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Veronika Belotserkovskaya. Russian investigators on Wednesday launched the first criminal cases under a new law against spreading "false information" about Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 4, the law introduced jail terms of up to 15 years for people who publish "knowingly false information" about the military. It has alarmed his poli...

Oklahoma City Clerk Amy Simpson looks through records in the city’s archive. Editor’s note: The Frontier is publishing this story in conjunction with Sunshine Week, an annual nationwide event to celebrate access to public information. For the six years John Browne has served as mayor of McAlester, city staff have struggled to compile thousands of pages of documents for one former municipal wo...

St Patricks Day (LPETTET/Getty Images/iStockphoto) MIDDLETOWN — Middletown Police is urging people not to drink and drive. >> ArriveSafe returns for St. Patrick’s Day weekend; Free Uber rides home The Middletown Police Department announced that they will be targeting drunk drivers and aggressive drivers around St. Patrick’s Day. According to the release, officers will be targeting seatb...

Governments large and small across New York state have become complacent. And with complacency comes ineffectiveness, and insularity and secrecy. Nowhere is that more evident than in public officials' ongoing flouting of the state's Sunshine Laws, which came into being to empower New Yorkers to monitor the effectiveness of their state and local governments. Instead, slowly but surely, adheren...

Amy Dickinson writes the syndicated Ask Amy column. Dear Readers: Every year I step away from my column for two weeks to work on other creative projects. (Anyone interested in my non-advice oriented personal essays and photographs can subscribe to my free newsletter: amydickinson.substack.com). I hope you enjoy these “Best of” columns from 10 years ago. Today’s topic: “The trouble with in-law...

.Four customers were allegedly refusing to leave and becoming violent when they started throwing bottles at the bar. Some of the customers got into a gray truck and left, however, one woman stayed behind to take the frenzy up a notch and attacked a bartender. Something didn’t smell right after a woman stayed in the bathroom for a long time and drug paraphernalia was reportedly found after she...

Ukraine has started to accept dogecoin and a number of other cryptocurrencies as donations as Russia continues its invasion. Nurphoto | Getty Images Ukraine has passed a law that creates a legal framework for the cryptocurrency industry in the country. The bill, which was adopted by Ukraine’s parliament last month and signed into law by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, will allow f...

Remembering SWAT deputy Dom CalataPierce County Sheriff's SWAT deputy Dominique ‘Dom’ Calata was one of two deputies shot while serving a warrant in Spanaway on Tuesday. Calata died from his injuries in St. Joseph Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon.CONNECTING... SPANAWAY, Wash. - Pierce County Sheriff's SWAT deputy Dominique ‘Dom’ Calata was one of two deputies shot while serving a warrant...

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Karen Lin, Photo Editor The Yale Law School’s Center for Law and Racial Justice is tackling issues on a local level through its Access to Law School program. The Access to Law School Program engages New Haven-area students and adults interested in the legal profession. The two-year program is led by current Yale Law School students, and it includes one-on-one mentoring sessions, LSAT coaching...