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Editorial: Travesties of justice
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (464+ words) President Donald'J. Trump is trying to bend the U. S. justice system to his personal and political agenda. Although the system usually prefers to stay above the political fray, that's no longer an option. What we're witnessing goes far beyond the normal…...
Saratoga Springs protester ticketed for organizing event he says he only attended
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (380+ words) Volunteer for Indivisible ADK/Saratoga, Joe Seeman, says he was ticketed by Saratoga Springs police for attending a pro-democracy vigil on'the corner of Broadway and Lake Avenue on April 26.' Saratoga Springs City Judge Jeffrey Wait will hear the arguments in…...
3 students, 2 others shot along nightlife district near the University of Iowa, authorities say
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (219+ words) Multiple victims were transported to hospitals for gunshot wounds, according to Iowa City police. One person was in critical condition while four others were stable, police said. Officers were responding to reports of a large fight in downtown Iowa City…...
ICE abandons plan to build detention facility in Chester, assemblyman says
2+ mon, 6+ hour ago (531+ words) U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is allegedly no longer considering this former Pep Boys warehouse in Chester as the site of a potential detention center. CHESTER" A controversial plan to turn a disused Orange County warehouse owned by a former Trump…...
Rubber bullets, pepper spray and arrests as protesters try to storm a Wisconsin beagle lab
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (361+ words) It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters to take beagles from the Ridglan Farms facility in Blue Mounds, a small town about 25 miles southwest of the capital city of Madison. Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett, in…...
Schenectady Police Department adds more women, officers of color to its ranks
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (921+ words) Schenectady Mayor Gary Mc Carthy swears in the five new recruits to the city Police Department in December 2025. The department has made a concerted effort to attract more women and people of color to the force. SCHENECTADY" The 165-member Police…...
Photos: Schenectady Police Department 2025 Awards Ceremony
11+ mon, 6+ day ago (220+ words) The Schenectady Police Department's annual awards ceremony honored meritorious service among its ranks on Tuesday at the GE Theatre at Proctors. Det. Aaron Zampella salutes Lt. Michael Dalton after winning the Investigative Service Bureau Award. Det. Sgt. Matthew Dearing salutes…...
Applyrs names advocacy-minded pastor to police review board
3+ week, 15+ hour ago (510+ words) The Rev. Marc Johnson, seen here in the sanctuary of St. John's Church of God in Christ on Sept. 27, 2017, has been appointed by Mayor Dorcey Applyrs to serve on Albany's Community Police Review Board. ALBANY" Mayor Dorcey Applyrs has named…...
ICE arrests spiked in New York from November to January
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1407+ words) Demonstrators block an entrance to the state Senate chamber at the Capitol. New ICE data shows about 11, 000 people have been arrested by the agency in New York since last year." ALBANY" Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested more people in…...
In Black pastor's arrest, Alabama Supreme Court rules police can demand to see identification
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (380+ words) Justices issued the 6-3 decision last week after a federal judge presiding over a lawsuit about Michael Jennings' 2022 arrest asked the court to clarify whether officers can demand to see a person's identification under the state's "stop-and-identify" law. The minister was…...