A federal jury says Chicago law enforcement must pay $330,000 to a family after officers shot their dog during a home raid that turned up no illegal activity. Thomas Russell, then 18, opened the door to his home in February 2009 to find police officers with their guns drawn. He asked if he could lock
Continue reading …A federal jury says Chicago law enforcement must pay $330,000 to a family after officers shot their dog during a home raid that turned up no illegal activity. Thomas Russell, then 18, opened the door to his home in February 2009 to find police officers with their guns drawn. He asked if he could lock
Continue reading …Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Obama’s jobs plan will likely target the long-term unemployed. (Wall Street Journal) • Rebels now hold most of Tripoli. (Reuters) • South Dakota school districts are moving to four-day weeks to save money. (AP) • An illegal immigrant who won civil damages against a Tenn. sheriff’s office is
Continue reading …Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Obama’s jobs plan will likely target the long-term unemployed. (Wall Street Journal) • Rebels now hold most of Tripoli. (Reuters) • South Dakota school districts are moving to four-day weeks to save money. (AP) • An illegal immigrant who won civil damages against a Tenn. sheriff’s office is
Continue reading …America’s jobless crisis has been going on so long that the raw numbers have lost much of their power to convey the severity of the problem. The Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel has found a clever new way to get at the issue. Wessel notes that there are more officially unemployed people in the United
Continue reading …America’s jobless crisis has been going on so long that the raw numbers have lost much of their power to convey the severity of the problem. The Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel has found a clever new way to get at the issue. Wessel notes that there are more officially unemployed people in the United
Continue reading …America’s jobless crisis has been going on so long that the raw numbers have lost much of their power to convey the severity of the problem. The Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel has found a clever new way to get at the issue. Wessel notes that there are more officially unemployed people in the United
Continue reading …America’s jobless crisis has been going on so long that the raw numbers have lost much of their power to convey the severity of the problem. The Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel has found a clever new way to get at the issue. Wessel notes that there are more officially unemployed people in the United
Continue reading …The Obama administration has dropped its deportation case against Alex Benshimol, a 47-year-old Venezuelan man who is married to an American citizen, Doug Gentry. Though Benshimol and Gentry were legally married in Massachusetts in 2008, the Defense of Marriage Act prevents Gentry from sponsoring Benshimol for a green card. The federal government launched a deportation
Continue reading …The Obama administration has dropped its deportation case against Alex Benshimol, a 47-year-old Venezuelan man who is married to an American citizen, Doug Gentry. Though Benshimol and Gentry were legally married in Massachusetts in 2008, the Defense of Marriage Act prevents Gentry from sponsoring Benshimol for a green card. The federal government launched a deportation
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