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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno, acknowledged the efforts of 15 law enforcement agencies for their significant roles in combatting crimes against children at a recognition and awards reception held today. More than 80 crimes against children cases were prosecuted in the West Texas area from 2019 to 2021. The 18 investigations highlighted led to co...

Kathryn Pflug, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been awarded a scholarship from the National Association of Former United States Attorneys Foundation. The program awards $5,000 scholarships to unpaid student interns who have performed outstanding work while interning at U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Department of Justice, and for their achievements in law school. Pflug wor...

Family members of Artemis Rayford, who was shot and killed after he wrote a letter to Gov. Bill Lee opposing a permitless carry gun law, are pushing for changes. Joyce Newson, left, and Angie Brooks, right, speak to reporters at the Cordell Hull Building on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, after testifying to a House panel about the shooting death of their 12-year-old relative, Artemis Rayford in Na...

Spectrum News 1 The state is anticipating what's expected to be heavy demand in the marijuana industry once dispensaries open in New York. On Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill allowing hemp farmers in New York to obtain licenses to grow adult-use cannabis. The new law calls for granting hemp farmers who have at least two years of growing experience provisional marijuana cultivator and ...

A Philippine Navy band performs as it welcomes the French Navy ship Vendemiaire (F734), a Floreal-classlight surveillance frigate, upon its arrival for a five-day goodwill visit at a port in Metro Manila, March 12, 2018. The European Union has stepped up its strategic engagement with the Indo-Pacific by convening an inaugural meeting with the region’s top diplomats and then affirming the bloc...

Recalled baby formula (Source: FDA) GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A law firm headquartered in South Carolina has filed a nationwide class action lawsuit over complaints about tainted baby formula. The FDA issued a recall last week for some powdered baby formulas manufactured at Abbott Laboratories. The formulas have been linked to bacterial contamination and the FDA is investigating four ...

Bill will give local law enforcement agencies more flexibility FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — One lawmaker hopes his bill will address some of the staffing issues facing local law enforcement agencies across the Commonwealth. The Kentucky House of Representatives approved House Bill 414 by an 85-12 vote on Wednesday. Primary sponsor Rep. John Blanton, R-Salyersville, said the bill will give local la...

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Family members of a 12-year-old Memphis boy who was fatally shot at home after he wrote a letter to Gov. Bill Lee opposing Tennessee's permitless carry gun law are leading a push for changes to state law to prevent further violence. Artemis Rayford even said “people will be murdered” because of the new law in his letter to the Republican governor, which h...

Within the past year, Arizona lawmakers made it more difficult for police to enforce federal gun laws, the center said. The center, co-founded by former U.S. Sen. Gabby Giffords of Tucson, gave her own home state of Arizona a failing grade when it comes to gun safety laws. (Shutterstock) ARIZONA — Arizona's gun safety laws are some of the weakest and most allowing in the nation, according to...

The Mississippi Legislature could be close to putting an end to the state’s sales tax being applied to coins, currency and bullion. House Bill 426 is authored by state Rep. Jill Ford, R-Madison and would end the levying of the state’s 7 percent sales tax on the sale of bullion and coins and currency not used as a medium of exchange but bought as collectibles. The Senate Appropriations Committ...