A downtown Chicago protest against ICE got underway on Tuesday night as the city braces for a possible National Guard deployment.
— Read on abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/
The expanding encroachment of federal criminal law on traditionally local offenses threatens justice, equity, and local democracy.
— Read on www.sentencingproject.org/policy-brief/over-federalization-federal-intrusion-into-state-criminal-law/
Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat infertility and enable gay couples to have genetically related children.
— Read on www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5553322/ivg-human-eggs-cells-fertility
A First Amendment group and watchdog organization is pressing a federal appeals court to compel the release of a Justice Department special counsel’s report on the criminal investigation into President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
— Read on apnews.com/article/trump-classified-documents-cannon-report-jack-smith-ef8aafa723d50dccaada25bee48d59e4
A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists.
— Read on phys.org/news/2025-09-forensic-recovers-fingerprints-ammunition-casings.html
A 79-year-old man in Southern California has filed a $50 million claim against the federal government, alleging civil rights violations during an immigration raid.
— Read on apnews.com/article/immigration-raids-los-angeles-ice-lawsuit-6c94ce6e7873581e9f3bebb6f5cbb0df
Corrupt cops are the culprits once again. The DA calls them “bad apples.”
State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has allowed the Conviction Integrity Unit to shrink and made it more difficult for people to have their innocence claims investigated.
— Read on www.injusticewatch.org/project/denying-innocence/2025/eileen-oneill-burke-conviction-integrity-unit-wrongful-convictions/
GOP member faces 100 years in prison for child sexual abuse material. Discover the shocking details behind this case.
— Read on franknez.com/gop-member-now-faces-100-years-for-distributing-child-sexual-abuse-material/
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