MORNING NEWSBREAK | Lowcountry leaders gathered at Emanuel AME Church Monday to make a special push to encourage state senators to pass a long-dreamed-of hate crime law. It is among the major bills unresolved in the General Assembly, which is racing toward the end of its regular session Thursday. Also still on tap: proposals to […]
You know how, in cop shows, detectives are always getting threatened with being busted back down to foot patrol or whatever—a demotion to a world of decreased relevance, lower pay, and less chance at anyone actually seeing anything they do? Well, NBC announced tonight that Christopher Meloni’s Law & Order: Organized Crime is getting moved from the network over to its streaming service Peacock. Which is good news for everybody, probably; we don’t know why we even brought up that first part, about...
NSW is about to bring in tough new anti-knife crime laws, which were announced just days before a western Sydney school went into lockdown when a student arrived with a knife.
On the heels of Law & Order: Organized Crime‘s official Season 5 renewal earlier today, I couldn’t help but watch this week’s episode with a burning question in my brain: What will the show be like when it comes back next season on Peacock? Free of the strictures of broadcast TV, will the good detective […]
Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein got a break last month when a New York appeals court tossed his sexual assault conviction, ruling that the prosecutors improperly used prior bad acts as evidence at his trial. But the outrage over that decision might mean New York could swiftly change how sexual assault cases are prosecuted — and he could find himself swiftly convicted on the same evidence when he is retried.According to The Daily Beast, "As prosecutors prepare to retry him, a new bill making...
There may come a time when the Stablers hold a family dinner that’s free of drama, but Season 4 wasn’t it. So when Elliot decides to have Randall and the rest of his brood over for a meal in Law & Order: Organized Crime‘s Season 4 finale, we brace for impact. Remember what happened last […]
Perverts who sexually abuse dead bodies will face five-year prison sentences under a new law in the wake of morgue monster David Fuller's sickening crimes.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, promoting a California sheriff who was once a member of a far-right extremist anti-government group that has been called “instrumental” in the January 6 insurrection, on Wednesday demanded making “crimes criminal again” — just a day after traveling to a Manhattan criminal court to stand up for Donald Trump. The indicted ex-president faces 34 felony charges in his election subversion, business records falsification and “hush money” trial.“We’ve got to make...
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, took to the House floor Tuesday to warn that there are Americans who want to “force” their religious beliefs upon us by law. You’re probably thinking: Finally! A Republican with the courage to talk about some states’ total abortion bans thanks to a subset of right-wing Christians who believe “life begins at conception.” Of course, that’s not what Roy was talking about. He proudly supports people forcing their religious beliefs upon others through laws that strip women of...
A victory for safe street advocates in Albany and the surge in for-hire EVs in New York City headline this week's On The Way roundup of transit news.
WORLD OF RUGBY: The Premiership title is still up for grabs and two fascinating semi-finals await, but the league campaign is over and it has been an absorbing one.