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Checking in on DC's sweeping anti-crime bill 10 days later 03/22/2024 05:16am • It's been 10 days since D.C.'s mayor signed the sweeping "Secure D.C." anti-crime bill into law. The bill strengthens gun penalties, cracks down on organized theft and expands the definition of carjacking, among other things. And while 10 days isn't a long time, we're curious about how things Former Filipino congressman accused of masterminding a governor's murder is arrested in East Timor 03/22/2024 05:12am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A former Filipino congressman accused of masterminding the killings of a provincial governor and several others has been arrested in East Timor and will be deported to the Philippines, Philippine justice officials said Friday. Police arrested Arnolfo Teves Jr. while he w A small town suspended its entire police force. Residents want to know why 03/21/2024 11:17pm • RIDGELY, Md. (AP) — A small town on Maryland’s Eastern Shore has suspended its entire police force pending the results of an investigation by state prosecutors, a largely unexplained decision that has left residents shocked, skeptical and on edge. The unusually harsh crackdown on law enforcemen Law enforcement officials in Texas wonder how they will enforce migrant arrest law 03/21/2024 10:23pm • SANDERSON, Texas (AP) — During the nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport people who illegally enter the U.S., Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland never changed his tactics with migrants in his remote border county. Not because he opposes the idea. There's just no practical way to do it, sa Lack of buses keeps Los Angeles jail inmates from court appearances and contributes to overcrowding 03/21/2024 10:16pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses, and county supervisors this week advanced a proposal to try and fix the problem. The LA County Sheriff’s Department currently h House GOP sues in bid to force Justice Department lawyers to testify as part of impeachment inquiry 03/21/2024 07:29pm • House Republicans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden as part of the chamber's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The lawsuit — filed in Washington's federal court — comes as the impeachme Rwandan man in US charged with lying about his role during the 1994 genocide 03/21/2024 05:46pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a Rwandan man who they accused of repeatedly lying about his involvement in murders and rapes during the country's 1994 genocide to win asylum and citizenship in the United States. Eric Nshimiye, of Ohio, was arrested Thursday on charges that Virginia governor vetoes 22 bills, including easier path for certain immigrants to work as police 03/21/2024 05:33pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed nearly two dozen pieces of crime and law enforcement legislation, including measures that would have expanded credits for inmates to get out of prison early and allowed some immigrants who are not U.S. citizens to become police officers. Prosecutors say Donald Trump's hush money trial should start April 15 without further delay 03/21/2024 05:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors on Thursday urged a judge to start Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial on April 15, saying the defense's calls for further delays or dismissal of the former president’s case because of a last-minute evidence dump were a “red herring.” The vast majo Republicans make last-ditch request for Biden to testify as impeachment inquiry winds down 03/20/2024 09:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is all but winding down, lacking the political appetite from within the Republican ranks to go forward with an actual impeachment, but facing political pressure to deliver after months of work. The chairman of the House Overs US violent crime decreased in 2023, continuing to reverse pandemic-era spike, FBI data shows 03/20/2024 03:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — New FBI statistics show overall violent crime in the U.S. dropped again last year, continuing a downward trend after a pandemic-era spike. Murders dropped 13% in the last three months of 2023 compared with the same period the year before, according to FBI data released this week Judge says Michael Cohen may have committed perjury, refuses to end his probation early 03/20/2024 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge suggested Wednesday that Michael Cohen committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump’s claims that his onetime personal lawyer — poised to be a star prosecution witness at his upcoming New York criminal trial — is an untru Texas wants to arrest immigrants in the country illegally. Why would that be such a major shift? 03/20/2024 01:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration laws are federal laws -- not state laws -- and enforcement of immigration law is the domain of federal law enforcement. Homeland Security agents and officers are responsible for arresting migrants who are caught crossing the U.S. border illegally, whether from Mexico Montenegro court confirms mogul known as 'cryptocurrency king' to be extradited to South Korea 03/20/2024 11:51am • PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — An appeals court in Montenegro on Wednesday confirmed that a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” will be handed over to his native country. Both South Korea and the U.S. had requested Do Kwon’s extradition from Montenegro. A Montenegrin court i Family of teen killed by US Park Police presses for answers on the anniversary of his death 03/20/2024 10:35am • One year after 17-year-old Dalaneo Martin was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police, his family and their attorneys called on the Department of Justice for answers in the investigation into the D.C. teen's death. On the morning of March 18, 2023, Martin was found sleeping in a stolen car in a North