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 ArticleSenators Carper, Johnson Seek Information on Threat of 'Ransomware' to Our...
(Source: Thomas R Carper) WASHINGTON - In response to the recent growth of cyber-attacks using a type of malicious computer virus known as 'ransomware,' Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
View ArticleMilwaukee Carjacker Sentenced to 50 Years Imprisonment (ATF - Bureau of...
(Source: ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) Acting United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that Milwaukee resident Grover Ferguson (age:18) was sentenced to...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court rejected an appeal from gun owners to challenge a local...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from gun owners who challenged a Chicago suburb's ban on assault weapons. The justices on Monday refused to hear the case of a...
View ArticleCooper urges lawmakers, McCrory to pass ‘watch list’ gun ban
RALEIGH — Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper on Monday urged Republican elected officials to pass legislation preventing people on the federal government’s database of known or suspected terrorists...
View ArticleMilwaukee Carjacker Sentenced to 50 Years Imprisonment (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin) Acting United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that Milwaukee resident Grover Ferguson (age:18) was...
View ArticleCNN law-enforcement experts shocked, horrified by reporters rummaging through...
CNN law-enforcement expert Harry Houck discusses the incident. Three separate law-enforcement experts told CNN on Friday that they were appalled that the media was allowed to enter and rummage through...
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 ArticleHere comes President Obama's Oval Office address...
President Barack Obama is set to deliver a major Oval Office address on the threat of terrorism and the increasing frequency of mass shootings. The speech, Obama's third from the Oval Office and second...
View ArticleA Missouri congresswoman proposed a bill putting the same restrictions on...
Stacks of guns are seen in a shipping container belonging to Brent Nicholson in Pageland, South Carolina, November 10, 2015. See Also Missouri state Rep. Stacey Newman (D) pre-filed a bill Tuesday that...
View ArticleMilwaukee Carjacker Sentenced to 50 Years Imprisonment (Bureau of Alcohol,...
(Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) St Paul Field Division) Acting United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that Milwaukee resident Grover Ferguson...
View ArticleAttorney General Kamala D. Harris Issues Consumer Tips on Donating Wisely...
(Source: California Attorney General's Office) SAN FRANCISCO - With the holiday season and the end of the tax year approaching, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today issued consumer tips on how...
View ArticleHartford Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut) Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE SERRANO, 30, of Hartford, was...
View ArticleCooper’s terrorism gun-control proposal draws fire
Attorney General Roy Cooper’s proposal to prevent suspected terrorists from buying firearms in North Carolina continued to attract political reaction for a second day on Tuesday. Cooper, who officially...
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...
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