Law and Crime

Arkansas

Officials suspect drowning after district judge found dead in Arkansas lake

Forty-eight-year-old Jeremiah Bueker had been spending the weekend with family at a cabin in Jefferson County when he disappeared, officials said. Photo courtesy Bueker Law Aug. 8 (UPI) — Authorities in Arkansas suspect a case of drowning after they recovered the body of a state judge from a lake over the weekend. Officials said that […]

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Alabama

2 dead, 1 wounded in Alabama church shooting; gunman in custody | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Authorities said a shooting erupted Thursday evening inside the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham. Image courtesy of Google Maps June 16 (UPI) — A gunman opened fire on a group people holding a meeting inside an Alabama church Thursday evening, killing two and wounding a third, authorities said. The […]

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Alabama

Justice Dept. challenges Alabama law criminalizing certain transgender youth care | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

April 30 (UPI) — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint challenging a new Alabama law that criminalizes medical care for transgender youth, citing the 14th Amendment. Alabama’s Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 184 into law earlier this month, which criminalizes hormone therapy or puberty blocking medication or surgeries that affirm […]

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