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Mar 09 2023
News
Feds Say Louisville Police Department Engaged In Racist Policing Pattern
A federal probe, prompted by the police killing of Breonna Taylor, found that the Louisville Metro Police Department has a pattern of violating civil rights, conducting unlawful searches and discriminating against Black people and people with disabilities, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced March 8. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division launched the pattern or practice investigation in April
BET
Feb 28 2023
Opinion
The Energy Department's lab leak assessment isn't a smoking gun
A classified intelligence report recently delivered to Congress included the Energy Department's assessment that it is “likely” that Covid-19 first spread after a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China, two sources with direct knowledge told NBC News.
That’s likely to be a major topic of conversation for the first hearing of the House Oversight Committee’s new Select Subcommittee on the
MSNBC
Mar 08 2023
News
Seven highlights from the Justice Department’s blistering Louisville police investigation
In one bracing example, the Justice Department report describes an officer encountering a woman who was intoxicated and screaming and crying on her friend’s lawn. The report said that the woman was fighting with her friends and an officer initially waited idly for 90 seconds, then ran up, used his boot to hold her on the ground and pressed his foot into her chest. When the woman tried to bite
Washington Post
Mar 15 2023
News
Senate OKs bill aimed at remedying misinterpretation of state law by Department of Corrections
The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved a bill aimed at remedying a seven-year misinterpretation of state law by the Arkansas Department of Corrections that lawmakers said resulted in nearly 300 inmates convicted of residential burglary losing their eligibility for parole despite what they were told by attorneys and courts. The Senate voted 20-9 to send Senate Bill 366 by Sen. Joshua
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
May 26 2023
News
Sex crime-related charges added to teen connected to fatal Walled Lake hit-run
The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office has added 10 felony charges related to child pornography against a 19-year-old Commerce Township man connected to the March 22 fatal hit-and-run crash in Walled Lake. In addition to the multiple felonies Gavin Kassab faces for the crash that killed Piper Carrothers, 13, of Commerce Township and injured several others, he’s accused of sending harassing
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
May 30 2023
News
State Fair dates released. See when the 2023 fair comes to Jackson
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson recently announced the 164th Mississippi State Fair date. The upcoming 2023 State Fair will be held Thursday, Oct. 5, through Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson. The fair ran Oct. 6-16 last year. Gipson said he is excited about this year's State Fair. "Fairgoers can expect all their favorite rides, events,
The Clarion-Ledger
Feb 22 2023
News
Prison Chief Says Staffing Remains Top Issue for Department
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The head of Alabama's troubled prison system said Wednesday staffing remains “the number one issue” for the department and is looking to a combination of outsourcing, pay raises and retirement changes to increase the number of officers working inside state lockups. Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm told lawmakers during budget hearings that the difficult labor
U.S. News & World Report
May 22 2023
News
Micron's Shares Slump After China Restricts Sales
Amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing centered around technology, China on Sunday banned major Chinese information-infrastructure companies—telecommunications companies and big banks among them—from buying Micron chips. The move followed a cybersecurity review that the U.S. Department of Commerce said had “no basis in fact.” That ban moved quickly to Micron's shares early Monday
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 21 2023
News
U.S. slams claims by China that chipmaker Micron poses national security risk
China's government told operators of "critical information infrastructure" to stop buying Micron Technology's products Sunday and claimed the U.S. chipmaker threatened national security. Driving the news: The Cyberspace Administration of China's announcement that a U.S. Commerce Department spokesperson in a statement to media Sunday evening said had "no basis in fact" followed a security
Axios
Mar 28 2023
News
New Jersey Attorney General's Office takes control of Paterson Police Department, citing 'crisis of confidence'
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced it has assumed control of the Paterson Police Department until new leadership can be installed, saying there is a “crisis of confidence” in the city’s law enforcement. “People throughout Paterson deserve a public safety system that protects and serves all members of its community, just as the members of the Paterson Police Department deserve
CNN (Online News)