On Friday, the head of the Louisiana State Police put his second-in-command officer on leave, after receiving increasing pressure from the state’s lawmakers. The officer is currently facing an internal probe into the erasure of his cellphone data amid the investigation into the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. Greene,[Read More…]

Jack Dorsey, former CEO of Twitter, said last week he realizes he is “partially to blame” for the state of the internet today, and regrets not having the foresight to prevent centralizing the internet. “The days of usenet, irc, the web…even email (w PGP)…were amazing. centralizing discovery and identity into[Read More…]

An Alaska man who pleaded guilty this year to charges of threatening to kill or hiring an assassin to kill two US Senators was sentenced this week to 32 months in federal prison. Over a period of five months, Jay Allen Johnson, 65, left 17 threatening voicemails for Senators Lisa[Read More…]

US Border Patrol agents said they have recovered about 70 pounds of drugs, including 19 pounds of cocaine and 49 pounds of marijuana, that have washed up on the shores of the Florida Keys this week in three separate incidents. Border patrol agents say the street value of the drugs[Read More…]

The University of Maryland is working with an international aid group to temporarily house 25 Afghan refugees on its College Park campus, officials said Tuesday. The families, each with at least seven members, will start settling on campus over the next few weeks and stay for up to one year,[Read More…]

A school nurse was suspended by the Hartford School District after revealing the school she worked at was secretly giving children puberty blockers without their parent’s consent. Katherine Cataford, 77 publicly stated that an 11-year-old child at her school had been prescribed puberty-blocking drugs and that many students at the[Read More…]

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed the largest-ever fines ever against two passengers for alleged unruly behavior The fines of $81,950 and $77,272, respectively, are part of the approximately $2 million the agency has proposed since Jan. 1st, 2022. “If you are on an airplane, don’t[Read More…]

After several unsuccessful attempts to conceive a baby through in vitro fertilization, a Massachusetts couple learned last year that they were expecting a baby girl, court records state. Months into the pregnancy, their obstetrician recommended the mother undergo genetic testing to rule out abnormalities. The baby was OK, court records[Read More…]

Quintez Brown, the suspect who barged into the offices of Craig Greenberg, a candidate for mayor of Louisville, and opened fire on February 14, is facing federal charges that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. The 21 year old has been accused of interfering with constitutional rights and[Read More…]

A group of students from Ryerson University are suing the school over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which led to some of them being unenrolled from the university for not complying. The school recently announced it would end its vaccine mandate. The students allege the university’s decisions related to the COVID-19[Read More…]