Federal court stops EMU from cutting sports teams
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a preliminary injunction to stop Eastern Michigan University from cutting some sports programs.
U.S. District Court Judge George Steeh ruled late last week that financial hardship is not a defense for a Title IX violation.
Two former EMU athletes filed a lawsuit earlier this year alleging that Title IX laws were violated when the school announced it would eliminate tennis, softball, men’s swimming and diving, and wrestling at the end of the spring season.
The university said in March the moves were made due to budget cuts.
A hearing to discuss implementation of the court order is scheduled on Oct. 23.
Eastern Michigan says it received the court ruling and will analyze its next steps.
New gun-control laws go into effect in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland authorities and mental health professionals already have been training to implement a new law that enables courts to temporarily restrict firearms access for people found to be a risk to themselves or others.
The new red flag law took effect Monday on the one-year anniversary of the nation's deadliest mass shooting in modern history in Las Vegas.
Montgomery County Sheriff Darren Popkin says Maryland authorities are notified daily about people who may be suffering from a mental health crisis and may have been expressing violent tendencies.
He said the new law will save lives. It allows police, medical professionals and close relatives to seek a court order.
Three justices attend mass ahead of Supreme Court’s new term
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three members of the Supreme Court attended an annual Mass held in advance of the opening of the high court’s term.
Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen Breyer attended the Red Mass on Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired from the court in June, also attended.
Senate Republicans had hoped to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the opening of the Supreme Court’s term Monday. But a vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination has been delayed following allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in high school. The FBI is now investigating.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Solicitor General Noel Francisco, the administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer, also attended the Mass.
Sticky fingers: Man accused of taking 150 pounds of waffle mix
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man is accused of stealing 150 pounds of waffle mix from a former employer and flipping it to a syrupy stream of buyers.
Peachtree City police spokeswoman Lt. Odilia Bergh told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 33-year-old Brandon Lee Nelson is charged with burglary.
Police say Nelson drove to his former employer's storage facility in August and stole five boxes of Golden Malted waffle batter. Bergh says Nelson then covertly sold it to buyers who contacted him about the stolen dough.
Bergh says Nelson later was identified on surveillance video of the theft and arrested this month.
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