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Cites Try to Arrest Their Way Out of Homeless Problem

Published by Scott Stewart on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 5:00am
Washington, D.C., officials confer under a railroad overpass on L Street NE, about eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol, before garbage trucks and front loaders remove the homeless encampment there, March 3, 2020. (Susannah Outhier/University of Maryland via AP)

Fort Walton Beach, Fla. – In the nine years he has been homeless, Kenneth Shultz has spent one of every three nights in jail.

The 71-year-old retiree has been charged with trespassing 96 times, including after he fell asleep behind gas stations, outside office buildings and in a city park.

Policing Protests Propel Marijuana Decriminalization Efforts

Published by Scott Stewart on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 4:00am

Georgia’s strict drug laws encourage police officers to search for drugs during otherwise routine interactions, such as traffic stops, said Georgia state Sen. Harold Jones II, a Democrat and former prosecutor. That increases the odds of encounters escalating and turning violent.

Name of Former Supreme Court Justice Taken Off Historic Ship

Published by Scott Stewart on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 3:00am

Baltimore – The name of a former U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who had ruled before the Civil War that free Black people and enslaved persons were not U.S. citizens is being removed from a historic warship.

U.S. Home Prices Increase 4% in April Despite Virus

Published by Scott Stewart on Sat, 07/11/2020 - 4:00am

Washington – U.S. home prices gains accelerated in April even as sales have stumbled, a sign the coronavirus outbreak has had little impact on real estate values.

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index climbed 4% in April compared with a year earlier, the largest gain since December 2018, up from 3.9% in March.

Judge Orders Migrant Children Freed From Family Detention

Published by Scott Stewart on Sat, 07/11/2020 - 3:00am

Houston – A federal judge last Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic.

Priest Files Suit to Stop Federal Execution Over Virus Risk

Published by Scott Stewart on Sat, 07/11/2020 - 2:00am

Washington – A Zen Buddhist priest, who is a spiritual adviser to one of three federal death row inmates scheduled to be executed this month, filed a lawsuit last Thursday arguing the Bureau of Prisons is putting him at risk for the coronavirus by moving forward with executions during a nationwide pandemic.

Banking Agencies Ease Volcker Rule, Freeing Up Capital

Published by Scott Stewart on Sat, 07/11/2020 - 1:00am

Washington – The Federal Reserve and four other regulatory agencies announced that they have finalized a rule that will ease restrictions curtailing the ability of banks to make investments in such areas as hedge funds.

Hollowed Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/10/2020 - 5:00am
In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, a list of the confirmed COVID-19 cases is shown in Salt Lake County early in the pandemic at the county health department in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Health officials later moved to tracking the cases in an online database, but the white board remains in the office as a reminder of how quickly the coronavirus spread. (AP)

The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century.

Not So Random Acts: Science Finds That Being Kind Pays Off

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/10/2020 - 4:00am

Acts of kindness may not be that random after all. Science says being kind pays off.

Research shows that acts of kindness make us feel better and healthier. Kindness is also key to how we evolved and survived as a species, scientists say. We are hard-wired to be kind.

Two Female Firsts at Supreme Court Announce Retirements

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/10/2020 - 3:00am

Washington – The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the first-ever women to hold two prominent positions at the court, handling the justices’ security and overseeing publication of the court’s decisions, are retiring.

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