Hundreds of communities across the U.S. have for several decades tried to reduce crime, fight gangs and tackle noise and other neighborhood problems through the use of “crime-free” or “public nuisance” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict renters when police or emergency crews are repeatedly called to the same addresses. Long the subject of […]
By day two of Florida’s legislative session, which started last month, lawmakers had introduced nearly 20 anti-gay or anti-trans bills. One such bill, SB 1780, would make accusing someone of being homophobic, transphobic, racist or sexist, even if the accusation is true, equivalent to defamation, and punishable by a fine of at least $35,000. If […]
An 18-year-old is recovering in the hospital Sunday afternoon after he was allegedly shot by his uncle in Visalia. Officers responded around 2:50 a.m. to the 1000 block of North Leslie Street and found the teenager lying on the ground. He was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition. The suspect, 46-year-old […]
Jan. 19—The Creston area stands as a testament to the Flathead Valley’s multigenerational farmers, where acres of farmland with productive soils have mostly withstood recent change. This week, more of that land was conserved in perpetuity after Charles and Renate Jaquette placed their 497-acre farm under a conservation easement with the Flathead Land Trust. “We […]
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – President Joe Biden‘s son Hunter Biden posed a threat to public safety and cannot rely on his constitutional right to a firearm to avoid prosecution for federal gun charges, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing on Tuesday. Hunter Biden’s legal team has misinterpreted U.S. […]
A group of people illegally drove along a protected beach in California that’s home to a threatened bird species, park officials said. “A rough start to the New Year out at North Beach,” the Point Reyes National Seashore posted to Facebook on Friday, Jan. 12, including a photo showing the shoreline chiseled by vehicle tread […]
OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate change […]