A New York state judge ruled Wednesday that Eric Trump must sit to be deposed by the state attorney general’s office by October 7, denying his request to delay an interview as part of an investigation into the Trump Organization until after the presidential election, according to the attorney general’s office. Trump, the President’s son…… MORE
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Border agency did ‘not adequately safeguard’ facial recognition data, watchdog finds
Customs and Border Protection “did not adequately safeguard” sensitive data during its facial recognition technology pilot last year, according to a new government watchdog report. The data breach, which CBP announced in 2019, compromised approximately 184,000 traveler images from CBP’s facial recognition pilot, according to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General, and at least…… MORE
Fact check: Trump makes false claims about his record on manufacturing and coal jobs
President Donald Trump delivered a meandering speech in Ohio on Monday that was officially about fighting for American workers. The speech included some important false and misleading claims about jobs. Manufacturing Trump claimed that “we brought back 700,000” manufacturing jobs. Facts First: This was not even true before the pandemic-driven recession: as of February, 483,000…… MORE
NFL Legend Gale Sayers Dies at 77
NFL legend Gale Sayers has died at the age of 77. Widely regarded as one of the greatest running backs to ever carry a football, the former Chicago Bear was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. “The NFL family lost a true friend today with the passing of Gale Sayers. Gale…… MORE
Mother who was kicked off a flight because her toddler wouldn’t wear a mask wants airlines to change their policies
Rachel Starr Davis, a single mother of a 2-year-old, is urging the airline industry to revise their face mask policies after she was kicked off a flight because her son refused to wear a face covering. Davis, her mother and her son were on the final leg home from a business trip in Florida on…… MORE
Wanton endangerment charge: What it means in the Breonna Taylor case
A grand jury indicted former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in March. The charges drew immediate criticism from demonstrators who wanted more serious charges, as well as the arrests of the three officers involved. Hankison is…… MORE
The University of Louisville’s law school is offering a class on systematic racism titled ‘Breonna Taylor’s Louisville’
For months, the city of Louisville in Kentucky has been at the center of nationwide protests demanding justice for the police killing of Breonna Taylor. Now the University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law is offering a course to educate its students on the systemic inequalities that have led up to her death. The 15-week…… MORE
A Louisiana officer who claimed someone shot him actually shot himself, police say
A Louisiana police officer who claimed he was shot while on duty had instead shot himself in the leg, Deputy Chief Darrell B. Basco of the Pineville Police Department Administrative Bureau told CNN. John Michael Goulart Jr., 25, was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of criminal mischief and one count of malfeasance in…… MORE
A timeline of Breonna Taylor’s case since police broke down her door and shot her
More than six months ago, Louisville, Kentucky police broke open Breonna Taylor’s front door and then fatally shot the 26-year-old EMT in her home. Since then, the killing has spurred national Black Lives Matter protests and placed a greater focus on how policing impacts Black women. Locally, her death led to the passage of “Breonna’s…… MORE
CNN Poll: Most say winner of November presidential election should choose the next Supreme Court justice
Nearly six in 10 Americans say that the president elected in November should be the one to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That finding comes as a plurality of the public says that President Donald Trump’s choices for…… MORE
