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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons this week as part of a sweeping criminal justice overhaul signed by President Donald Trump more than three years ago. The department, in a rule being published Thursday in the Federal Register, is spelling out how “time credits” for prisoners will work. The bipartisan law is intended t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons this week as part of a sweeping criminal justice overhaul signed by President Donald Trump more than three years ago. The department, in a rule being published Thursday in the Federal Register, is spelling out how “time credits” for prisoners will work. The bipartisan law is intended t...

FILE - An American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington, March 22, 2019. The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons across the U.S. this week as it implements part of the First Step Act. It is part of a sweeping criminal justice measure signed into law in 2018. The Justice Department is publishing a rule in the Federal Regi...

AirTags are meant to help you find missing items, but some people are using them to track others without their knowledge. RAINS COUNTY, Texas — An East Texas sheriff's office is warning residents about tracking devices being used to possibly follow people in the area. According to the Rains County Sheriff's Office, "someone or more than one person" has ben placing Apple AirTags and AirBuds o...

In 2018, the Center for American Progress and Progress Iowa wrote an issue brief warning that, while gun violence in Iowa remained relatively low compared with other states, efforts in the Legislature to weaken the state’s gun laws threatened the safety of Iowa communities. Unfortunately, Iowa lawmakers did not heed this warning and in 2021 continued to undermine gun safety in the state by re...

Some agencies turn to new methods (WOWT) SARPY COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT) - With criminals hard at work area law enforcement agencies say we cannot afford a shortage of officers amid the great resignation. Sarpy County Deputy Cody Axon observed, “Really all agencies around here are making it more attractive for experienced people to move.” Starting salaries for lateral officers in Sarpy county range...

By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The lawmaker who last year pushed a state law to allow college athletes to be compensated whenever their name, image or likeness is used in promotional material is now trying to undo it. House Bill 76 was approved by the House State Government Committee without any debate on Wednesday. “It’s just a straight repeal of what we did last year,” ...

Gov. Brian Kemp will deliver his State of the State speech later this morning, but don’t expect him to advocate for more changes to Georgia election law. Asked about proposals to ban ballot drop boxes, Kemp said he doesn’t want to overhaul “the best elections integrity act in the country.” “You need to speak individually to those legislators. I think the action we took on drop boxes to make t...

Protesters seen all over Capitol building in Washington, D.C., where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Credit: lev radin/Shutterstock.com What You Need to Know The obstruction of an official proceeding charge lodged against scores of rioters accused of breaching the Capitol was enacted as part of a corporate reform statute in the early 2000s. The statute has...