Proceedings underway in ex-medical school dean’s trial
LANSING (AP) — Opening statements were presented last week in the trial of a former medical school dean who had oversight of now-imprisoned ex-sports doctor Larry Nassar at Michigan State University.
William Strampel is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct, misconduct and willful neglect of duty. He is accused of sexually harassing female students.
Michigan Assistant Attorney General Danielle Hagaman-Clark told an Ingham County Circuit Court jury Thursday that Strampel "wielded the power and authority of his position with offensive behavior, offensive comments."
Strampel's attorney said conversations were tough and perhaps vulgar, but "there was never even a solicitation."
Hundreds of girls and women have said Nassar molested them when he was a physician. Critics say Strampel failed to ensure that Nassar was following patient restrictions ordered in 2014.
Report: Detroit land bank had $500K in legal costs for probe
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of an Arizona case challenging a law that gives preference to American Indians in adoptions of Native children.
The order leaves in place a lower court ruling that dismissed a complaint from a Phoenix-based, right-leaning think tank.
The Goldwater Institute sought to keep two children with ties to the Gila River and Navajo tribes from being removed from their non-Native foster parents.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the case was moot because the children had been adopted.
The court did not rule on the constitutionality of the 40-year-old Indian Child Welfare Act. That question is before a federal appeals court in Louisiana.
Court denies review of child welfare case
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of an Arizona case challenging a law that gives preference to American Indians in adoptions of Native children.
The order leaves in place a lower court ruling that dismissed a complaint from a Phoenix-based, right-leaning think tank.
The Goldwater Institute sought to keep two children with ties to the Gila River and Navajo tribes from being removed from their non-Native foster parents.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the case was moot because the children had been adopted.
The court did not rule on the constitutionality of the 40-year-old Indian Child Welfare Act. That question is before a federal appeals court in Louisiana.
Beaver makes cameo appearance on police camera video
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A police camera caught a beaver's surprise appearance near a traffic stop in Alaska's largest city.
Anchorage police posted the brief video on the department's Facebook page showing the creature ambling into the road between two patrol cars.
The beaver then backtracks before disappearing from the screen.
Police wrote in the post, "We say it all the time: Rubbernecking is bad."
They said, "Thankfully he didn't end up a speed bump. That would've been depressy (depressing + messy). Nothing to see here, buddy. Scurry on."
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