NEW YORK — The new Manhattan district attorney is already under fire for ordering prosecutors to stop pursuing prison time for a significant number of criminal cases. The New York Post poignantly asked, “Who needs soft-on-crime judges when the district attorney doesn’t even want to lock up the bad guys?” Alvin Bragg, 48, took office Jan Read More >

The suspect refused commands to take his hands out of his pockets moments before shooting, video shows

1/6/22 PANDEMICS Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments On Thursday, notable members of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 pandemic transition team called on the president to shift his approach to the virus, accepting that it will be endemic and that new variants could emerge and arguing that the country needs a new strategy for living with Read More >

1/6/22 PANDEMICS Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Researchers found there is a “threshold effect” in nations where at least 40 per cent of people agree “most people can be trusted”. This supported effective reduction of cases and deaths during 2020. Previous studies show levels of trust in the UK are at the critical 40 per Read More >

1/6/22 EXTREMISM Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Among the many memorable images captured by photographers on January 6, 2021, is the photograph of a scaffold with a noose erected on the mall in front of the U.S. Capitol Building. read more

1/6/21 DEMOCRACY WATCH Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments An attendee at an October 2021 political rally hosted by right-wing activist Charlie Kirk asked: “How many elections are they going to steal before we kill these people?” read more

KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. — A prosecutor in Illinois is seeking the death penalty for two suspects charged with the fatal shooting of veteran Illinois police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic who was killed with her own weapon while she pleaded for her life, and for the shooting of her partner, who remains in critical condition. Kankakee County Read More >

An agency spokesperson described the shooting as a “senseless murder”

Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic was killed while investigating a noise complaint and her partner is still fighting for his life

EL PASO, Texas — A “child predator” from Ecuador was arrested this week as he attempted to enter the U.S. illegally. He was one of a number of sex offenders nabbed coming across the border over the holiday period, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. El Paso Sector Chief Border Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez said Read More >