Mark P. Smith & Associates will take over monitoring of Portland Police Bureau’s adherence to federal directives. The team includes a former violence prevention leader for the city. by Courtney Vaughn Ten years ago, the US Department of Justice intervened to help reshape and monitor the Portland Police Bureau’s use of force policies. Now, a private firm will be the arbiter of whether police are following the federal government’s...
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Happy Tuesday, all! Here's your Tuesday Tech Drop, the past week's top stories at the intersection of tech and politics. Another brick in the Wohl Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, two far-right activists supportive of Donald Trump, could pay up to $1.25 million in damages after settling a lawsuit related to a fraudulent, voter suppression scheme that used robocalls to spread disinformation to deter Black people from voting in the 2020 election. New York Attorney General Letitia James reached an...
New York City has reportedly agreed to pay out $17.5 million after a class action lawsuit, spearheaded by two Muslim women, claimed that their religious rights were violated after police forced them to remove their hijabs to take a mugshot photo after they were arrested. Fox News Digital reported that the initial settlement, which still needs to be finalized by a district court judge, was filed on Friday in Manhattan federal court. The report mentioned that more than 3,600 people are eligible...
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NYC will pay a large settlement after two women say their rights were violated when they were forced to remove their hijabs for mugshots.
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- An initial 2024-25 budget proposal submitted last week to Surfside Beach leaders takes into account a $1.8 million deficit and includes a hiring freeze and the elimination of numerous positions, administrator Gerald Vincent said in a news release on Friday. In order to deliver a balanced budget, Vincent said he []
Set your calendars! Dr. Peter Daszak, the scientist RedState's Scott Hounsell described as "a real-life Bond villain" for his work weaponizing coronaviruses, is set to publicly testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on May 1. Daszak is the president and CEO of EcoHealth Alliance and worked with Dr. Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Institute of Virology on the very research many believe led to the development and of the COVID-19 virus, and is largely responsible for the...
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Ryan Garcia failed to make weight ahead Saturday's fight against Devin Haney. And while the boxing match will go on, Haney is now $1.5 million richer.
Ryan Garcia failed to make weight ahead Saturday's fight against Devin Haney. And while the boxing match will go on, Haney is now $1.5 million richer.
Olvera Street, adorned with brightly colored papel picado (perforated paper) and teeming with lively puestos (food stalls), did not always look as vibrant as it does today. While the historic pedestrian street and El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument attract about 2 million tourists annually, many don’t know how the area came to be or that it was the site of the first public immigration raid in Los Angeles. A new self-guided audio tour, presented by the California Migration Museum,...