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Pressure Builds After New Filings In State Police ‘TrooperGate’ Lawsuit

BOSTON — A round of new filings in federal court show that recently retired State Police Major Susan Anderson is adopting the same legal strategy as her former boss, the retired Massachusetts State Police Superintendent Colonel Richard D. McKeon, to fend off a scathing lawsuit filed by two state troopers. But

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Expelled Yale hoops player seeks reinstatement, claims school violated its own Title IX confidentiality rules

NEW HAVEN — Attorneys representing expelled former Yale University basketball captain Jack Montague have filed a motion in federal court that seeks to force the school to allow him to complete his degree. Yale expelled the hoops star months before he was set to graduate after a university disciplinary committee determined

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Group that busted ACORN takes aim at Bay State

BOSTON – James O'Keefe, the conservative activist who founded the undercover journalism enterprise Project Veritas, which has embarrassed National Public Radio and led to the death of the ACORN community activist group, wants to bring his brand of exposé to the Bay State. On Thursday, O'Keefe spoke

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State law banning secret recording faces court challenge

BOSTON – Project Veritas, a guerilla journalism group known for taking undercover videos focusing a conservative eye on topics ranging from vote fraud to Common Core educational standards, sued in federal court to upend a Massachusetts law that bans most surreptitious recording. The group, led by James O'Keefe, named

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Sikh soldier sues Army over religious right to beard, turban

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Army captain who is a practicing Sikh asked a federal court on Monday to protect his right to wear a turban and sport a beard while on duty, which are both disallowed under military regulations. Capt. Simratpal Singh asked a federal district court in Washington to

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Harvard grad claims school shirked responsibility in sexual assault case

CAMBRIDGE — An explosive lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court alleges that Harvard University ignored a student's plea to have an ex-boyfriend she claims repeatedly sexually assaulted her removed from the dorm where they lived. The plaintiff, who graduated last year, also notes in her complaint that the prestigious

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‘Deflategate’ just won’t go away as NFL files appeal

Tom Brady's winning ways on the field keep eluding him in the courtroom, where it's still not game over for the saga widely known as Deflategate. Commissioner Roger Goodell's lawyers late Monday filed an appeal of a federal district court judge's decision