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Supreme Court Turns Away School’s Appeal of Sex-Assault Case

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn’t be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band trip. …

Corps Finds no Radioactive Contamination at Missouri School

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Testing by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found no radioactive contamination at a Missouri school that was shut down last month amid fears that nuclear material from a contaminated creek nearby had made its way …

Wisconsin School Board Denies Amputated Finger Claim

The Appleton Board of Education has denied a liability claim for a student who lost part of a finger last spring. Mariah Yang was injured trying to retrieve a volleyball from Madison Middle School’s bleachers. Her family sought $100,000 from …

1965 Louisiana School Suit Cost Payment Approved

A federal judge has approved a settlement that calls for the St. Landry Parish School Board in Lafayette, La., to pay $800,000 to the attorney who was on the opposing side of the parish’s school desegregation case for more than …