A Tennessee correctional officer pleaded guilty to using unlawful force on an inmate and then conspiring to cover up the incident while York was serving as a correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections, according to federal prosecutors. With his guilty plea, Jonathan York, 33, admitted that, on Feb. 1, he and other correctional […]

OAKLAND–California Governor Gavin Newsom traveled to Oakland Tuesday, continuing his meetings with community and business leaders across California on racism, systemic injustice and how the demonstrations across the state and country are fueling important reforms.  Newsom met with leaders from local community organizations, including Akonadi Foundation President Lateefah Simon, to discuss new policing and criminal […]

A project manager employed by a major retailer was charged in a complaint unsealed Wednesday for allegedly filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $8 million in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Benjamin Hayford, 32, of Centerton, Arkansas, was charged […]

The Department of Justice Tuesday announced nearly $400 million in grant funding through the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP).   Attorney General William Barr announced funding awards to 596 law enforcement agencies across the nation, which allows those agencies to hire 2,732 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. The […]

By Danny R. Johnson  Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman fit the definition of “outside agitators.” They were white New Yorkers in their early 20s who had driven down to Mississippi, where they successfully organized a black boycott of a variety store — along with James Chaney, a local black man once suspended from high school […]

Jackson, MS–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Vicksburg/Jackson recently seized two shipments of more than 2,000 Lainhua Qingwen capsules and Balangen granules advertised to treat COVID-19 symptoms. The medication, valued at nearly $3,000 originated from China, and were determined to contain mostly sugar and iron. “Our officers remain vigilant even […]

SAN FRANCISCO–The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday approved with conditions Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s proposed reorganization plan pursuant to statutory requirements established in 2019 (Assembly Bill 1054) and under  CPUC regulatory requirements and authority.  The CPUC’s approval of the reorganization plan is an important milestone to achieving the completion of the bankruptcy process, and […]

For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station.  The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley lifted off at 3:22 p.m. Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket […]