Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour, from left, Ed Pierson, executive director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former Boeing engineer; Joe Jacobsen, aerospace engineer and technical adviser to the Foundation for Aviation Safety; and Shawn Pruchnicki, professor of integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University, are sworn in before a Senate committee Wednesday. AP Photo/Kevin Wolf

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The Supreme Court unanimously revived a sex discrimination lawsuit Wednesday filed by a St. Louis police sergeant after she was forcibly transferred, making it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims.

Ruling eases way to sue for job bias in forced transfers

Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock’s trial is now set for June in federal court in Chicago.Schock is accused of using money from his campaign and his House of Representatives’ allowance for personal expenses.The former Republican congressman from Peoria will stand trial on June 10 before U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly.Kennelly moved the date from Jan. 28 to June during a status hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Friday. Schock was indicted in November 2016 on charges of wire fraud, making false …

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