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Returning a minor to the field or court after a concussion is quite the process. Every school district in New Jersey for more than a decade has had written policies in place about how to handle head injuries among student-athletes. But a new law signed in late September by Gov. Phil Murphy gets even more specific with the steps that must be taken before a kid is officially cleared for play. A...

This June 25, 2017, photo provided by Jamie Carter and taken in Fayetteville, Ga., shows Annette Davis Carter, the daughter-in-law of former President Jimmy Carter. Annette Carter, who helped during Carter's 1976 presidential campaign, died on Sept. 19, 2021, at the age of 68. The family did not disclose the cause of death. (Jamie Carter via AP) Annette Davis Carter, who campaigned for fathe...

The issue with trying to reform the Minneapolis Police Department, Noa K. Levi writes, is that Minneapolis police don’t believe they’re subject to democracy. Over the last several years, as a resident of Minneapolis, I've watched the ebb and flow of several waves of public outrage concerning our police department. I'm politically active, and I believe that democracy is the best tool to fix th...

Photo provided After being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, "Shawn's Law," named after Shawn Shatto, was signed into Pennsylvania state law on Sept. 30, providing relief for the family of Shawn, and rewarding advocates of Suicide Awareness Month as both concluded this September. "Shawn's Law," or House Bill 184, holds accountable any person who encourages the suicide of a mi...

MSU community tailgates for Homecoming game. (Kaylie Crowe) EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - With big events come big crowds, and ELPD tells News 10 they combined efforts with MSU Police and Michigan State Police to patrol East Lansing throughout the weekend due to homecoming. They say they anticipate bigger crowds this year than in years past. Now, they have pushed to send more police on bikes t...

An OU flag in front of the Bizzell Memorial Library. Editor's note: This article contains mention of sexual assault. Resources to report sexual assault are listed at the bottom of the article. OU released its Annual Security and Fire Safety Report with compiled crime statistics from 2018-2020, revealing an increase in sexual assault reports and a decrease in drug law violations. OU e...

The investigations will also involve a reopening of the 2015 inquiry into coach Paul Riley, who was accused, in a report published on Thursday by the Athletic, of sexually coercing players at the Portland Thorns. Riley was investigated before leaving for the team that is now the North Carolina Courage, which fired him after The Athletic report. He denied having sex with players. Covington &am...

Billie Eilish spoke out against Texas’ new abortion law during a performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Pop star Billie Eilish almost dropped out of the Austin City Limits Music Festival to protest Texas’ new restrictive abortion law, she told fans while on stage Saturday night. “When they made that s--t a law, I almost didn’t want to do the show, because I wanted to pun...

Billie Eilish tells Austin City Limits crowd she almost canceled over TX abortion law  Miami Herald

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia fathers are suing state officials over a law that allows charter schools to open without the approval of local voters, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. The lawsuit filed this past week in Kanawha County Circuit Court claims the law is unconstitutional and asks the judge to stop a newly created West Virginia Professional Charter School Board from...