law

U.S. 12/05/19, 10:28

Democrats "are having a problem," Republican House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-Ga.) said Wednesday, Dec. 4. Referring to the first day of hearings that began Wednesday in the House Judiciary Committee, Collins told Fox News, "It's a new day. New witnesses. A bright new courtroom. ... You know what? ...

Washington 11/26/19, 19:46

President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, signed an executive order to set up a task force to address the issue of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. “It is my honor to sign an executive order … to address a tragedy facing Native American communities: the crisis of ...

D.C. 11/26/19, 02:24

A new law passed by Congress and the president on Nov. 25, officially made torturing and injuring animals a federal crime. Donald Trump has signed the new Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act into law, which makes it a federal crime to inflict certain types of animal cruelty anywhere in ...

New York 11/20/19, 03:31

Two New York City correctional officers on Nov. 19, contested charges they falsified prison records on the same night controversial financier Jeffrey Epstein died.  Metropolitan Correctional Center Guards Tova Noel and Michael Thomas pleaded not guilty to forging prison records to show they checked on Epstein every 30 minutes on August ...

U.S. 11/14/19, 04:59

A Colorado internet service provider received at least one ticket for not cleaning up after homeless people who allegedly defecated on company property, on Nov. 8. The city of Denver has fined Forethought because the business owner stopped collecting poo left on the company's property at Five Points, about a mile ...