SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – The US Supreme Court on Monday (March 22) declined to consider an appeal by Facebook that would have derailed a US$15 billion (S$20 billion) lawsuit over whether it illegally tracked users about a decade ago. The nation’s top court issued an order denying a request by the leading social network to […]
The deadly shooting in Boulder, Colo. on Monday, where 10 people were killed, including a police officer, was the second mass shooting in the United States in less than a week. On Tuesday, a gunman shot and killed eight people — six of them women of Asian descent — at three spas in the Atlanta-area […]
The city of Boulder enacted bans on assault-style weapons and large-capacity magazines in 2018 following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. But a state district court judge ruled this month that Boulder could not enforce the bans. It was not known Monday night whether any weapons covered by the bans were involved in the shooting […]
US police carrying out a drug raid have discovered a semi-automatic pistol disguised as a toy Nerf gun. The Glock pistol had a 50-round magazine, was painted blue and orange and had a Nerf logo similar to the toys made by Hasbro that fire foam darts or balls. The Catawba County Sheriff’s office in North […]
ATLANTA — A man who survived the shooting that killed his wife at an Atlanta-area massage business last week said police treated him badly, detaining him in handcuffs for four hours after the attack. Mario Gonzalez said he was held in a patrol car outside the spa. The revelation, in an interview with Mundo Hispanico, […]
The stimulus bill spends billions to help more Americans buy affordable health insurance. But getting those dollars will take some work, and some waiting. By Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff The new stimulus bill made tens of millions of Americans eligible for new health insurance subsidies. But many will have to wait to get help: […]
The city has been criticized for its enforcement of the curfew in South Beach over the weekend, when the police used pepper balls to try to disperse crowds. transcript Police Break Up Spring Break Crowds in Miami Beach The police fired pepper balls to disperse crowds after an 8 p.m. curfew went into effect on […]
ACWORTH (NYTIMES) – Mario Gonzalez heard the gunfire from inside Young’s Asian Massage and immediately worried about his wife, who was in another room. But before he could check on her, he said, law enforcement officials handcuffed and detained him for about four hours while they worked to determine the identity of the gunman. During […]
Not long before the deadly Atlanta-area shootings spread fear and anger through Asian American communities nationwide, police say the attacker made a legal purchase: a 9 mm handgun. Within hours, they say, he had killed eight people, seven of them women and six of Asian descent, in a rampage targeting massage businesses. If Georgia had […]
Prospect Park Lake Dear Diary: I was walking in Prospect Park at sunset. I paused by the lake for a few minutes to admire the way the light was reflecting off the water. As I wandered off, a man on a bike pulled up next to me and made a gesture that suggested he was […]