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Jon Gruden sues NFL, claiming league leaked emails to press

Gruden’s move to sue the league is perhaps unsurprising. He was the only person to lose his job in the sprawling investigation into workplace sexual abuse and misconduct at the Washington Football Team, and indeed the only person in the league to have his emails published. As an ESPN employee between 2011 and 2018, Gruden was swapping caveman emails with WFT president Bruce Allen and businessmen like the founder of Hooters.

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Feds: Chicago cop among several convenience store owners who defrauded program for low-income women and children

Also charged were a number of store employees, including Waleed Khrawish, also known as “Wally,” 34, of Melrose Park, who worked at a convenience store in Melrose Park; Alaa Hamdan, 35, of Chicago, who worked at Supermercado El Grande in Addison; Ersely Arita-Mejia, 39, of Arlington Heights, who worked at Star Mini Market in Mt. Prospect; Fortino Hernandez, 38, of Addison, who worked at Supermercado El Grande in Addison; Jehad Khrawish 24, of Chicago, who worked at a convenience store in Melrose Park; and Marisol Zavala, 29, of McHenry, who worked at a convenience store in Elgin.

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Waukegan man, who worked as school bus driver, faces additional sexual abuse charges after second person comes forward, prosecutors say

Around that time, after media reports circulated on the arrest, a woman in her 30s came forward and told police that as a child she had been assaulted over several years by Villanueva, according to prosecutors. The woman previously wanted to disclose the alleged abuse, authorities said, but had been told by a family member that the statute of limitations had expired.

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Vaccine ‘Awareness Day’ underway as Chicago races to get more shots to kids with COVID-19 on the rise and holidays approaching

Shortly after the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine received federal emergency use authorization Oct. 26, Chicago Public Schools announced it would cancel school on Nov. 12, for what officials dubbed “Vaccination Awareness Day.” They touted it as a way to get parents thinking about the issue and, more practically, to give them time to get shots for themselves and their children.

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Legislators vote on Health Care Right of Conscience Act fuels legal and political debate over COVID-19 vaccine mandates

However, DePaul University law professor Alice Setrini said federal laws such as the ADA or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act could also help employers deal with workers balking at a vaccine order. For instance, if an employee, citing a religious exemption, goes to federal court for their refusal to get vaccinated, the employer could be allowed under the law to require the worker to get tested or wear a mask.

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Legislators vote on Health Care Right of Conscience Act fuels legal and political debate over COVID-19 vaccine mandates

However, DePaul University adjunct law professor Alice Setrini said federal laws such as the ADA or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act could also help employers deal with workers balking at a vaccine order. For instance, if an employee, citing a religious exemption, goes to federal court for their refusal to get vaccinated, the employer could be allowed under the law to require the worker to get tested or wear a mask.