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NYC Police Commissioner Tisch Brings Abrasive Style To The Job
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, 44, is five months into a job running the nation’s largest police department, with nearly...
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3 days ago2 min read
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No Lasting Change A Decade After Freddie Gray's Death In Baltimore
Ten years ago this weekend, Ericka Alston Buck heard that a young man she knew through the drug treatment center she ran in Baltimore,...
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3 days ago2 min read
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CO Requiring Background Check, Safety Course For Semiauto Guns
People in Colorado will soon have to pass a background check and complete a state-sanctioned safety course to buy most semiautomatic guns...
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4 days ago1 min read
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U.S. Enters 6,000 Immigrants In Database For Dead People
The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants...
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4 days ago2 min read
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Second-Ranking ATF Official Is Forced Out In Agency Shakeup
The Trump administration told the second-ranking official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this week to retire...
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4 days ago2 min read
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San Francisco Police: Surveillance Hub Helps Crime Drop 20%
Tucked away in the bowels of San Francisco's Hall of Justice lies a crime-fighting nerve center bringing the city's police force into the...
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4 days ago2 min read
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'Years of Momentum' Needed To Fix Philadelphia Cop Shortage
The Philadelphia Police Department has made only incremental progress in addressing a critical shortage of officers after a wave of...
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4 days ago2 min read
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Firing Squad Set To Execute South Carolina Death Row Inmate
A firing squad in South Carolina is set to execute an inmate who ambushed an off-duty police officer, shot him nine times and set him on...
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4 days ago2 min read
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American in Thailand Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Kill Sen. Tillis
An American living in Thailand pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his staff by putting a bullet in their...
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4 days ago2 min read
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Atlanta Public Records Case Could Shed Light On Police Foundations
A case stemming from the controversial Atlanta “Cop City” project is being watched because it has the potential to cast a spotlight on...
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4 days ago2 min read
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Mangione In 'High-Stakes Game Of Tug Of War' Between Prosecutors
Luigi Mangione is being prosecuted for murder both by the Department of Justice, which answers to President Trump, and Manhattan District...
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4 days ago2 min read
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Justices Say U.S. Must Try To Bring Back Man Mistakenly Deported
The Supreme Court said the Trump administration must try to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El...
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5 days ago2 min read
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New Mexico Governor Mobilizes National Guard Amidst Crime Emergency
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in New Mexico’s largest city, saying that a significant increase in...
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5 days ago1 min read
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NYC Allows Immigration Office to Open at Rikers Jail
New York City Mayor Eric Adams ' administration is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island to work on gang...
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5 days ago1 min read
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Trump Administration to Screen For Antisemitic Activity on Immigrants' Social Media
President Donald Trump ‘s administration will immediately start considering “antisemitic activity” on social media and physical...
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5 days ago1 min read
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Hunting Clubs Ask Pennsylvania To End Warrantless Searches
Pennsylvania laws permit wildlife officers to search private lands without a warrant under a century-old U.S. Supreme Court decision....
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5 days ago1 min read
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Opinion: Indiana Must Address Lack Of Behavioral Health Beds
The United States is in a behavioral health crisis, and Indiana is no exception. Millions of Americans struggle with mental illness and...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Lawyer for Alleged MS-13 Leaders Asks Virginia Court to Delay Dismissal of Gun Charge, to Avoid Deportation Without Due Process
Two weeks after the arrest of 24-year-old Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos in northern Virginia, authorities decided to drop a gun charge...
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5 days ago2 min read
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An Autistic Young Man Loses His Caregiver as Immigration Crackdown Expands
Alfredo “Alex” Orellana, 31, was more than a caregiver for Luke Ferris, a 28-year-old with severe autism, writes Miriam Jordan for The...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Trump Puts Army Secretary In Charge At ATF, Removes Patel
The Trump administration replaced FBI Director Kash Patel as the interim head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...
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6 days ago1 min read
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