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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Northern California man who was left paralyzed after being thrown to the ground during a traffic stop has won a $20 million settlement, one of the largest in state history, authorities announced Tuesday.Gregory Gross, an Army veteran living in Yuba City, sued the police department in 2022 after cops used "pain compliance" techniques and expressed disbelief when he repeatedly yelled, "I can't feel my legs." . Police officers also fired Gross when he said, "I can't breathe," while being held face down on the grass outside a hospital, video released by Gross' lawyers shows.Gross was charged…

Breanna Stewart has already won a Commissioner's Cup championship. She hopes to lead New York to this year's season tournament title game for a chance at another.The Aces have already secured a place in the final to be played in Las Vegas on August 15. The Aces won the Cup last year and are looking to defend their title.The Liberty need a win over Indiana on Wednesday or a Connecticut loss in Chicago to earn a trip to Las Vegas to play the Aces in the championship game. New York and Connecticut are tied with one game to play and…

A Colorado woman died Sunday after falling 500 feet while climbing a ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park, authorities said. The unidentified 26-year-old died while climbing the Four Aces of Blitzen Ridge, on Ypsilon Mountain on the east side of the park. according to information released by the National Park Service on Monday. Free-soloing is a form of climbing "where the climber foregoes ropes, harnesses, and other protective equipment while ascending and relies solely on physical strength, climbing ability, and psychological fortitude to avoid a fatal fall," according to a glossary of NPS. .The woman's unidentified 27-year-old male climbing partner,…

TOKYO — Japan's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that restricting the use of toilets by a transgender woman in her workplace was "unacceptable," a decision that may help advance LGBT rights in the only LGBT nation. Seven without legal protection for same-sex unions.The ruling, the first by Japan's highest court on the working environment for LGBT people, follows a series of mostly positive regional court rulings on same-sex marriage and the passage of a law to promote understanding of the LGBT community.An Economy Ministry official who was assigned a boy at birth filed a lawsuit because she was only allowed to…