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New York Bail Reform Set To Take Effect Jan. 1

4:57pm December 31, 2019

by Martin Kaste

New York's criminal justice overhaul takes effect Wednesday, limiting cash bail and forcing district attorneys to share evidence earlier. Police and prosecutors worry the system will favor defendants.

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In California, Wildfire Survivors Face Deadline To File Claims Against PG&E

4:57pm December 31, 2019

by Lily Jamali

Tuesday is the deadline for wildfire victims in California to file settlement claims. A judge extended an earlier deadline over concerns that only a fraction of those eligible had come forward.

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Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, faced criticism after he sent a now-deleted tweet about the suspect in the stabbing attack in Monsey, N.Y.

DHS's Cuccinelli Faces Backlash Over Deleted Tweet About Suspect In Hanukkah Stabbing

4:36pm December 31, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Critics questioned the relevance of impugning Grafton Thomas' entire family over his alleged crimes and wondered how the immigration status of his father was relevant to the suspect's alleged crimes.

California's new digital privacy law takes effect on Jan. 1.

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California Rings In The New Year With A New Data Privacy Law

4:13pm December 31, 2019

by Rachael Myrow

Under California's new digital privacy law, consumers can opt out of the sale of their personal information. The toughest data privacy law in the U.S., it's expected to set the standard nationwide.

Prisoners pass through a courtyard at Waupun Correctional Institution. Officials in some prison towns have come up with creative ways to avoid forming voting districts made up primarily of prisoners. But in many others, political lines are drawn around pr

'Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts

1:28pm December 31, 2019

The U.S. census counts incarcerated people as residents of where they are imprisoned. In many prison towns, that has led to voting districts made up primarily of prisoners who can't vote.

Looking Back On Trump Administration's Tough Talk On Immigration

11:37am December 31, 2019

by Joel Rose

Administration officials pushed for big changes to the nation's legal immigration system in 2019 — from a dramatic shift on asylum claims at the border, to restrictions on who can get a green card.

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Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Faces Federal Hate Crime Charges

7:49am December 31, 2019

by Gwynne Hogan

The man accused of attacking people in a rabbi's home in New York over the weekend is now facing federal hate crime charges. The FBI said Grafton Thomas seems to have been driven by anti-Semitism.

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Fallout Continues After W.Va. Correctional Cadets Give Nazi Salute

7:43am December 31, 2019

by Emily Allen

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday he has approved recommendations to fire all of the correctional officer cadets who participated in an apparent Nazi salute during a class photo.

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Texas Boy Uses His Christmas Present To Start A Fire

7:14am December 31, 2019

Nissa-Lynn Parson didn't think it was odd for her son Cayden to ask for a magnifying glass. Cayden and his brothers used it to burn holes in a newspaper and ended up setting the lawn on fire.

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Montana Jewish Community Is A Model For Others Who Are Harassed

7:14am December 31, 2019

by Aaron Bolton

Members of a synagogue added armed guards to services following harassment by a neo-Nazi website. They also coordinated harassment responses with police, and say more towns should do the same.

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