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By Josh Fatzick The American Civil Liberties Union’s District of Columbia chapter called on the city’s council to block funding for mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to outfit all city cops with body cameras until a “carefully crafted FOIA statute can be enacted.” The organization said it wants to balance the desire for police accountability with the need…
by Lina Bryce MILWAUKEE, WI – A 41-year-old man struck and killed a two-year-old child Sunday evening, when the toddler ran into the road. The driver of that vehicle, along with another teenager at the scene were subsequently shot and killed. The Libertarian Republic reached out to the Milwaukee Police department for more details on this case, although no…
By Casey Harper New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez signed a bill to abolish civil asset forfeiture Friday. She signed just before the noon deadline that would have pocket vetoed the legislation. “As an attorney and career prosecutor, I understand how important it is that we ensure safeguards are in place to protect our constitutional rights,” Martinez said in…
By Casey Harper When a car crashes into the gates of a government facility full of secret data leading to a fatal shooting, you’d expect that to be more than enough material for a crazy story. Two people were injured and one person killed when an NSA officer fired at a car Monday morning as…
By Casey Harper A shooting outside the National Security Agency headquarters has officials on high alert. A vehicle rammed the gates of the National Security Agency’s headquarters at Fort Meade about 20 miles outside of Washington D.C., MyFoxDC reports. A guard reportedly fired on the SUV around 9:30 a.m. Monday morning. MSNBC reported that two men driving the…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Democratic Minority Leader Harry Reid is retiring from the Senate. “We have to make sure that the Democrats take control of the Senate again,” he said in a YouTube video announcing he will not seek re-election. “And I feel it is inappropriate for me to soak up all those resources on me, when I…
By Josh Fatzick With a severe shortage of drugs used for lethal injections in the United States, on Monday Utah became another of a handful of states to codify firing squads as an alternative method of executing inmates on death row. Utah’s Governor Gary Herbert signed a law allowing the state to use firing squads to execute an inmate…
Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston BOSTON, MA – Residents of some areas of Boston are getting a reprieve from parking tickets if they can’t reach their meters due to built up snow. Local towns and cities are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in parking revenue, but enforcement isn’t cracking down…
By Peter Fricke Published: March 10, 2015 At Apple’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook reiterated his belief that combating climate change is more important than making money. Cook’s statements came in response to a proposal put forward by the National Center for Public Policy Research that would have required the company to disclose…
By Blake Neff Published: March 10, 2015 Jeb Bush is less well-liked by the American people than his brother, former President George W. Bush, according to an NBC/Marist poll released Monday. According to the poll, only 23 percent of U.S. adults view Jeb Bush favorably, while 34 percent view him unfavorably. That’s a negative split…