Trump’s first pardon spares ally convicted in racial profiling case

President Donald Trump spared former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the prospect of serving jail time in granting the first pardon of his turbulent tenure, wiping away the lawman's recent federal conviction stemming from his immigration patrols that focused on Latinos. The White House said 85-year-old Arpaio was a "worthy candidate" for the pardon, citing his "life's work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration."

Trumpa s first pardon spares political ally Arpaio

President Donald Trump spared former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio the prospect of serving jail time in granting the first pardon of his turbulent tenure, wiping away the lawman's recent federal conviction stemming from his immigration patrols that focused on Latinos. The White House said 85-year-old Arpaio was a "worthy candidate" for the pardon, citing his "life's work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration."

New U.S. Attorney Jay Town says office will aggressively prosecute…

Jay Town, the new U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, told WHNT News 19 Friday that his office will increase cooperation with local law enforcement and aggressively pursue prosecution of violent crimes. "So the Department has its priorities: guns, drugs, bad guys, violent crime, opioids," Town said.

Senators announce more than $6.5 million in federal funding to help at-risk youth find jobs

CHICAGO U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor awarded six local community colleges and non-profits in Illinois a total of $6,501,644 million through YouthBuild, a job-training and educational program for at-risk youth ages 16 to 24. Through YouthBuild, at-risk youth learn construction skills while constructing or rehabilitating affordable housing for low-income or homeless families in their own communities. Program participants split their time between the construction site and the classroom, where they earn their high school diploma or equivalency degree, learn to be community leaders, and prepare for college and other postsecondary training opportunities.

Murphy to visit Greenwich Point to talk Long Island Sound outlook

Murphy is scheduled to appear at 11:15 a.m. at the Bruce Museum Seaside Center at Greenwich Point along with local officials, advocates and new Soundkeeper Bruce Lucey to talk about how the Sound would be affected by President Donald Trump's plan to cut 30 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's budget. "We had a big win for Long Island Sound in the budget last year when we doubled the LIS Geographic Program funding," Laura Maloney, press secretary for the senator, said on Wednesday.

St. Thomas provost to step aside amid lawsuit over alleged lewd email

The provost at the University of St. Thomas announced he is stepping aside at the end of the fall semester, three days after a lawsuit challenged his handling of a lewd email allegedly sent by another administrator to him, a female colleague and a priest. Dominic Aquila said he will leave the provost's position at the private Catholic university but will continue to work with home-schooled children and teach as a faculty member.

US convict spared execution after new DNA evidence comes out

With only hours to spare, the governor of the US state of Missouri on Tuesday halted the execution of a man whose lawyers argued new DNA evidence exonerated him of a 1998 murder. Governor Eric Greitens stayed the execution of Marcellus Williams, 48, who was convicted of fatally stabbing a woman more than 40 times during a robbery at her home in the Midwestern state.

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In the minutes that ticked by in the 8 a.m. hour on Monday morning, Judge Joseph J. Bruzzese Jr. was walking through the narrow alley in the shadow of the Jefferson County courthouse when a man got out of his car in the nearby bank parking lot and opened fire. Police say Bruzzese returned fire, and a nearby probation officer stepped in and ultimately killed the suspect.

Phx. police chief: Officers prepared to prevent clashes at Trump rally

Phoenix's top cop promised Monday there are sufficient protections in place for today's Trump rally to prevent a repeat of the violent clashes that happened in Charlottesville. The police chief said Phoenix has a long history of being the site of political hot-button events, rallies and marches.

Music Biz Entertainment & Technology Law Conference Returns To NYC On Sept. 19

The MUSIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION is bringing its "Entertainment & Technology Law Conference" series back to NEW YORK CITY on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th, from 9:30a - 5:30p in the METLIFE BUILDING at the offices of GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP. The program discussion will have ramifications for artists, managers, publishers, record labels, and other music professionals as well as lawyers.

Former health chiefs: Stabilizing ObamaCare markets benefits Republicans

Three former Health secretaries from both parties are warning Republicans to avoid impending disaster in the ObamaCare markets and move quickly to stabilize the system, arguing that it would be more advantageous to the party than watching the system collapse. 5 big ideas to halt America's opioid epidemic Aligning clinical and community resources improves health Sebelius on GOP healthcare plan: 'I'm not sure what the goal is here' MORE , Mike Leavitt and Tommy Thompson told the Associated Press that the Trump administration is wrong to think that watching the markets collapse would be the best political decision after the failure by the Republican-majority Senate to repeal the law.

Google Launches Hate Crime Tracking Tool, Omits Conservative Websites

Google News Lab is developing a new tool powered by machine learning, titled by " Documenting Hate News Ending ," which tracks every hate crime reported across 50 states using data collected from February 2017 onward. The tool is being developed as part of the "Documenting Hate project," which was launched this January by ProPublica.