Union: Kansas prison forcing officers to work 16-hour shifts

This March 23, 2011, photo shows the El Dorado Correctional Facility near El Dorado, Kan. A union representing state employees disclosed Friday, July 21, 2017, it filed a grievance earlier this month with Kansas' top corrections officials alleging that officers at the maximum-security prison are being forced to work 16-hour shifts.

Kamala Harris, Rand Paul back fixes to bail process

Sen. Kamala Harris, a California Democrat, and Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, have found a bipartisan message in their push to reform how states implement pre-trial bail. The two lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday that would change or replace the bail system using a $10 million grant over a three-year period.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Recognizes Sex Offender Registration As Punitive

Yesterday the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the state's registration requirements for sex offenders impose punishment in the guise of regulation and therefore cannot be applied retroactively to people who committed their crimes before the rules were established. Five of the six justices who heard the case agreed that retroactive application of Pennsylvania's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on ex post facto laws as well as a similar provision in the state constitution.

Lawyer: Russian programmer sought by US is political victim

Russian computer programmer Stanislav Lisov attends a court hearing at the Spanish National Court in Madrid, Thursday, July 20, 2017, on extradition request to the U.S. for alleged crimes related to the 'NeverQuest' malicious software, which syphoned 855,000 U.S. dollars from bank clients in the country. Attorney Juan Manuel Arroyo said accusations that 31-year old Lisov used a Trojan virus to steal online financial information are an excuse to have him extradited from Spain, where he was detained in January.

Hastert faces sex-offender treatment with prison release

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, right, reports to the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., to begin serving a sentence in a hush money case. Federal Bureau of Prisons records on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, show that Hastert has been released from the Minnesota federal prison and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility.

Federal records: Dennis Hastert released from prison in Minnesota

In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago. Hastert has reported to the Rochester Federal Center in Minnesota, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, to begin serving his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case.

Kamala Harris Went to Prison So Others Wona t Have To

Kamala Harris visited just about every corner of California during her successful 2016 campaign to take over Barbara Boxer's seat in the US Senate, and she's kept it up somewhat since taking office. But on a recent, sweltering July afternoon, I accompanied Harris to a place where no senator has set foot for at least a decade.

Bernie Sanders Endorses Ben Jealous for MD Governor at Silver Spring, MD Rally

Even as the progressive list of everything wrong in our society that the 99 percent suffers at the hands of the one percent was enumerated at least three times, the mood at the Civic Center was upbeat today in Silver Spring, Maryland. Sen. Bernie Sanders was coming to speak, to introduce and endorse Maryland progressive gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous, the popular former national president of the NAACP.

Grassley to call former Trump campaign chairman before Senate committee

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley said Wednesday morning he would call President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley, Iowa's senior Republican senator, serves as chairman of the judiciary committee - one of several committees conducting investigations into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election.

US anti-boycott laws could come into play in Qatar crisis

As the Persian Gulf crisis drags into a second month, a four-country boycott of Qatar is raising questions about whether American businesses that follow suit could unwittingly run afoul of U.S. anti-boycott laws. Under obscure tax and export provisions designed decades ago to protect Israel, U.S. companies can be punished if they accept a foreign country's demand to comply with a boycott not supported by the United States.

US families seek to seize millions from ex-Gitmo prisoner

Lawyers for the widow of a U.S. soldier slain in Afghanistan have filed court papers in Canada formally seeking to take millions of dollars away from a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing the soldier. Omar Khadr was reportedly paid 10.5 million Canadian dollars by Canada's government last week under a court ruling that his rights were violated by Canadian officials while he was locked up at the U.S. military base on Cuba.

Filipino wanted in US terror plots stands accused at home

A Filipino doctor accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States was arrested months ago in the Philippines for his alleged involvement in kidnappings and beheadings blamed on pro-Islamic State group militants, an official said Saturday. Chief State Counsel Ricardo Paras said a Manila court is weighing a US government request that Russell Salic be extradited to face terrorism financing complaints.

Report: Turkey detains 29 IS militants in raids in Istanbul

From memorials and dance celebrations to a launch of sky lanterns, family and friends were celebrating Philando Castile's life in the year since he was shot to death during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb. From memorials and dance celebrations to a launch of sky lanterns, family and friends were celebrating Philando Castile's life in the year since he was shot to death during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb.

Woman charged in slayings of 4 children, father due in court

In this photo provided by the Gwinnett County Police Department, emergency personnel work at the scene where police found multiple people stabbed to death in Loganville, Ga., Thursday, July 6, 2017. . Law enforcement personnel work near a home where police say multiple people were found dead, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Loganville, Ga., east of Atlanta.