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Stateside: Why robocalls won’t stop; lawsuit over alleged prison sexual assaults; PFAS clean-up
Today on Stateside, we hear from two men who say they were sexually assaulted after being placed in adult prisons as teenagers. A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of hundreds of other men with similar claims is finally going to cour t after years of state opposition. Plus, if you're sick of robocalls (we sure are), we've got some bad news: They aren't stopping anytime soon.