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President Trump and his aides on Wednesday would only say that he will find ways to close “loopholes” in the background check system. Trump claimed some media outlets had misreported his stance on the issue.
The fact that so many prison officials, including supervisors, were aware of the directive not to leave Jeffrey Epstein alone in his cell has alarmed investigators assessing what so far appears to be a stunning failure to follow instructions. The explanation may be bureaucratic incompetence, says the Washington Post.
“Nothing has changed” in the Staten Island neighborhood where Eric Garner died in a police chokehold five years ago, says one resident. Yet reported crime is down and reforms have taken hold in the New York Police Department.
Intelligence officials say many hackers have come from Eastern Europe, Iran and, in some cases, the U.S. “The business model for the ransomware operators for the past several years has proved to be successful,” says a Homeland Security Department official.
West Virginia University President Gordon Gee and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich are creating a nonprofit that will try to steer cash from any national opioid settlement to hospitals, rather than to local and state governments already sparring for control of the dollars.
Larry Swearingen was convicted of strangling Melissa Trotter, a community college student. He maintained his innocence until the end, challenging scientific evidence.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said the bill was “simply about scoring partisan political points.” A Republican opponent called him a “sanctuary governor.”
Richard Palmer, who resigned Wednesday from the Lake County, Fl., Sheriff’s Office, was indicted on federal civil rights charges for shooting a motorist in 2016. The shooting victim settled a lawsuit against Palmer last year.
Washington, D..C., police made arrests in a record 59 hate-crime cases involving adults last year. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, which handles most criminal cases in the capital, prosecuted only three as hate crimes, and one was quickly dropped. U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu defended her record.
One of the most popular true-crime podcasts takes down “several” episodes after a former Arkansas journalist accuses the production of taking information without attribution.