Stephen Paddock was overweight, had anti-anxiety medication in his urine, and suffered from the usual wear and tear that comes with aging. The autopsy released Friday failed to help answer why Paddock chose to perch himself in the window of his 32nd-floor hotel room and...
Immigration agents have been enforcing the Trump administration’s orders to deport noncitizens at full speed with one roadblock: the federal courts, the New York Times reports. Immigration activist Ravi Ragbir was scheduled to be deported to Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, but that was put...
After last summer’s white power rally in Charlottesville, Va., erupted into violence, the planners of the protest claimed that they had a First Amendment right to self-expression, and that none of the bloodshed was their fault. That narrative of blamelessness is now being tested in...
President Trump thrust himself into the debate over sexual misconduct, asserting that “a mere allegation” could destroy the lives of those accused, as his own White House was engulfed by charges of abusive behavior, reports the New York Times. Trump, in a Twitter post, appeared...
Seattle’s wireless mesh network, a center of controversy about police surveillance and the role of federal funding in city policing, is coming down, the Seattle Times reports. Megan Erb of Seattle Information Technology said the city has budgeted $150,000 to remove dozens of surveillance cameras...
On February 20 at 12 p.m., the Heritage Foundation will host a panel discussion on three cases this term involving the freedom of speech – Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky and National Institute of Family...
More than half—57 percent—of law firms offered telecommuting options for their attorneys in 2016, up nearly 4 percent from the previous year, according to results of a survey of firms that represented more than 18,000 lawyers. This growing trend is perhaps not surprising considering that...
CBS News compiled a list of the supposedly deadliest U.S. cities, based on data for the first six months of 2017 compiled by the Major City Chiefs Association. St. Louis is listed as the city with the highest homicide rate, 29.1 per 100,000 population. Baltimore...
Dozens of juveniles were charged last year in Chicago for allegedly pointing guns at motorists and stealing their cars, but few were detained longer than 24 hours, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Armed carjackings have become a major problem for Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Almost every part...
Two aggravated murder charges were filed Sunday against Quentin Lamar Smith, the man police say shot and killed two veteran Westerville, Oh., police officers on Saturday in what was little short of an ambush, the Columbus Dispatch reports. As soon as officers Eric Joering and...