Federal prosecutors are building their case against Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse nightclub massacre gunman Omar Mateen, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Salman is accused of aiding her husband in the planning of the attack at Pulse, when Mateen killed 49 people and wounded dozens...
President Trump has a habit of linking undocumented immigrants to grisly crimes when, in fact, most of the available data and research say immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than the U.S.-born population, says the Washington Post fact checker. The newspaper gave four “Pinocchios”...
Meek Mill, the Philadelphia rapper jailed on a weapons-and-drugs conviction, may have been unjustly convicted thanks to a cop who lied at his 2008 trial, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Wednesday in announcing that he will not oppose Mill’s immediate release on bail pending appeal...
Nicholas Hondrogen was a true artist, applying his creative energy to a number of mediums throughout his career. Since his days in art school, Hondrogen showed his highly ambitious nature. Though his program at Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts was meant to...
In a new report on federal mandatory minimum sentences, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reports that mandatory minimum penalties in gun cases continue to result in long sentences, although they have decreased in the last six years. In fiscal year 2016, offenders convicted under a section...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) has launched a new pilot program designed to ensure that specimens of use submitted to the PTO reflect actual use of the mark in commerce. A mark is “used in commerce” within the meaning of the federal...
For many rare cancers, early detection and accurate diagnosis have been an ongoing struggle for years. The low incidence rates and often unclear symptoms are just a few factors that can impact a doctor’s ability to recognize these diseases, like diffuse mesothelioma. In more recent...
Though there is still no cure for cancer, there are more cancer survivors than ever. With the most recent data, the National Cancer Institute estimated there were over 15.5 million cancer survivors in the United States in 2016. This is expected to grow to over...
Defenders of liberty need to find new ways to restrain government's regulatory power, and supermajority rules are a path to doing this....
The U.S. Sentencing Commission will weigh a new plan to lengthen prison terms for people caught selling fentanyl, a synthetic opioid responsible for 20,000 overdose deaths in 2016, BuzzFeed News reports. The drug has united drug users, public health workers, and law enforcement officials alike...