May 8—The York School Department agreed to pay a former special education teacher $237,500 to settle a lawsuit she filed against the district last summer alleging she was discriminated against for being gay. The school district will pay $170,000 in backpay and damages to Michele Figueira and $67,500 to her attorneys, to be doled out by the district's insurance, according to a copy of the ...
Officials in Louisiana say two inmates accused of violent crimes are on the run after escaping from jail by removing pieces of a wall and using sheets to scale a wall....