Prison sexual assault victims can now petition for compassionate release Enlarge this image toggle caption Aimee Chavira Aimee Chavira For years, Aimee Chavira suffered sexual abuse in a Dublin, Calif., federal prison by the officers responsible for protecting her. Imprisoned sexual assault survivors make the case for compassionate release Chavira reported her abuse to a psychologist and a warden at …
PORTLAND, Ore. — With COVID-19 case numbers plummeting, Emily Safrin did something she hadn’t done since the pandemic began two years ago: She put her fears aside and went to a concert. “Everyone was supposed to be vaccinated or have a negative test, and I said, ‘What the heck, I’m just gonna live my life,’” Safrin said of her concert …
Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of Lemon Tree and If I Had A Hammer in the 1960s and took his talents to Hollywood, died on Tuesday. Filmmaker P. David Ebersole, who just finished shooting a documentary on Lopez with Todd Hughes, confirmed that Lopez died from complications of Covid-19 at Desert Regional Medical …
