Law enforcement officer deaths are down across the country so far this year, according to new data from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

The year started off on a grim note. On Jan. 2, Justin McIntire was killed while chasing a wanted man. He was the chief of police in a community outside Pittsburgh.

“He is truly a hometown hero — yours and mine,” his mom said at a ceremony where officials named a street after him.

Officer Sean Sluganski was also killed this year in McKeesport, outside of Pittsburgh. He was responding to a domestic situation.

“You

Changes may be coming to the “de minimis” exception under Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which allows goods valued less than $800 to enter the United States free of duty and taxes, and generally free from formal review, when shipped to individual consumers.

Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representatives Neal Dunn (R-FL) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the Import Security and Fairness Act (“the Act”) on June 15, 2023, the most recent of several legislative efforts proposing changes to the “de minimis” threshold. The Act would make goods sourced from perceived

The Canadian government is working to pare back the law that has driven Meta Platforms, Google and other tech companies to threaten to cut news links out of their feeds rather than share revenue with publishers.

The Online News Act, which is slated to take effect in less than six months, requires that digital platforms reach deals with Canadian news outlets to share revenue for their content. Google and Meta, the respective parents of Facebook and Instagram, lobbied against the law, and have pledged to block Canadian news rather than pay up.

But after months of appearing steadfast in enforcing

Multiple news outlets reported Tuesday that the mother-in-law, father-in-law and an 11-year-old nephew of Jimmie Johnson were killed Monday night during a shooting in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Fox 23 News of Tulsa, Oklahoma, reported that Muskogee police are investigating the deaths of Terry, Jack and Dalton Chanway as a possible murder-suicide.

Jack Janway is a chiropractor in Muskogee. He and Terry Janway are the parents of Chandra Johnson, who is Jimmie Johnson’s wife of the past 19 years and grew up in Muskogee.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the entry list for Sunday’s inaugural Chicago Street Race includes Johnson

This appeal relates to the interpretation of the Immigration Rules, in particular the Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant regime (as in force in December 2017 – it has since been closed). This regime was designed to grant leave to remain to high-net-worth individuals making a substantial financial contribution to the UK. To qualify individuals were required to have £1 million (of either their own money or money borrowed from a UK-regulated financial institution) under their control in the UK. They must also have invested at least £750,000 of such sum in the UK through UK Government bonds or in shares in

IP Australia has published 3 consultation papers on proposed reforms to registered designs law:

1. Public consultation of Protection for Virtual Designs
2. Public consultation on Protection for Partial Designs; and
3. Public consultation on Protection for Incremental Improvements of Designs

There are also 3 one page “fact” sheets to go with them:

(a) Virtual Designs;

(b) Partial Designs;

(c) Incremental Improvements,

but you probably want to read the consultation papers proper to understand them.

Incremental improvements

The idea here is that a designer may file a low-cost preliminary design and within 6 months file the “main design”. The priority date of the

WASHINGTON — Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican under indictment for campaign finance violations, appointed himself as his own campaign treasurer Friday.

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In paperwork filed with the Federal Election Commission, Santos named himself as treasurer and custodian of records, listing a Washington post office box as his official address.

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Santos follows a line of people overseeing his campaign finances since his November election: Nancy Marks, a longtime New York GOP operative who resigned as his treasurer in January; Thomas Datwyler, who denied ever accepting the job after his name appeared on FEC paperwork; and Andrew Olson, who

ALBANY, NY — The use of the red flag law in New York has surged over the past year to allow judges to confiscate weapons from people they deem dangerous.

The rise in cases, according to prosecutors and elected officials, has helped quell gun violence in New York after an alarming spike during the Covid-19 pandemic.

With an expanded law and more attention to it, the growth in cases has been extraordinary after it was barely used when it was first passed in 2019. In 2021, there were 538 extreme risk protection orders issued. A year later, the number soared