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Month: October 2022

Ex-Bossier cop charged with stealing from programs intended for children

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A disgraced former Bossier City police sergeant, already facing charges of prescription-drug fraud and abuse of his police powers, was charged Thursday with stealing money from the police officers’ union he headed — including donations intended for underprivileged children. Federal prosecutors

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Facebook and TikTok are approving ads with ‘blatant’ misinformation about voting in midterms, researchers say

By Jennifer Korn Facebook and TikTok failed to block advertisements with “blatant” misinformation about when and how to vote in the US midterms, as well as about the integrity of the voting process, according to a new report from human rights watchdog Global Witness and the Cybersecurity for Democracy Team (C4D) at New York University.

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Democratic lawmakers ask State Department to review whether state abortion laws comply with human rights commitments

By Kylie Atwood, CNN Two Democratic members of Congress are asking the State Department’s top lawyer to remind state and local governments of their human rights commitments and to review how state laws pertaining to abortion access “comply with international human rights and treaty obligations,” according to a letter reviewed by CNN. “In particular, we

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