A male Columbia University student accused of rape by a fellow female student, whose accusations went viral after she began carrying a mattress around campus in protest, has filed a federal sex discrimination claim against the university. So reports The Associated Press.

A New York State Supreme Court judge has ordered officials at Stony Brook University to show cause for holding two chimps in captivity. So reports The New York Times.

The Virginia Court of Appeals held that a man is entitled to parental rights over his biological child despite the fact that the child’s mother used a turkey baster to impregnate herself with the man’s sperm. So reports CNN.

A man who resigned from his position as the police chief of a Georgia town after he mistakenly shot and paralyzed his wife has been charged with a reckless conduct misdemeanor. So reports WSB-TV in Atlanta.