Lenox Square area clear after suspicious package deemed not dangerous, police say Atlanta Police officers are investigating a report of a suspicious package in Buckhead on Tuesday afternoon. Police said they received a call of a suspicious package at 3445 Peachtree Road NE, the ... 04/30/2024 - 9:25 am | View Link
Miami police shooting shows why we need to keep civilian oversight, not cripple it | Opinion Attorney Benjamin Crump called the shooting last month of Donald Armstrong by a Miami Police officer “excessive” and “unconscionable.” He spoke outside a courtroom at the Miami-Dade ... 04/21/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
Pro-police laws signed by DeSantis cast a shadow on Florida’s open government tradition | Opinion Police officers detain a man on Collins Avenue during spring break on March 15, 2024, in Miami Beach. MATIAS J. OCNER mocner@miamiherald.com The second week of April began with the moon casting ... 04/19/2024 - 3:16 am | View Link
Two dead, seven injured, including police officer, after Miami-Dade County shooting Two people are dead and seven others injured after a shooting incident in Miami-Dade County, Florida early Saturday. A police officer was among those wounded after an altercation at a commercial ... 04/6/2024 - 2:28 am | View Link
Gunman fatally shoots guard at CityPlace Doral’s Martini Bar, is killed in police shootout; 7 injured include officer, bar’s owner DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) - A late-night altercation inside a bar at CityPlace Doral led to a shooting that escalated into a shootout with police officers, leaving two people dead and seven others ... 04/5/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
“The U. S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
“Republicans have launched more than 30 investigations into the State Department since taking power in 2023, an unusually high number that is fueling partisan tensions,” Politico reports.
“Democratic lawmakers and State Department officials say this particular chapter of the growing partisan rancor on Capitol Hill is affecting U. S. foreign policy: It distracts U.
Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
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Updated at 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
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