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Parents and students at an Oregon high school are in a furious uproar after two alleged pedophile teachers were arrested last week on charges they sexually abused on at least nine underage girls — and administrators reportedly knew about the sick allegations for years and did nothing.

One parent at a chaotic school board meeting accused administrators of helping to “groom” victims by failing to report the abuse — and allowing one teacher to stay in his classroom until the day he was arrested.

“You’ve all known about it, and I want to know why,” one outraged student demanded.

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And they are running human trafficking operations on a large scale.

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A notorious Venezuelan gang that has spread its tentacles across the US is now terrorizing ‘every major city’ in Tennessee, local officials have warned.

Tren de Aragua was described by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director David Rausch as a violent ‘super gang’ in Tuesday’s budget meeting.

‘We know they are on a pathway to more violence,’ said Rausch. ‘They are back in all our major cities. They are running human trafficking operations.’

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A San Francisco federal judge overseeing a lawsuit from a woman alleging a sex trafficker used Meta Platforms Inc.‘s Instagram app to sell her for sex was challenged by the scope of the tech industry’s federal immunity law at a Tuesday hearing.

Judge Rita F. Lin said differing legal precedents from appeals courts about the powers of Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act left her conflicted about whether that legal shield applies to Meta.

“I’m having a hard time reconciling these cases in some ways,” Lin said of the different rulings.

Section 230, passed by Congress in 1996, immunizes internet platforms from civil lawsuits that stem from actions and content posted by users.

The plaintiff, who goes only by Jane Doe, alleged that Meta has “knowingly created a breeding ground for human trafficking” on Instagram by failing to properly verify the identities of user accounts.

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Toy manufacturer Mattel has apologized for a misprint that appeared on the packaging of its line of “Wicked” dolls and listed an address for an adult website.

The error gained steam this weekend after social media users discovered that the link to the film — wickedmovie.com — was mislabeled, sending consumers to Wicked Pictures, an independent adult film company.

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The federal judge overseeing Sean “Diddy” Combs’ racketeering and sex trafficking case has denied his request for a gag order against his victims and their lawyers, ruling the demand “unprecedented” and “unwarranted.”

Attorneys for the embattled rapper claimed last month that “inflammatory extrajudicial statements” from victims and their attorneys were hurting his chances of a fair trial, but Judge Arun Subramanian ruled Friday (Nov. 8) that such “an extreme remedy” would threaten free speech.

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