MINEOLA, N.Y. – A court ruling in New York last week about where sex offenders may live has rekindled a debate over whether such laws really work to protect children. New York’s Court of Appeals ruled that only the state has the power to tell offenders where they can and …
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As the calendar flips to 2024, a number of new laws are coming into effect around the United States. They include “Clean Slate” laws sealing criminal records, crackdowns on retail theft and sex trafficking, and laws affecting bail and probation. Here are just a few new laws coming into play …
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British authorities have charged four men involved in the theft of a nearly $6 million gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Crown prosecutors on Monday addressed the men, ages between 35 and 39 years old, who stand accused of planning and executing the …
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The Florida teacher’s aide who was seen being attacked by a student in a viral video is speaking about her recovery, as well as what led up to the incident. “I was attacked on Feb. 21st and I feel like I’m just constantly being attacked,” Joan Naydich said while speaking …
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A deputy district attorney in Los Angeles is accusing her boss of strategically withholding information from the public about ousted former Sheriff Alex Villanueva until after he lost in his reelection bid last year, according to a new whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. Deputy District Attorney Amy Pellman Pentz, a former leader …
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Suzanne Morphew’s disappearance and murder has baffled the country since the mother of two vanished from a bike ride near her Colorado home on Mother’s Day in 2020. The case has since become even more muddied after District Attorney Linda Stanley – who filed since-dropped murder charges against Suzanne’s husband, …
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A former confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose killing in 2021 caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation. Joseph Vincent, a dual Haitian-American citizen who lived in the U.S. and attended meetings in South Florida and …
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A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to charges in a 2021 drive-by shooting of three undercover law enforcement officers that he mistook for rival gang members, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Eugene “Gen Gen” McLaurin, 31, entered the plea Tuesday to three counts of assaulting a federal officer and two counts …
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The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell, a Catholic priest working for a parish in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, called 911 early Sunday to report an attempted break-in at his church about 10 miles north of Omaha. He was still alive when the first responding deputy arrived. The deputy entered the church rectory’s foyer …
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Albania on Friday returned 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia that were stolen a decade ago, Albania’s Culture Ministry said. The return marked the final stretch on a long, 10-year road with “much inter-institutional and international cooperation,” said Albania’s Culture Minister Elva Margariti. It also showed Albania’s commitment to “the …
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