The county’s guaranteed income pilot program was designed provide $500 monthly subsidies for more than 1,900 low-income households for 18 months. The first payments, set to go out Wednesday, are now on indefinite hold.
An investigation by the Windsor Police Service has led to the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of $120,000 in illegal drugs. The Windsor Police Drugs and Guns Enforcement Unit (DIGS) arrested two individuals suspected of trafficking cocaine following a traffic stop on April 25. Subsequent to the arrest, officers seized 16 grams of […]
Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. In a split screen for the ages, the Supreme Court heard Donald Trump’s bid for immunity in one of his criminal cases while he sat on trial in another. The immediate upshot of the high-court hearing in Washington is that the Manhattan trial may be the only criminal one Trump faces before the November election. And depending on how that election goes, it may be the only criminal trial he ever faces. If Trump has his way, staging coups and ordering...
Arizona’s Kari Lake has found herself at the center of several court cases in recent years, and none has gone her way. In the wake of her defeat in a 2022 gubernatorial race, for example, the Republican filed a lawsuit, ostensibly to present evidence of election irregularities. That didn’t turn out well for the GOP conspiracy theorist. Lake is also, of course, dealing with an ongoing defamation case, though as NBC News recently reported, she appears poised to lose this case, too. But perhaps...
Supreme Court Denies Bid To Expand No-Excuse Mail-In Ballots In Texas Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a legal challenge to a Texas law that requires voters under the age of 65 to provide justification to vote by mail, meaning that the Democrat-aligned attempt to sharply expand “no-excuse” mail-in ballots in the Lone Star state has failed, with implications for other states. Empty envelopes of opened...
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Monday over a challenge to a law letting cities fine homeless people, potentially radically changing the lives of the hundreds of thousands without homes. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that cities cannot ticket homeless people for camping in public when there were no alternative
When Helen Cruz pitched her tent in a city park a few years ago and made it her home, she chose the location for one reason: She wanted to be close to the houses she cleans for a living but could never afford for herself. “People see the irony of it,” said Cruz, 49. “I never looked at it like that.” What Cruz didn’t realize then was that living in a park in Grants Pass, Oregon, would place her in the middle of a national debate that will reach the Supreme Court on Monday about whether cities can...
The Slovak government is seeking a way to return them to Ukraine.
Several people have been arrested at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the city’s west end that blocked rail lines for hours Tuesday. Demonstrators set up at a railway line at Osler Street and Pelham Avenue near The Junction around 3 p.m. and said they planned to stay there for hours. Toronto police estimate there are about 100 to 120 demonstrators at the scene. Just before 7:30 p.m., officers began to arrest demonstrators as they tried to clear the rail lines. Four people were taken...
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. A superior court judge is preparing to pass sentence on four people convicted in what’s described as the torture-killing of a Hamilton man. In court on Friday, a Crown prosecutor described the brutal beating that led to the death of Tommy Hoang in an east Hamilton apartment in February 2021. Family members and friends were […]
Protests relating to the Israel-Hamas war have been sprouting up at campuses across the country
LIVINGSTON PARISH - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for two people suspected of shoplifting over $4,000 worth of merchandise from local stores.According to the LPSO, the two suspects targeted businesses operating within Livingston Parish this month.Anyone with information is encouraged to call LPSO at 225-686-2241 x1.Permalink| Comments