State House considers law enforcement, Blake decision clean-up bills
(Image courtesy of TVW) People harmed by on-duty law enforcement officers who violate the State Constitution or state law would be able to sue them under a new bill under consideration at the State Capitol. People would
Senators on intel committee demand to see Biden and Trump docs, in rare bipartisan outrage
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee emerged outraged from a two-hour secure briefing with Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines, threatening to grind the chamber’s business to a halt …
Texas, 19 other states sue Biden admin over migrant parole program
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading 20 states who are suing the Biden administration over a federal migrant parole program announced earlier this month.
The program established a pathway for up to 30,000…
Arrest made after Microsoft executive, father of 4 gunned down in ‘targeted ambush’: Police
Nathan Griffith/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nearly a year after Jared Bridegan, a Microsoft executive and father of four, was gunned down on a Florida road in what authorities called a targeted ambush, a suspect has been arrested in connection with his m…
Santos lists new treasurer — who says he doesn’t work for the congressman
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — With a disclosure filing deadline approaching as questions swirl around his use of campaign funds, embattled Rep. George Santos’ campaign appears to be left without a treasurer.
On Wednesd…
Baltimore schools failed to fully act on security recommendations before cyber attack: State IG report
Maskot/Getty Images, FILE(BALTIMORE) — Baltimore County Public Schools failed to act on several state recommendations to help mitigate cyber attacks before a hack disrupted school operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages an…
29-year-old woman charged after allegedly posing as a student at New Jersey high school
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.) — A 29-year-old New Jersey woman fraudulently posed as a high school student for several days after allegedly filing false documents, school officials and police said.
The incident was announced during …
Apprehensions of migrants from 4 Latin American countries fall sharply: DHS
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is taking a victory lap as preliminary data released Wednesday shows a sharp decline in certain migrants crossing the border.
Border Patrol apprehensions of Cubans, Haiti…
Woman allegedly steals $2.8 million from Holocaust survivor in romance scam
US Attorney’s Office(NEW YORK) — A Florida woman was arrested Wednesday for orchestrating a yearslong romance scam that defrauded an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor.
Peaches Stergo began her alleged scheme in May 2017 and bilked the victim out of $2.8…
Housing without parking? State lawmakers consider just that
(File Photo courtesy of KOMO News) (OLYMPIA, Wash.) — Arguing the younger generation prefers using mass transit over individual vehicles, State Representative Julia Reed (D-Seattle) has introduced a bill that would allow developments to be built without