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May 08 2024
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Twin Cities’ restaurateur charged with tax crimes
The owner and operator of Hamburguesas El Gordo has been charged with 10 felony tax crimes in connection with the restaurant chain. Claudia Iveth Gutierrez Mendez was charged Tuesday in Dakota County District Court with five counts of filing a false or fraudulent tax return, four counts of failure to pay taxes and one count of failure to file a tax return in connection with her business, which
Pioneer PressMay 08 2024
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No hate crime charges for slurs at Utah women
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- A northern Idaho prosecutor won't bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist slur at members of the Utah women's basketball team during the NCAA Tournament. The deputy attorney for the city of Coeur d'Alene made the announcement on Monday, writing in a charging decision document that though the use of the slur was "detestable" and "
ESPN.comMay 14 2024
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Man to plead guilty to hate crimes in shooting of Jewish men
A former Riverside resident has agreed to plead guilty to federal hate crime and gun charges stemming from the shooting of two Jewish men leaving synagogues last year. Jaime Tran, 29, will plead to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release. The attacks on Feb. 15 and 16
KTLAMay 06 2024
Fact Check
Trump’s Bogus Attack on FBI Crime Statistics
Former President Donald Trump said FBI data that show homicides and other violent crimes trending down are “fake numbers.” They’re not.
The FBI data for 2023 are preliminary, but crime statistics experts say the reporting behind the overall downward trend is solid, and that trend is validated when compared to data samples from local and state law enforcement reports.
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FactCheck.orgMay 09 2024
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Migrant crime is politically charged, but the reality is more complicated
Migrant crime is politically charged, but the reality is more complicated It's no surprise immigration is a hot political issue this year, as the number of foreign-born people in the United States reaches record levels and waves of migrants throng the southern border applying for asylum. What's less clear is why candidates are campaigning on the issue of migrant crime. Donald Trump and the
NPR Fact CheckApr 19 2024
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The issue with ‘migrant crime’
A woman walks past La Tienda Mexicana in Whitewater, Wis., on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Whitewater has seen a wave of migration from the southern border of Mexico. City officials estimate that there are about 800 to 1,000 migrants from Nicaragua and Venezuela living in Whitewater. An earlier version of this article was published in the On the Trail 2024 newsletter. Sign up to receive the
Deseret NewsMay 14 2024
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Shooter of two Jewish men in L.A. agrees to plead guilty to hate crimes
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, shown with law enforcement officials and Jewish community leaders, announces the arrest of Jaime Tran last year in the attempted murder of two Jewish men. A former Riverside resident who shot and wounded two Jewish men, putting the community on edge last year, has agreed to plead guilty to hate crimes and firearms offenses, federal officials said Tuesday. Jaime Tran, 29
Los Angeles TimesMay 05 2024
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S.F. crime is plummeting, with the exception of one affluent neighborhood
Reported crime has plummeted in San Francisco. In the first four months of 2024, the number of reported crimes fell by 30% compared with the same time period in 2023. The most notable declines have been in property crimes such as larceny theft. A Chronicle analysis of police data shows that nearly every neighborhood in San Francisco saw less reported crime in the first four months of 2024
San Francisco ChronicleApr 30 2024
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Journalism is not a crime, even when it offends the government
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for five years, while Texas journalist Priscilla Villarreal was only briefly detained at the Webb County Jail. But both were arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal. Assange and Villarreal argue that criminalizing such conduct violates the First Amendment. In both cases, the merits of that
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