School apologizes for unjust suspension, and more

School apologizes for unjust suspension

A Wisconsin seventh-grader was suspended from a school’s basketball team for speaking a Native American language. Sacred Heart Catholic School in Shawano, Wis., is 60 percent Native American, yet when a teacher heard Miranda Washinawatok, 12, telling a friend how to say “I love you” in the Menominee tongue, the teacher angrily objected, saying, “How do I know you’re not saying something bad?” The school has since apologized.

Judge quashes lawsuit by beer pong player

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A New Jersey man who was hit by a car after playing “beer pong” for three hours has lost his bid to sue the bar where he was drinking. The judge ruled that Alan Berger had “voluntarily engaged” in beer pong at Wicked Willy’s bar, and had “consumed alcohol to the point of diminished capacity.”