Tag: Cases

Attorney General Brenna Bird announces new cold cases unit

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird held a news conference at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office June 18, 2024 announcing the creation of the cold case unit within the AG’s office. (Photo courtesy the Iowa Attorney General’s Office) Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the creation of a cold case unit within the state office dedicated […]

Thai court grants Thaksin bail, other politically charged cases to be heard in July

By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a powerful backer of the largest party in the governing coalition, avoided pre-trial detention for allegedly insulting the monarchy after a criminal court granted him bail on Tuesday. Separately, the Constitutional Court set July 3 and July 10, respectively, as the next hearing […]

Private Investigators Are Sharing The Wildest Cases They’ve Ever Taken

A little while ago, Reddit user u/4scend posed the question, “Detectives and private investigators of Reddit, what is the strangest case you have come across?” Gene Trindl / TV Guide / ©CBS / courtesy Everett Collection And there were so many wild stories! Here are some of the top responses: We also included responses from […]

Nassau County Sheriff helps launch playing cards to solve cold cases

Nassau County Sheriff and Florida Sheriffs Association President Bill Leeper, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers, and others teamed up to release Cold Case Homicide Playing Cards. Because of their collaboration, decks of playing cards featuring unsolved homicide cases will be distributed across county jails and correctional facilities in Florida. […]

L.A. County COVID cases, hospitalizations rise amid summer uptick

Los Angeles County’s COVID cases and hospitalizations are continuing to increase as a new subvariant of the coronavirus makes further gains across the state. For the seven-day period that ended Sunday, there were an average of 121 new cases per day in L.A. County, up from 106 a day the prior week, according to the […]

Explosive cases flow to US Supreme Court from ‘bold’ regional court

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – When three conservative judges sitting on a New Orleans-based U.S. appeals court declared the funding mechanism approved by Congress for the federal consumer financial watchdog agency unconstitutional, they said the nation’s history of separating powers among the branches of government compelled their ruling. It turns out these judges – all […]