flash Video The following column was first published on the author’s website Res Ispa Loquitur When I teach torts at George Washington University Law School, we discuss the “no duty to rescue” doctrine. Under the common law, you are not legally required to assist a person in peril if you …
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MEXICO, Maine – Authorities say two 15-year-old Rhode Island boys have spent the night outside in below-zero temperatures after they got lost while snowmobiling in Maine. The Maine Warden Service said Ty Howard-Gotto and Jonah May were found unharmed Tuesday morning after staying in a small shelter. Wardens say they …
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VICTOR, N.Y. – Authorities say a New York man suspected of using stolen credit cards to buy expensive jewelry tried to hide some of the evidence by swallowing a diamond ring. The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office says 33-year-old Rahkeim Scarlett of Troy used a stolen card on Feb. 11 to …
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Nearly a decade after a man was convicted of killing a Tennessee nursing student, the defense is asking a judge for a new trial, citing a key witness’ admission over fabricating testimony. Holly Bobo, 20, disappeared from her rural home in 2011, sparking an extensive search that ended with her …
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At least 58 people were shot in Chicago, with eight fatalities, this Labor Day weekend, according to NBC Chicago and at a juncture when its mayor vowed to block President Donald Trump’s efforts to combat crime. The shootings took place in a series of unrelated incidents, with the majority resulting …
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Surveillance video homicide investigators are aware of appears to show moments before a deputy was shot in the back of the head and killed. The video, obtained by FOX 11 Los Angeles, shows a black car pulling up to the left of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s cruiser at …
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A California man was arrested Monday in connection to the cold case killing of a woman beaten to death and later found naked. Alfredo Carretero Jr., 65, was taken into custody in Lakeport, 120 miles north of San Francisco, in relation to the 1983 killing of Noelle Russo, the Sonoma …
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A former executive at Samsung Electronics’ venture capital arm who proposed that mobile app developer Branch Metrics’ software be installed in Samsung smartphones faced pushback due to pressure from Google, he said on Thursday in a landmark antitrust trial against the Alphabet unit. Patrick Chang, who worked at Samsung Next …
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An Arizona man has been arrested after the body of his girlfriend was found in the trunk of a car in Southern California on Monday night, police said. Christi Lynn Romero, 54, was identified as the woman by the Holbrook Police Department in Arizona on Tuesday. Her estranged boyfriend, Richard …
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The University of Washington found race was “inappropriately considered” in a recent faculty hire, it admitted last month. The university released a statement on October 31, which outlined concerns about the faculty’s hiring process in the University of Washington’s Department of Psychology last year. “The review was completed in September …
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