Detroit Declared Bankrupt Opening Route to Pensions Cuts
U.S. Judge Steven Rhodes formally declares Detroit bankrupt under Chapter 9 citing an $18 billion creditor load and the city’s dire finances. Emergency manager Kevyn Orr says a readjustment plan aiming for solvency could be filed by January with talks ongoing with unions.
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Inmate with Cancer Granted Parole to Hospice Care
Kristina Joy Fetters, 33, an Iowa inmate sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile, has been granted parole to spend her final days in a hospice facility. Stage 4 inoperable breast cancer diagnosis in September led to the release decision, with Fetters likely paroled within two weeks and under supervision at a hospice-adjacent setting.
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Former employee testifies in age discrimination case
Martha Fagg testified in Sioux City that U S Attorney Rose pursued an office reorganization she says exposed the civil division to age bias. Fagg, 56, alleges Rose discriminated against older workers and mental and physical conditions, and she was fired in January 2011.
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