And you thought the NSA scandal was bad… The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a measure to let the FBI access a person’s Internet browsing history, email account data and other electronic communications without a warrant in terrorism and spy cases. The measure would also permanently extend the government’s right to conduct surveillance…
Two high-ranking New York Police Department officers were arrested Monday on charges they took over $100,000 worth of free flights, prostitutes, expensive meals and other bribes in exchange for providing a “private police force” for local businessmen. Deputy Chief Michael Harrington, Deputy Inspector James Grant and a third defendant, Brooklyn businessman Jeremy Reichberg, were charged…
Crazy news out of England… A farmer there has received a harsher sentence for selling mislabeled eggs than a rapist who assaulted a woman in her own bed. Our thoughts are with the victim, because as ridiculous as this situation is, what happened to her is not funny. Here’s an excerpt from the story that…
According to a court filing this week, Uber is agreeing to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit regarding unauthorized background checks on it’s drivers. The federal court case in San Francisco alleged that Uber fired drivers after getting their consumer background reports without authorization to do so. This settlement is the latest in the…
An actor who played a police officer on the TV show “The Shield” was sentenced Friday to 40 years to life in prison after tearfully apologizing for fatally shooting his wife but still insisting he didn’t mean to kill her. Michael Jace, 53, was sentenced by a judge in Los Angeles after a jury convicted…
Gawker is filing for bankruptcy protection and will sell itself rather than pay $140 million to pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. The company says it plans to sell itself to publishing company Ziff Davis. Gawker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, about three months after Hogan won a lawsuit against the online gossip and news publisher.…
