NYC Parks Department worker busted in deadly shooting of migrant who set up tent in park: sources
A Parks Department officer is suspected of shooting and killing a Venezuelan migrant who was camping near two problem shelters in a Brooklyn parkland last month, police and law enforcement sources said Friday. Elijah Mitchell, 23, a seasonal park worker, was apparently infuriated by the tent camp the migrants had set up at Steuben Playground […]
Department of Transportation proposes banning airlines from charging family seating fees
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it is proposing to ban U.S. and foreign airlines from charging families with young children to sit next to each other on a plane if adjacent seats are available at the time of booking. The Biden administration has said it plans to write regulations banning the fees […]
Justice Department accuses TikTok of gathering American user data on social issues like abortion, gun control
Billionaire Frank McCourt Jr. talks to “The Craman Countdown” about his quest to buy the social media giant. The Justice Department alleges that TikTok collects information about its U.S. users and their opinions on social issues like gun control, abortion and religion, and transmits it to engineers in China. According to documents filed with the […]
Justice Department says TikTok collected user data on social issues
As part of its argument in support of legislation recently signed by President Biden that could force the shutdown of TikTok, the Justice Department has argued that the social media app transmits information about Americans’ social views to Chinese engineers. In a brief filed Friday night, examination According to the Associated Press, the Justice Department […]
Two former FBI agents settle lawsuits with Justice Department
Former FBI agents Peter Struzk and Lisa Page, who were involved in the controversial Trump-Russia investigation, have settled with their former employer over privacy rights violations. pay The settlement was awarded to Strzok $1.2 million and Page $800,000. Struzk was a senior counterintelligence agent at the FBI who helped oversee the 2016 FBI investigation into […]
Justice Department says TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department late Friday accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. Government lawyers wrote in documents filed to the federal […]
‘Massive corruption’ probe into Dem California mayor expands to police department amid recall effort
An FBI investigation into Oakland’s Democratic Mayor, Shen Tao, recently expanded to include local police, according to local reports, while Tao also faces a recall election coming up later this year. No charges have been filed, but federal agents searched Thao’s home last month and seized his cellphone and computers. The FBI also reportedly seized […]
Justice Department officials endorse Harris: ‘The stakes could not be higher’
Former and current Department of Justice (DOJ) officials have endorsed Vice President Harris as a presidential candidate, saying “the stakes couldn’t be higher” and warning of the implications of former President Trump being re-elected. Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, along with more than 40 Justice Department officials, thanked President Biden for his years of […]
Fire Department Rescues Teenager Buried In Own Sandpile After It Collapses: REPORT
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFRD) announced on Tuesday that it had rescued a 16-year-old girl who was trapped under six to eight feet of sand on the beach, KGTV reported. The teenager had previously dug a hole when a pile of sand collapsed on top of her, but the exit was reportShe was buried […]
State Department releases names of three Americans held in Taliban custody
In response to a Washington Examiner inquiry, a State Department spokesperson confirmed on July 11 that three U.S. citizens, George Glezmann, Mahmood Habibi, and Ryan Corbett, are currently being held in Taliban custody. Taliban representatives repeatedly claimed they only held two Americans in detention. The revelation comes on the heels of a June 30-July 1 meeting between […]