Over the past 10 months, there have been 44% more children discovered working illegally in the U.S. The Labor Department made the statement on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as a group of legislators from both parties accused federal officials of not doing enough to safeguard unaccompanied migrant children from abuse. According to a Labor Department…
In an effort to avoid harsh service cuts, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors overwhelmingly authorized a 0.4% sales tax increase and modifications to the county’s pension system on Thursday. In a full board meeting, the supervisors voted 15-3. It needed to be approved by two-thirds of the district supervisors, or 12 of the 18…
According to the Suffolk County, New York sheriff, more women sex workers have come forward and claimed to have interacted with the Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann, according to CBS New York. “My staff is really going to vet these additional females to see if they actually did come in contact with him,” Sheriff…
At a news conference on Thursday, officials stated that the Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the city of Memphis and the Memphis police officers over allegations of discriminatory policing and civil rights violations against locals. According to Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the department’s civil rights division, “There are grounds to…
Attorney General of Colorado Phil Weiser applauded the US Department of Education’s news today that 7,400 students, or defrauded borrowers, who attended CollegeAmerica sites in Colorado between January 1, 2006, and July 1, 2020, will receive $130 million in automatic loan forgiveness. There won’t be widespread student loan forgiveness, but a small number of individuals…
Henry Lee, a well-known forensic scientist, defended his work and reputation on Wednesday after a federal judge last week found him responsible in a lawsuit for manipulating evidence in a murder trial that resulted in the decades-long imprisonment of two innocent men. Based in part on testimony regarding what Henry Lee claimed to be bloodstains on…
A former pastor has been detained and accused of the kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl over 50 years ago as she traveled to a Bible camp for the summer. David Zandstra, former pastor in Pennsylvania, has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of Gretchen Harrington, whose remains were discovered in a state park two…
Prosecutors revealed Monday that a Maryland man accused of killing three people and injuring three others in June over a parking place dispute outside a residence in Maryland’s capital city will face hate crime charges. Prosecutors in Maryland have filed hate crime charges against Charles Robert Smith, 43, who is accused of fatally shooting three Latino…
The United States Air Force is looking into a corporation that bought land for $800 million close to Travis Air Force Base, one of the most important defense facilities in the country. However, after eight months of research, investigators have been unable to establish who is responsible or rule out any threat to national security….
Former Treasury Secretary Larry H. Summers says he generally supports President Joe Biden’s economic policies, but he is concerned about the White House’s emphasis on industrial policy and outbound investment constraints, which he describes as nationalistic and “increasingly dangerous.” “I am profoundly concerned by the doctrine of manufacturing-centered economic nationalism,” Larry H. Summers exclaimed Tuesday at a…