California prosecutors join waste plant explosion case
(AP) — State prosecutors are joining a criminal case sparked by an explosion at a Southern California waste treatment plant that sent 52 people to hospitals. State Attorney General Kamala Harris'...
View ArticleCalifornia Firearms Trafficker Sentenced To 8½ Years In Prison (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada) LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A northern California man who lied on federal gun forms to unlawfully purchase approximately 90 firearms in...
View ArticleFederal Murder Charges Unveiled In 73-Count Indictment Against Gang Members...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California) SAN JOSE - A 73-count superseding indictment was unsealed today charging nine defendants with racketeering, murder,...
View ArticleSan Francisco sues American Express for billions in penalties, restitution...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is suing American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) in a statewide consumer protection action over...
View Article85,000 Corinthian Students Can Now Get Their Loans Forgiven
Tens of thousands of borrowers just won the right to get relief on their student loans, following the conclusion of an investigation into defunct for-profit colleges. On Tuesday, California attorney...
View ArticleCalifornia Firearms Trafficker Sentenced to 8½ Years in Prison (Bureau of...
(Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) San Francisco Field Division) LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A northern California man who lied on federal gun forms to unlawfully purchase...
View ArticleNorwalk Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Gun Possession...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut) Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDEN HUERTAS, also known as 'Branden...
View ArticleDemocrats push to prevent gun sales to those on terror list
People on the U.S. government's terrorist watch list can't board commercial airliners, but they can walk into a gun store and legally buy pistols and powerful military-style rifles. Sensing a political...
View ArticleCalifornia prosecutors join waste plant explosion case
SANTA PAULA, Calif. (AP) - State prosecutors are joining a criminal case sparked by an explosion at a Southern California waste treatment plant that sent 52 people to hospitals. State Attorney General...
View ArticleAttorney General Kamala D. Harris Files Lawsuits Against Two Car Donation...
(Source: California Attorney General's Office) LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, along with two local District Attorneys, today filed civil lawsuits against two car donation charities...
View ArticleO.C. prosecutors' jailhouse snitch scheme needs a thorough investigation
One of the girders buttressing the American criminal justice system is the right of people charged with crimes to have an attorney and to have that lawyer on hand when questioned by investigators and...
View ArticleWhite House: Gun control is held back by Congress members 'terrified' of the NRA
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday that some members of Congress are too "terrified" of the National Rifle Association to pass stricter gun legislation. Earnest was fired up when he...
View ArticleFeinstein: ‘If You’re Too Dangerous to Board a Plane, You’re Too Dangerous to...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) Washington-Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement after the Senate failed to advance legislation to prohibit known or...
View ArticleU.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Supports Effort to Stop Terrorists from Buying...
(Source: Tammy Baldwin) Tuesday, November 24, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin cosponsored the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015 to give the...
View ArticleSenators Carper, Johnson Seek Information on Threat of ‘Ransomware’ to Our...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) Thursday, December 3, 2015 WASHINGTON – In response to the recent growth of cyber-attacks using a type of malicious computer...
View ArticleAttorney General Kamala D. Harris Releases Statement on San Bernardino...
(Source: California Attorney General's Office) SAN BERNARDINO - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today visited the scene of yesterday's mass shooting in San Bernardino and was briefed by San...
View ArticleGun bill voted down: Senate rejects bill in the wake of another mass shooting
A pair of gun bills voted down by the Senate this week would have imposed restrictions on individuals suspected by the federal government as being potential terrorists from legally purchasing firearms....
View ArticleDemocrats push to prevent gun sales to those on terror list
People on the U.S. government's terrorist watch list can't board commercial airliners, but they can walk into a gun store and legally buy pistols and powerful military-style rifles. Sensing a political...
View ArticleAttorney General Kamala D. Harris, 15 Other Attorneys General File Amicus...
(Source: California Attorney General's Office) LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that California has joined 14 other states and the District of Columbia in a...
View ArticleWhy an upstate New York sheriff wants residents to carry guns
An upstate New York sheriff is drawing both ire and applause for a social media post licensed gun owners to arm themselves when they leave the house, following the mass shooting in San Bernardino,...
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