Mitchell G. Patton

Lawyers for former NFL star Brett Favre filed court papers in Mississippi on Monday to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him related to a state welfare fraud scandal. Favre was sued in May by the state welfare agency after he received $1.1 million in federal welfare funds intended to lift children out of poverty in America's poorest state. Instead of helping families, the state says, Favre was paid to "speak at three different public events and a keynote address." But he says there were never any speeches.Favre's lawyers say he and his organization, Favre Enterprises LLC, repaid the funds and…

A Walmart worker who was shot during last week's mass murder at a Virginia store has filed a $50 million lawsuit, saying she wrote a formal complaint about the shooter's "bizarre" behavior two months ago and did not nothing was done about it. Donya Prioleau was in the break room at the Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake when the gunman barged in and began shooting on Nov. 22. She ran out of the room as bullets whizzed past her head, "almost missing her," says a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Chesapeake Circuit Court. Six people died and several more were injured. The…

Widespread protests against the Chinese government's "zero-Covid" restrictions may have rocked the country over the weekend, but data shows anger has been building for months. A deadly fire in the western region of Xinjiang sparked the latest protests, a tragedy that protesters say was made worse by the restrictions. Data from Freedom House, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that tracks political freedom, shows that nearly two-thirds of The 34 regions of China they have had at least one zero-Covid demonstration this year.Protests also broke out in June, just after Shanghai's financial hub completed a grueling two-month lockdown, and in September and…

Pictured: Cobra Kai, Black Summer, God's Favorite Idiot, and the Warrior Nun Netflix releases dozens of new shows every month and, for the most part, offers quick renewals (or cancellations). Still, a growing list of shows have yet to receive official confirmations of their future. Here's the list of Netflix shows that haven't been renewed yet. This is part of a list of three ongoing articles for 2022, whereby we track all renewals on Netflix and all cancellations on Netflix. In the last article, you'll also see a list of shows we think are at risk of being cancelled. Another…