Congressman Valadao joins other politicians in calling for transparency in Scrivner case

Congressman David Valadao on Thursday joined Republican Senator Shannon Grove and Democratic Assemblywoman Jasmeet Bains in ...

5 defensive coordinator candidates the Cowboys need to avoid at all costs

The Cowboys love a former head coach at defensive coordinator – you have to go back to 2012 with Rob Ryan to find the last ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 11-17 includes LL Cool J and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Jan. 11-17 include rapper-actor LL Cool J, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and ...
New Jersey Globe

Dick Zimmer, former congressman and U.S. Senate contender, dies at 81

Richard A. Zimmer, a three-term Republican congressman from Hunterdon County and longtime state legislator who ran a ...

Lawrence police announce arrest, charges in decades-old cold case

The Lawrence, Kansas, Police Department has made progress in a more than 20-year-old criminal investigation. Police, along ...
Acsh.org

Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery

Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of Rockefeller University, is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, Dr. Esther Lederberg – whose name was drowned in the annals of the history ...
The New York Times

Some Giant Law Firms Shy Away From Pro Bono Immigration Cases

Fearing the wrath of President Trump, some elite law firms are declining pro bono work on lawsuits challenging the administration’s policies. By Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Hours ...
MinnPost

Mary Moriarty’s approach to racial disparities is the wrong solution to a real problem

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty Credit: MinnPost photo by Harry Colbert, Jr. Paywall-free, every day. MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations ...
Star Tribune

Readers Write: Mary Moriarty’s new race policy, the rule of law, Red River flood prevention

Do you believe the criminal justice system treats people of color fairly? If so, you will be mad at Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty for deciding to take race into account in prosecutorial ...
Star Tribune

Moriarty: New charging policy taking race into consideration is necessary, constitutional

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a new policy asking her prosecutors to consider the racial identity of defendants is constitutional and a necessary corrective to address unconscious bias ...