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Erik Larson's next book closely tracks the months leading up to the Civil War
Read full article: Erik Larson's next book closely tracks the months leading up to the Civil WarThe next book by Erik Larson, known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events.
Northwestern joins long list of American universities with a scandal in athletics
Read full article: Northwestern joins long list of American universities with a scandal in athleticsNorthwestern has been added to a long list of American universities to face a scandal in athletics and may eventually join the trend of making large payouts following allegations of sexual abuse.
Judge asked to approve fund for U-Michigan doc's victims
Read full article: Judge asked to approve fund for U-Michigan doc's victimsAttorneys are asking a judge to approve creation of a settlement fund for sexual-assault victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor, a key step in a $490 million deal with more than 1,000 people.
Ex-Michigan music professor gets prison on child sex charges
Read full article: Ex-Michigan music professor gets prison on child sex chargesA former University of Michigan violin professor has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to transporting a girl across states lines for sex.
U. of Michigan agrees to settle students' sex-abuse lawsuit
Read full article: U. of Michigan agrees to settle students' sex-abuse lawsuitThe University of Michigan has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by students who sought to force changes in how the school protects the campus from sexual misconduct.
Ex-U. of Michigan athlete's protest encampment is removed
Read full article: Ex-U. of Michigan athlete's protest encampment is removedA camper, tent, signs and other items that represented a former University of Michigan football player’s protest against the school’s handling of sex abuse allegations involving a campus doctor have been removed by the school.
Suit alleging UCLA doctor sex abuse settled for over $100M
Read full article: Suit alleging UCLA doctor sex abuse settled for over $100MThe University of California has agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle allegations that several hundred women were sexually abused by a former UCLA gynecologist.
Ex-athlete vows to maintain U. of Michigan sex abuse protest
Read full article: Ex-athlete vows to maintain U. of Michigan sex abuse protestJon Vaughn’s small blue-and-white camper has been parked outside the home of the University of Michigan’s president since early October, and he says it isn't moving anytime soon.
Abuse victims see inequity in payouts at 2 Michigan schools
Read full article: Abuse victims see inequity in payouts at 2 Michigan schoolsTwo former University of Michigan football stars who stand to receive as much as $500,000 each through the school’s sexual abuse settlement with more than 1,000 students say the per-victim payouts should be much higher.
EXPLAINER: How will U. of Michigan assault settlement work?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: How will U. of Michigan assault settlement work?A $490 million deal to settle claims of sexual assault against a University of Michigan doctor will be handled in a similar way to the $500 million agreement worked out in 2018 by Michigan State University and the victims of Larry Nassar.
U. of Michigan reaches $490M settlement over sexual abuse
Read full article: U. of Michigan reaches $490M settlement over sexual abuseThe University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a sports doctor during his nearly four-decade career at the school.
Hunt for Capitol attackers still on 6 months after Jan. 6
Read full article: Hunt for Capitol attackers still on 6 months after Jan. 6Six months after the Capitol insurrection, the Justice Department is still hunting for scores of rioters, even as the first of more than 500 people already arrested have pleaded guilty.
Athletes abused by late doctor demand U-Michigan probe
Read full article: Athletes abused by late doctor demand U-Michigan probeFormer athletes are urging the University of Michigan’s governing board to launch a full investigation of sexual abuse committed by a late doctor and how the school failed to stop him during his decades on campus.
Schembechler son, players say Michigan coach knew of abuse
Read full article: Schembechler son, players say Michigan coach knew of abuseOne of late University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler’s sons and two of his former players have described in detail how they were molested by the team’s longtime doctor and how Schembechler turned a blind eye when they told him about it.
Report on campus doctor raises flags about iconic coach
Read full article: Report on campus doctor raises flags about iconic coachA report about a doctor accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of young men at the University of Michigan is pointing an unflattering light at one of the school’s iconic figures.
Report: U. of Michigan missed chances to stop doctor's abuse
Read full article: Report: U. of Michigan missed chances to stop doctor's abuseA report says staff at the University of Michigan missed many opportunities to stop a doctor who committed sexual misconduct against hundreds of patients over decades at the school.
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
Read full article: US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWIIA new report finds that life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths.
Pilots say they, too, were molested by Univ. of Michigan doc
Read full article: Pilots say they, too, were molested by Univ. of Michigan docSome pilots have emerged as victims of Anderson, a deceased doctor who worked for decades at the University of Michigan. (Robert Kalmbach/Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan via AP, File)DETROIT – A cargo pilot who regularly needed health checkups to keep his license contacted a University of Michigan doctor in 2000. He said Anderson told him to undress, put on a medical gown and get on a table, instead of simply checking the man's vision, hearing and heart. AdSince then, another category of victims has emerged: pilots in southeastern Michigan who needed physicals to get or maintain a license. There was no reason to cover this up.”In 2003, five years before his death, Anderson told the government that he was retiring because a stroke had greatly affected his right hand.
US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted
Read full article: US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever countedBut the 2020 numbers amount to a jump of about 15%, and could go higher once all the deaths from this month are counted. “It was actually a pretty good year for mortality, as things go,” said Anderson, who oversees CDC death statistics. The U.S. coronavirus epidemic has been a big driver of deaths this year, both directly and indirectly. Drug overdose deaths, meanwhile, got much worse. Before the coronavirus even arrived, the U.S. was in the midst of the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in its history.
US suicide rate fell last year after decade of steady rise
Read full article: US suicide rate fell last year after decade of steady riseNEW YORK – The U.S. suicide rate fell slightly last year, the first annual decline in more than a decade, according to new government data. In 2018, the national suicide rate hit its highest level since 1941 — 14.2 per 100,000 people. But death rates for the nation's two biggest killers — heart disease and cancer — were down, as were death rates for flu, chronic lung disease and Alzheimer's disease. "There are clear forces pressing suicide risk factors in a negative direction,” Moutier said, but that's doesn't mean suicide rates will automatically rise. “It’s possible that the rise in COVID-19 is sort pushing down the suicide rate,” he suggested.
1st female alleges sexual abuse by U of Michigan doctor
Read full article: 1st female alleges sexual abuse by U of Michigan doctorShe is the first female to publicly say she was sexually abused by a team doctor at the school and says she hopes to inspire other women and men to come forward. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)NOVI, Mich. The first female to publicly say she was sexually abused by a team doctor at the University of Michigan says she hopes to inspire other women and men to come forward. Cathy Kalahar, who played tennis for the Wolverines in the 1970s, joins hundreds of Michigan graduates who allege that doctor Robert Anderson molested them. My motivation is to help other victims to come to terms, to possibly come forward, Kalahar said at a news conference Tuesday in suburban Detroit. Kalahar said she chose to come forward after waves of alleged victims spoke up about what they said Anderson did to them.