Lesbian couple wins £55,000 lawsuit after being jailed for kissing in public

A lesbian couple in Honolulu have been granted the sum of £55,000 after they were jailed by a policeman who arrested them after seeing them kiss in a grocery store.

In exchange for the funds, the pair, Courtney Wilson and Taylor Guerrero, have agreed to dismiss claims against the city and Officer Bobby Harrison

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The Election Result They Want In Osun

The Election Result They Want In Osun I f the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had its way, its candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, would have been declared governor that day. The party is so upset with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the election inconclusive, that it has threatened dire consequences should the result go the other way. Adeleke scored 254,698 votes, giving him 353 votes more than his main rival and candidate of the All Progressives Party, Gboyega Oyetola. But 3,498 potentially consequential votes were unaccounted for. Yet there are those who insist that by simple majority, Adeleke should have been declared winner. Why is INEC wasting time? As the parties return to the seven polling units in the four local councils that will finally decide the election, it appears that it is not only PDP that wants Adeleke declared winner, anyhow. In the run-up to the electi...

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