Immigration Dec 22, 2020
About 40 migrant women who were held at a Georgia detention center have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were subjected to medical abuse through nonconsensual or unnecessary procedures while in the facility, NBC News reports. The complaint, filed late Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, also claims women at the Irwin County Detention…
Updated on January 25, 2021 at 5:34 pm
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Two people driving in a pickup truck escaped serious injury this weekend in Colchester, Vermont, after they drove on the frozen surface of Lake Champlain s Mallets Bay Sunday night and broke through the ice, sinking into the water below.
The two people in the truck made it to shore, police said, and were brought to the hospital to be evaluated for minor injuries related to the frigid cold.
The case now has public safety officials urging people to be more aware of how thick ice is before they venture onto it.
“There’s no reason to chance it,” said Sgt. Francis Gonyaw of the Colchester Police Department.