COVID-19 Rages Through Prisons Despite Biden's Promises
On his first full day in office, President Biden promised to order the federal Bureau of Prisons to reevaluate its COVID-19 protocols and...
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Feb 2, 20221 min read
Some Pop-up COVID-19 Testing Sites Are Defrauding Consumers
Officials nationwide are trying to stay ahead of a proliferation of COVID-19 test sites they say are offering fraudulent services....
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20221 min read
Omicron Surge Strains California Police Agencies
Since the Omicron surge began in December, some smaller law enforcement agencies have been forced to increase overtime, reduce services...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Nurses Charged With Fraud Over $1.5 Million In Forged COVID Cards
Two nurses from Long Island were charged after police seized more than $900,000 in cash and a ledger suggesting they made $1.5 million...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 10, 20222 min read
'Enormous Shift' in Criminal Gun Use Fueled Pandemic Murder Rise
After the U.S. murder total soared to more than 21,000 in 2020, researchers began searching for a definitive explanation why. Many...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 9, 20222 min read
Critics Complain Biden Has Failed to End Guantanamo Detention
Advocates for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center were optimistic when President Biden took office, and approved releasing a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 7, 20222 min read
When Will Homicide Totals Recede to Pre-Pandemic Levels?
Criminologists and local law-enforcement officials don’t agree on the reasons for the surge in homicides in some places. Some cite stress...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 5, 20222 min read
Georgia Woman Gets 3-Year Term in $6M COVID-19 Fraud
A Georgia woman who fraudulently obtained more than $6 million in COVID-19 relief money was sentenced to more than three years in prison...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 4, 20221 min read
One Andrew Cuomo Nursing Home Probe Ends With No Charges
The Manhattan district attorney closed an investigation into how former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo handled COVID-19 in nursing homes,...
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