As a result of dropping the primary discrimination claims, the court eliminated the $2 million in punitive damages and $100,000 for emotional distress.
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Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Aug. 2026
Measles cases reach record high Measles cases in the United States have surpassed last year's total and are at their highest since the disease was eliminated from the country nearly three decades ago, according to CDC data.
Plate umpire Alan Porter tossed Vitello and first-base ump Jim Wolf ejected Webb, who was not pitching Friday.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Aug. 2026
Days later, a former NBA player who has used the WNBA as a vehicle for anti-trans advocacy was ejected from a Chicago Sky game, after engaging in an altercation with team guard Natasha Cloud.
The attorney general's office on Thursday formally charged Fernando Farias, a high-ranking officer who was expelled last week from Argentina, with fuel smuggling.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Aug. 2026
As a result, students who should have been suspended, expelled, or otherwise held accountable for dangerous or disruptive behavior remained in the classroom.
That’s partly why the British royal family has recently tried to distance themselves from the disgraced ex-prince, to the point that he was stripped of his titles and evicted from his home at Royal Lodge.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
24 Aug. 2026
The police report says Brayboy was evicted from the home 10 days earlier, but was allowed to return to care for the dogs.
Freedom has been in the news after he was kicked out of Wintrust Arena on Sunday night after an altercation with Sky player Natasha Cloud during the Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game.
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Ryan Canfield OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Aug. 2026
Mary Allison Joseph, a community organizer for KC Tenants, said 24 residents were kicked out of the apartments late last week.
Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging.
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
26 Aug. 2026
This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.
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Monitor reviewers,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 Aug. 2026
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