Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law today that will prohibit bystanders from getting too close to police and other first responders. The legislation, Senate Bill 184, makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to approach within 25 feet of a first responder after receiving a verbal warning to stay away. The law includes […]
Last year, Kansas police raided the offices of a small local newspaper, seizing computers, the newspaper’s file server, and even personal cellphones. Police also raided the home of the newspaper’s owners, Eric and Joan Meyer. On Monday, one of the paper’s owners filed a lawsuit against the police, arguing that the raids clearly violated the […]
Federal prosecutors are pursuing a deal to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to avoid espionage charges and instead plead guilty to the misdemeanor of mishandling classified data. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the talks between U.S. authorities and Assange’s lawyers on Wednesday. The independent outlet Consortium News then confirmed that it had learned […]