time for voter registration. One of those deans also told faculty that they would have to rebuff requests from groups seeking to use classes to register…
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Police rebut right-wing claims of migrant takeovers in Colorado and California
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other conservatives helped spread false claims about immigrants taking over apartment complexes and school buses. Sept. 3, 2024, 4:11 PM CDT By Ja’han Jones Police in California and Colorado have rebutted two viral stories about immigrants that were spread by right-wing social media accounts in a sign of desperation in the…
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