Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that Colonel Hugh T. Clements Jr. has been appointed to serve as the new Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The COPS Office…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Dozens of young Chinese — many of them women — are being quietly detained for taking part in November’s “white paper”…
A federal jury convicted a former elementary school teacher yesterday for sexually abusing four former students. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Stefan Zappey, 56, of Stuttgart, Germany, was employed by the…
At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week, a European Union official predicted to a U.S. congressman that the U.S. would “soon” enact laws on “illegal hate speech” similar to those in…
Note: View the Spanish release here. The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Corp IV Holdings Inc., doing business as Masterson Staffing Solutions (Masterson Staffing), a staffing company based in…
Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halnya Hutchins on a movie set in 2021. The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, will face the same charges…
Three Texas men were sentenced yesterday for their roles in a conspiracy to pay bribes to two city commissioners in Weslaco in exchange for their official actions in connection with city contracts worth tens of…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request from a group of New York gun dealers to block some of the state’s new gun control measures. New York’s gun regulations are still being settled after…
Most Californians would be banned from purchasing or taking possession of body armor, such as a bullet-proof vest, under a bill now being considered by state lawmakers. Assembly Bill 92, introduced by Assemblyman Damon Connolly, D-San…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, announced that earlier today the United States Department of…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Russian forces kept focusing their offensive efforts on Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk, Ukraine’s military has said, as…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of STEPHEN SIMMONS, a/k/a “S-Dot,” for possessing ammunition that he used to shoot a man…
Millions of U.S. veterans are now eligible for free suicide crisis treatment at any health care facility, officials said. The new policy, effective Jan. 17, provides veterans experiencing an “acute suicidal crisis” with no cost inpatient care for up…
The owner of several companies in the construction industry was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay a $1.75 million fine for his role in a long-running scheme to defraud the United…
TikTok has spent $1.5 billion to appease the U.S. government’s national security concerns, according to an exclusive report from Reuters. The three-year effort was revealed after two dozen states banned the popular video-sharing app from…