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DC Synagogue Says Parents Waived Their Rights To Sue Its Preschool: Reports DC Synagogue Says Parents Waived Their Rights To Sue Its Preschool: Reports
DC Synagogue Says Parents Waived Their Rights To Sue Its Preschool: Reports The Washington Hebrew Congregation is claiming that parents who are suing the synagogue's preschool for alleged sexual abuse waived their right to do so, according to WTOP. Parents believed staff at the Edlavitch-Tyser Early Childhood Center ignored a teacher's sexual abuse of the toddlers; however, the synagogue's legal team responded that when the parents signed enrollment waivers, they forfeited their rights to sue Washington Hebrew Congregation for personal injury, the website said.  The parents' legal staff said that none of the guardians, of the 14 children sexually abused, consi…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Maryland Sisters Die In Hamptons Vacation House Fire: Reports Maryland Sisters Die In Hamptons Vacation House Fire: Reports
Maryland Sisters Die In Hamptons Vacation House Fire: Reports Tragedy struck an unsuspecting Potomac family after their Southampton rental home caught fire, taking the lives of two of their children, officials say. The fire erupted overnight on Thursday, August 4 at the home the Wiener family was renting, trapping daughters Lindsay, 19, and Jillian, 21 inside, according to multiple reports. Their father, Lewis, 60, mother, Alisa, 52, and brother, Zachary Wiener, 23, were able to escape the flames that trapped the two girls, confirmed by the Washington Hebrew Congregation, of which Lewis Wiener is the president.  Lewis, Alisha, and Zachary report…

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by Annie DeVoe