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Deadly Police Shootings Reach Nearly 400 Through May of This Year
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police killed at least 385 people nationwide during the first five months of the year, far more than the rate tallied by the FBI, the Washington Post has found. The tally shows that more than two people are killed on average a day, a rate that is more than twice the…
Heroin Making ‘Roaring Comeback’ After Painkiller Addictions Increase
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Heroin is making a “roaring comeback” in New York after people became addicted to opiates by taking prescription painkillers, The New York Daily News reports. “A lot of people became addicted to prescription pills (that were) either legally prescribed or (as) young people taking pills for kicks. And unfortunately, those pills…
Gizmodo: Justice Department Makes It Easier to Hack Computers
Maddie Stone Gizmodo Oh, good. A Department of Justice-proposed rule change that would make it way easier for FBI agents to obtain warrants to hack a computer from basically anywhere was just approved by a US Court committee. Which is to say, we’re one step closer to having our digital privacy rights eviscerated in the name of…
Dennis Hastert Accused of Agreeing to Pay Millions to Hush Up Sexual Abuse of Male Decades Ago
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Inside the Beltway, a place where shocking revelations have been a way of life over the decades, this one still sent shock waves. Michael D. Shear and Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times report that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is accused of paying a man not to say…
Help on Way for Alabama Prison Where Female Inmates Raped, Beaten
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has reached an agreement with the state of Alabama to undergo monitoring and serious reforms following years of complaints about female inmates being sexually assaulted by corrections staff, the Washington Post reports. An investigation by the Justice Department found that female inmates lived in a “toxic environment” at…
FBI Hassles Students for Shooting Video Outside FBI Field Office
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two FBI agents paid a visit to the home of a college student after she and two other journalism students shot video outside of the bureau’s field office in San Diego. An FBI spokesman said two agents visited the home because they were concerned about people shooting video outside of the…
FBI Worries about Losing Surveillance Tools Under Expiring Patriot Act
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal investigators are worried they are about to lose surveillance tools that have been valuable in the fight against terrorism. The Associated Press reports that the surveillance is part of the controversial Patriot Act that offered more investigative tools. But those tools are at risk because they are set to expire…