The FBI released preliminary statistics Tuesday outlining US crime metrics from January through June 2017, which indicated a downward trend in violent crime and rise in the homicide rate. In the first half of 2017 the violent crime rate fell by 0.8 percent in comparison with the same period last year. In both 2015 and [...]
A newly declassified investigation has revealed that the US military knew about at least 75 reported human rights abuses by Afghan military and police but used a legal loophole to keep funding the Afghan units. These human rights abuses included murder and child sexual assault, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Special [...]
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner participated in meetings involving his share of a $67.5 million settlement shortly after taking office in 2015, according to a newly-unsealed lawsuit on Tuesday. Rauner claims to have no day-to-day involvement in his investments and publicly declared before taking office that he would give up his control over his wealth management. [...]
The EU’s Commission on Competition on Wednesday announced a USD $1.23 billion antitrust fine against US chip maker Qualcomm . The commission charged Qualcomm with suppressing competition in the market for phone and table chipsets through contracts with companies such as Apple that contained. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said : “Qualcomm [...]
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Wednesday to expand access to medical marijuana in the state. The order, signed one week after Murphy took office, seeks to remove barriers to access for individuals with “debilitating medical conditions” that may be successfully treated with medical marijuana. The Department of Health and Board [...]
Florida voters will have an opportunity to vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would automatically restore voting rights to felons once they complete their sentences after election officials certified petition signatures Tuesday. Currently, Article VI Section 6 of Florida’s constitution, the section which governs disenfranchisement, states that “o person convicted of a [...]
Crimes motivated by misogyny should be classified as hate crimes, according to a report released Tuesday by the Fawcett Society , an organization that campaigns for women’s rights in the UK. The report is the result of the research their Sex Discrimination Law Review panel conducted on the effectiveness of sex equality legislation in the [...]
Human Rights Watch released a 134-page report and a 15-minute video on Tuesday at the EU Parliament documenting widespread rights abuses and forced labor conditions in Thailand’s fishing fleets. Titled “Hidden Chains: Forced Labor and Rights Abuses in Thailand’s Fishing Industry,” the report details the trafficking of migrant fishers from neighboring countries in Southeast Asia [...]
The Hanoi People’s Court of Vietnam on Monday sentenced former politburo member Dinh La Thang to 13 years in prison for embezzlement and violation of state regulations. Thang had served as an executive for PetroVietnam (PVN), a state run oil corporation. Thang, along with another executive tried , Trinh Xuan Thanh, were involved in embezzlement [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Department of Justice‘s (DOJ) motion to expedite consideration of a petition for direct review of a trial court injunction blocking the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Earlier this month, the US District Court for the Northern District of California ordered a temporary [...]
