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High Court Takes Up Police Power to Track Phones Near Crime Scenes
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (31+ words) The Supreme Court is preparing to weigh in on a law enforcement practice that has drawn fire from privacy advocates: using geofence searches to pinpoint suspects and witnesses through cellphone loc...
Supreme Court weighs police power to track phones without naming suspects
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (160+ words) A 2019 bank robbery in Virginia has landed before the Supreme Court with sweeping implications for digital privacy....
White House Correspondents' Dinner erupts in chaos as armed suspect arrested
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (29+ words) Gunfire suddenly pierced through the glittering White House correspondents' dinner Saturday night, sending hundreds of guests into a scramble for safety as confusion and fear rippled through the ba...
Secret Service under fire as gunman breached White House dinner security
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (28+ words) Law enforcement officials are conducting a comprehensive review of security protocols after a gunman opened fire near the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday night, an incide...
Supreme Court Confronts the Privacy Cost of Phone-Tracking Warrants
21+ hour, 28+ min ago (277+ words) The Supreme Court is weighing whether law enforcement's expanding use of cellphone location data as a investigative tool has crossed into constitutional violation territory. The case centers on geofence warrants, which allow police to identify all mobile devices that entered…...
Gunshots at Press Dinner: Violence Intrudes on Night of Free Speech
22+ hour, 32+ min ago (215+ words) The White House correspondents' dinner, a yearly tradition where journalists and politicians gather to celebrate freedom of the press, was cut short Saturday night when a gunman opened fire outside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton. The shooter was apprehended…...
Federal agents descend on Southern California home in developing probe
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (267+ words) Federal authorities converged on a residence in Torrance, California, as part of an ongoing investigation, though details about the operation remained sparse. The coastal city, home to roughly 150, 000 residents and situated near some of Southern California's most popular beach destinations,…...
Trump Demands WHCD Reschedule After Security Breach
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (238+ words) President Trump has called for the White House Correspondents Dinner to be rescheduled within the next month following a security incident that unfolded during Saturday's event, according to WHCA chair Weijia Jiang. The dinner was disrupted when a suspected gunman…...
Eight Children Dead in Shreveport Shooting Expose Grim Pattern for Black Families
6+ day, 50+ min ago (378+ words) A mass shooting in Shreveport left eight children dead on Sunday, marking the deadliest U. S. attack of its kind in nearly two years. The gunman, who killed seven of his own children and one cousin, also shot three others: his wife,…...
Cops and Sandwich Shop Owner Cooked Up Fake Crime Reports for $5 K Each, Feds Say
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (252+ words) Federal authorities have accused four Louisiana police chiefs and a Subway franchise operator of running a years-long immigration fraud scheme that hinged on fabricated robbery reports. The elaborate operation centered on a simple premise: generate fake crime documentation to help…...