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Feb 04 2015
News
Eric Holder’s Justice Department rocked by nepotism charges
The head of a Justice Department law enforcement office used his position to secure a job for his son and other relatives, the agency’s internal watchdog said Wednesday.
The head of the department’s branch of the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, told employees to “earmark a spot” for his son and “provide extra attention to his processing for obvious reasons,”
Washington Times
Mar 05 2015
News
Ferguson Police Tainted by Bias, Justice Department Says
The Justice Department on Wednesday called on Ferguson, Mo., to overhaul its criminal justice system, declaring that the city had engaged in so many constitutional violations that they could be corrected only by abandoning its entire approach to policing, retraining its employees and establishing new oversight.
In one example after another, the report described a city that used its
New York Times (News)
Feb 17 2015
News
State Department spokeswoman floats jobs as answer to ISIS
What the West really needs to take on the Islamic State is ... a jobs program.
That's what a top State Department spokeswoman suggested when asked in a TV interview Monday night about what the U.S.-led coalition is doing to stop the slaughter of civilians by Islamic State militants across the region.
"We're killing a lot of them, and we're going to keep killing more of them
Fox News (Online News)
Feb 05 2024
News
Ohio health officials confirm first measles case in 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A child in Montgomery County has been diagnosed with measles, the first confirmed case in Ohio this year. The Ohio Department of Health says it’s not aware of any additional current cases of the disease. The department is working with health officials in Dayton and Montgomery County to identify and notify anyone who might have been exposed, according to a news release. Health
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Feb 09 2024
News
1 dead after being struck by vehicle on Indy’s south side
INDIANAPOLIS — An investigation is underway after a person was struck and killed by a vehicle on the south side of Indianapolis Friday night. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched around 7:13 p.m. to the 2500 block of East Stop 11 Road and Madison Avenue after receiving reports that a fatal crash involving a pedestrian had occurred in the area. The
Fox 59
Feb 06 2024
News
Dozens have been arrested on bribery charges involving NYC Housing Authority
The Justice Department has announced charges against 70 current and former employees of New York City's massive public housing authority — the most federal bribery charges ever brought in one day.
NPR (Online News)
Jul 24 2022
News
Truckers shut down Port of Oakland in protest of Gavin Newsom's labor law as California's supply chain goes from bad to worse
Independent truckers shut down the Port of Oakland as a protest against a labor law signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Since Monday, California truckers have been blocking access to the Port of Oakland with a protest against Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). The truck drivers successfully stopped operations at the Oakland port from Wednesday through Friday.
The Port of Oakland said in
The Blaze
Feb 10 2024
News
At least 6 missing after tourist helicopter crashes in California’s San Bernardino County
A tourist helicopter crashed near California’s border with Nevada late Friday, just days after a chopper carrying five Marines also went down in the Golden State. As of Saturday afternoon, none of the the people onboard the aircraft Friday had been found, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement to NBC News. Authorities did not say how many people were onboard, but at
New York Daily News
Jan 23 2024
News
Arkansas’s unemployment rate rises to 3.4% in December
According to reports, Arkansas's unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.4% in December 2023. Example video title will go here for this video Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Next up in 5 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — According to reports from the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state's unemployment rate rose
THV11
Feb 17 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Republicans are holding the Department of Homeland Security hostage
The House of Representatives seems to be trying mightily to make itself irrelevant, with Speaker John Boehner leading the effort. I can’t help but think of the old proverb: “The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.”
Eugene Robinson