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April 24, 2022

Law Enforcement Ask For Community's Help In Shooting Investigation - wkdzradio.com

Deputies are asking for the community’s help in a shooting investigation in Guthrie Saturday afternoon. Todd County Sheriff’s deputies say they were called to Mimms Street in Guthrie around 5:30 pm for a report of shots fired and found that an argument had led to multiple firearms being brandished and a shot being fired. Multiple persons of interest have been reportedly identified but they ar...
April 24, 2022

Georgetown Law Scheduled to Host Anti-Semite Who Claims Israelis ‘Harvest Organs of the Martyred’ - National Review

A man walks through Georgetown University's campus, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2020. NR Daily is delivered right to you every afternoon. No charge. Georgetown Law is hosting Mohammed El-Kurd, a Palestinian poet and writer with a long history of antisemitic comments, on campus this Tuesday. The event, hosted by the school’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), features El-Kurd a...
April 24, 2022

Air Force general found guilty of sexual assault in court martial - NPR

A historic trial within the ranks of the U.S. military has ended with the first-ever conviction of an Air Force general in a court martial. Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley was found guilty on Saturday of abusive sexual contact for forcibly kissing his sister-in-law after a barbecue in 2018. He was acquitted on two other "specifications" of the sexual assault charge — specifically that he allegedl...
April 24, 2022

Law enforcement, health officials hold drug take-back event - Bennington Banner

Mark Lennihan - The Associated Press BENNINGTON — Law enforcement throughout Bennington County and statewide are holding a National Prescription Medication collection event on Saturday. The goal is to collect unused or expired drugs and medications, especially those that can be abused, to ensure they don't end up for sale on the streets. "The drug overdose epidemic in the United States i...
April 24, 2022

YIMBY Activists Help California Enforce New Law Ending Single-Family Zoning - Times of San Diego

A duplex in North Park. Photo by Chris Stone The passage of 2021’s Senate Bill 9 was supposed to herald the end of the single-family zoning that many point to as a culprit of California’s housing crisis. But four months into the new era, little has changed, and the scant enforcement of the law has come about largely because of pro-housing activists. The new law, which allows duplexes and spli...
April 24, 2022

With More Enforcement Power Than Ever, State Relies On Activists To Enforce Duplex Law - LAist

A duplex in East Sacramento. Help keep LAist independent, paywall-free, and ready to meet the needs of our city by making a donation today. The passage of 2021’s Senate Bill 9 was supposed to herald the end of the single-family zoning that many point to as a culprit of California’s housing crisis. But four months into the new era, little has changed, and the scant enforcement of the law...
April 24, 2022

Human Rights Campaign Condemns Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee for Enacting Needless Law to Perpetuate Discrimination Against Transgender Students - Human Rights Campaign

Today, The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization — condemned Governor Bill Lee’s signature of legislation, H.B. 1895 / S.B. 1861, that would remove funding from any school district that allows transgender students to play school sports consistent with their gender identity. This is a gratuitous effor...
April 24, 2022

Russian woman who shares name with Zelenskyy's mother-in-law fears mistaken identity arrest after a pro-Kremlin media campaign, say reports - Business Insider Africa

A Moscow woman shares her name with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's mother-in-law. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, Olga Vitalyevna Kiyashko said pro-Kremlin journalists had harassed her because of this.Kiyashko, who has no relatives in Ukraine, said ...
April 24, 2022

Midlands Law enforcement send condolences after Cayce Police officer killed in line of duty - Abccolumbia.com

Officer Drew Barr of Cayce Police Department killed Sunday morning COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) –Midlands Law Enforcement agencies are sending thoughts, prayers and condolences to the family of Officer Drew Barr and the Cayce Police Department. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department tweeted: ‘Officer Drew Barr of the Cayce Police Department was killed when shot in the line of duty early Sunday morn...
April 24, 2022

States rush to revise their abortion laws as a major US Supreme Court decision nears - Iowa Capital Dispatch

Hundreds of people gathered at the Iowa Capitol Feb. 25, 2020, for a public hearing on a House resolution that states abortions are not protected under the Iowa Constitution. (Photo by Linh Ta/Iowa Capital Dispatch) WASHINGTON — Abortion access throughout the country could soon depend on a patchwork of state laws if a U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservatives overturns the constitutional ...