A BBC journalist has been given a second sentence of three years of hard labor by a court in Myanmar for making contact with an outlawed pro-democracy group. Htet Htet Khine received her first three-year prison on Sept. 15 for violating a law barring incitement and false news. Since a military coup in 2021, the […]
Someone manually deleted 191 text messages from the phone of then-Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan following the 2020 protests in response to the death of George Floyd. That’s one finding from a forensic report included in a lawsuit filed by business owners and residents over damages from those protests. The report also found “factory resets” were […]
Richard Alexander Turner, an athletic trainer at Los Angeles high schools, has been charged with 18 counts of rape, among other charges. Local prosecutors said he assaulted at least 10 girls dating back to 2017. His alleged victims were all students receiving treatment from him for sports injuries. Turner was working at Birmingham Community Charter […]
A military court in Myanmar has sentenced Nang Mwe San to six years in prison after find her guilty of posting nude photos and videos on OnlyFans and other sites. More than 15,600 people have been arrested since a coup by the military in February 2021. The post Brickbat: Obviously Not Fans appeared first on […]
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has voted to ban the sale of natural gas heaters, water heaters, and furnaces by 2030. Regulators said the move will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. The post Brickbat: Out of Gas appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com Charles Oliver
In June, 50 people who happened to be at Calgary’s CORE Shopping Centre around lunchtime got a summons for immediate jury duty. The Canadian practice is called talesman, and it allows officials to grab someone off the street—or in this case the mall—to fill out a jury pool. The last time it was used in Calgary […]
Court documents say former Brooklyn Surrogate Court judge Harriet Thompson was removed from the bench after a series of anti-gay and racist remarks in front of other court officials. Thompson reportedly said, “I hate these gay white men” and complained about “gay racist f—–s … trying to ruin me and get me.” The documents also […]
Ayana Hanzawa, who teaches at a city-run elementary school in Fujimi, Japan, has been charged with suspicion of forcible obstruction of business. Police said she mixed bleach into a curry that was to be served to students in her class. No one ate any of the curry because the child in charge of serving it […]
David Riley, commander of the American Legion Department of New York, said the group has asked lawmakers for clarification of a new state law banning firearms from “sensitive locations” such as public parks, museums and sports fields. He said the language of the law would seem to ban veterans groups from firing the traditional three-volley […]
Stoughton, Massachusetts, Police Chief Donna McNamarra said she will ask the Peace Officers Standards and Training Council to decertify three former officers after an investigation found they had inappropriate relationships with a teenage girl who was a member of the department’s Explorers program. Matthew Farwell, his twin brother William Farwell, and Robert Devine had relationships […]
