The Eastern Shore town of Ridgely, Maryland, suspended its entire police department with pay this month pending an investigation by state prosecutors. On Wednesday, town officials approved a deal wherein the Caroline County Sheriff’s Department will provide law enforcement for Ridgely in the interim. “We cover the town when their police is off the clock. […]
Montgomery County has honored two deportation “detainer” requests turning over illegal immigrants accused of sex abuse crimes, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The county has a sanctuary policy that limits its cooperation with deportation officials, but after a spate of high-profile crimes blamed on illegal immigrants, county officials said they would strive to […]
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is perturbed. The bad blood between Fulton County DA Fani Willis – publicly pugnacious prosecutorial paramour as well as pertinacious presidential pursuer – and Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio reaches back to the beginning of last fall and has only gotten more caustic with the passage of time. […]
The judge overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump and others issued an order on Wednesday dismissing six charges in the case, including three against the former president. The dismissed charges related to alleged efforts by Trump and others working on his behalf to persuade elected representatives in the state to throw out President […]
As we await Judge Scott McAfee’s decision on whether to disqualify Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis from her prosecution of Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants, McAfee has dismissed some of the charges in the case. While this sounds like good news for Trump and his co-defendants on the surface, they aren’t necessarily […]
HONOLULU — Hawaii officials plan to send debris and ash from the August wildfire that destroyed Lahaina town to Maui’s central landfill. Maui County officials said Wednesday that they picked the permanent disposal site in Kahului over two others that are closer to Lahaina, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than […]
RENO, Nev. — The top elections official in a rural Nevada county roiled by false claims of widespread election fraud that led to a controversial hand-count in the 2022 midterms is resigning, according to a resignation letter the county received. The reason for Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf‘s resignation was not clear. The letter only […]
An Illinois judge has kicked former President Donald Trump off the presidential ballot, saying he was guilty of engaging in insurrection and thus ineligible to hold office. Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter issued the surprise ruling Wednesday evening but stayed it until Friday. “The court also realizes the magnitude of this decision and its […]
Montgomery County officials promised to revisit their sanctuary policy Wednesday after federal authorities said a man accused of murdering a toddler was twice in the Maryland county’s custody but was released in defiance of a deportation “detainer” request. County Executive Marc Elrich said he will add more crimes to the county’s list where it will […]
Los Angeles County officials are trotting out two $20,000 rewards for leads to the arrest and conviction of those involved in a pair of cemetery vandalism incidents last month. On Jan. 5, Woodlawn Celestial Gardens in Compton, outside of Los Angeles, was attacked, the cemetery explained in a post on Facebook. The cemetery, one of […]
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