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October 13, 2021

Oakdale man charged with shooting at law enforcement, officers exchanging gunfire identified - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Police responded to an active situation at an apartment complex in Oakdale on Monday, Oct. 11. An Oakdale man accused of firing several shots out of his apartment window was charged Wednesday with shooting at police. Shawn Fairley Codinack, 32, shot at police on Monday and said he wanted to "meet God" from his third-floor apartment window at the 900 block of N. Greenway Avenue just across fro...
October 13, 2021

CORRECT: Puerto Rico Judge Strikes Down Pension Law - Bloomberg Law

CORRECT: The judge overseeing Puerto Rico’s record bankruptcy case nullified a pension law that would have barred the island’s financial oversight board from cutting retirement benefits. Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board in July asked the bankruptcy court to invalidate Act 7, saying the law fails to comply with the commonwealth’s multi-year fiscal plan and increases Puerto Rico’s pensi...
October 13, 2021

Roy Exum: The Backwards Law - The Chattanoogan

Roy Exum I was in a doctor’s waiting room on Wednesday when I was remined I had a hugely recommended story in my satchel I had promised I would read. The writer, Mark Manson, is half my age and doesn’t yet know that cuss words detract from the message, rather than secure it, so as I share it I must admit when you see a word in parentheses, that is my edit for my audience. But his message is s...
October 13, 2021

Local law enforcement hosts National Night Out - WECT

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The community got a chance to see a different side of law enforcement on Wednesday night and join forces. Police officers, sheriff’s deputies, and firefighters gathered at Independence Mall for the annual night out. There was face painting, balloon animals, and dunking officers into the water tank. The goal of the event is to narrow the gap between the community and ...
October 13, 2021

Hispanic Heritage Month: Florence lawyer breaking boundaries in the world of law - WAFF

FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - As we approach the end of Hispanic Latino Heritage Month, we are shining the spotlight on one Shoals lawyer who is making an impact in her community. ”I feel very much aware of the fact that there is not many of us, but I want that to change. I don’t want to be the only one,” said Ruby Villalobos Adams. Villalobos Adams is a part of paving the way for many young men an...
October 13, 2021

If the Commission won’t act on rule of law, the Parliament will - POLITICO Europe

The Louise Weiss Building at the European Parliament | EPA-EFE/Patrick Seeger Adrián Vázquez Lázara is chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs. Sergey Lagodinsky is vice chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs and its standing rapporteur for contentious matters of the European Parliament. Our European Union was built step by step. No architect came up with a master plan. Instead, this unprece...
October 13, 2021

Man killed by law enforcement near McCammon after pursuit - East Idaho News

Courtesy photo The following is a news release from Bannock County. The Southeastern Idaho Critical Incident Team is investigating after an incident involving shots fired near McCammon in Bannock County. The incident began at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Bannock County Sheriff’s deputies responded to assist in a pursuit that began in Caribou County. Deputies were advis...
October 13, 2021

‘Mom, this is for you’: Bill allowing cameras in all Ohio nursing homes closer to becoming law - NewsNation Now

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Legislation that would allow Ohio families to install cameras in their loved ones’ rooms at nursing homes is one step closer to becoming a new law in the state. Unofficially known as Esther’s Law, the bill has become the life’s work of a Northeast Ohio man whose mother was a victim of elderly abuse. The story began to unfold after the family of 78-year-old Esther Piskor was ...
October 13, 2021

GOP-Led States Call U.S. Attack on Texas Abortion Law a Threat - Bloomberg

A group of Republican-led states criticized the U.S. Justice Department for suing to overturn a Texas ban on most abortions, telling a judge that the federal government needs to be reined in. If a temporary injunction blocking the law is revived while the lawsuit proceeds, the Justice Department will be emboldened to file similar suits in the future, the 18 states said in a filing at the fede...
October 13, 2021

Impacts of Texas' controversial abortion law are being felt in Washington state - KING5.com

A UW Medicine OB-GYN says women in Texas are seeking medical help in other states, while women moving to Texas are taking action before they leave. Though the controversial Texas abortion law only applies to people in Texas, its effects are being felt in Washington state. The Texas law prohibits abortions once cardiac activity is detected – usually around six weeks. Texas deputized private c...