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The rat-a-tat of gunfire blasted out in near-darkness , amid loud music coming from the club's sound system - at first seeming like it was part of the show. Then, as clubgoers began dropping from a hail of bullets, the panicked crowds rushed to escape the bloodbath.
Crumpled oil tankers lie beside the railroad tracks after a fiery derailment on June 3 prompted evacuations from the tiny Columbia River Gorge town in Mosier, Ore. Railroad officials say at least one broken bolt holding a rail in place caused the fiery derailment of a Union Pacific train moving volatile crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon-Washington border.
Two American fugitives who fled to Cuba after they were accused of killing police officers said Friday that Cuban officials have assured them that detente with the United States will not lead to their extradition. The United States and Cuba held a second round of law-enforcement talks last month dedicated partly to resolving the fate of scores of fugitives after more than a half century with almost no cooperation.
Rabbi Michael Lerner, who supported Muhammad Ali in his opposition to the Vietnam War, drew multiple standing ovations on Friday as he spoke at the legendary boxer's funeral. "We will not tolerate politicians or anyone else putting down Muslims and blaming Muslims for a few people," said Lerner, in a thinly-veiled criticism of Republican Donald Trump, who has openly called for a ban on Muslim immigration into the US.
For those Americans with a good memory, or are actually high information voters, you will remember the myriad of promises candidate Barack Obama made during the 2008 presidential campaign. He promised to be "the most transparent administration ever" which almost immediately was voided with the Solyndra scandal, "Fast and Furious ," the IRS scandal , among dozens of other covert activities.
This January 2015 booking photo released by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office shows Brock Turner. The former Stanford University swimmer was sentenced last week to six months in jail and three years' probation for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, sparking outrage from critics who say Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky was too lenient on a privileged athlete from a top-tier swimming program.
Republicans and Democrats have coalesced around the idea of federal sentencing reform to address the nation's high incarceration rate, but proposed legislation is serving a longer stretch in Congress than it should. Republicans and Democrats have coalesced around the idea of federal sentencing reform to address the nation's high incarceration rate, but proposed legislation is serving a longer stretch in Congress than it should.
A small boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore approaches a rustic vessel with 19 Cuban migrants onboard northeast of Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2016. MIAMI, USA -- The Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. repatriated 34 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabaas, Cuba, on Wednesday.
Along with VCNV companions, I'm part of a 150 mile walk from Chicago to Thomson, IL , a small town in Northwest IL where the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is setting up an Administrative Maximum prison, also known as a Supermax. Prison laborers from U.S. minimum security prisons now labor to turn what once was an Illinois state prison into a federal supermax detention facility with 1900 cells that will confine prisoners for 23 hours of every day.
A Columbus lobbyist was sentenced to a year and three months in federal prison for his role in helping to bribe officials in Cincinnati and the state capital to win or keep red-light camera contracts. John Raphael pleaded guilty in October to interference with commerce by threat or violence.
Back in the Bush Administration, Dubya created the "Office of Faith Based Initiatives," which was a sop to Christian ministries to get them some federal dollars for their food banks and other social welfare type activities. It was supposed to be part of Bush's "compassionate conservatism," but it quickly became mired in controversy.
The American Maritime Partnership , of which the SIU is partner, has issued the following news release on June 8. The American Maritime Partnership , the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today released a statement regarding Rep. Gary Palmer's proposed measure to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act - which requires waterborne cargo between two points in the United States to be transported on vessels that are American built, owned, and crewed. The Jones Act is critical to U.S. national, homeland, and economic security, and ensures reliable shipment of vital goods between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Mainland.
There is a correlation between a decrease in both crime and imprisonment, according to a Tuesday report from the The Brennan Center for Justice. The study traces statistics in all 50 states between 2006 and 2014 because "bipartisan criminal justice reforms generally began around 2007," according to the authors, Lauren-Brooke Eisen and James Cullen.
Members of the National Guard listen as State EOC supervisor Chris Utzinger reads messages about the latest details on a simulated tsunami during an earthquake and tsunami readiness drill, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Camp Murray, Wash. The four-day event, called Cascadia Rising, is built around the premise of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake 95 miles off of the coast of Oregon that results in a tsunami.
Someone should be collecting all the big talk we have heard from elected officials and pundits about the ground-breaking criminal justice reforms that are purportedly soon to happen in Congress . As noted in this prior post , at least one notable commentatory was saying in summer 2013 that "momentum for sentencing reform could be unstoppable."
A recent spate of internationally-reported crimes committed by U.S base-linked personnel in Okinawa Prefecture in Japan's southwest has renewed calls from prefectural officials as well as locals for the tiny island to comprehensively have its base-hosting burdens lifted as the disproportionate number of bases being hosted on the tiny island is thought to be directly attributable to the rising instances of crime.
All U.S. Navy sailors in Japan are banned from drinking alcohol and restricted to base except for essential trips after several recent alcohol-related incidents which the Navy's 7th Fleet said are harming U.S.-Japan relations. "Effective immediately, sailors are prohibited from drinking alcohol, on and off base.