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time.com
4 months ago
Social justice

America's War on Drugs Has Always Been BipartisanAnd Unwinnable

Politicians in both parties have fought an unwinnable war on drugs for 70 years.
The Biden administration labels Mexican cartels as the top criminal threat and wants to devote more resources to border control. [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

LAPD chief: Inspector general's office to investigate release of officer photos

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

The Office of the Inspector General will investigate LAPD Chief Michel Moore and the department's constitutional policing director over the disclosure of photos of thousands of officers, including those who work undercover.At Tuesday's regular meeting of the Police Commission, Moore said he had issued "deep apologies" for the way many officers first learned of the photos, which were released in response to a California Public Records Act request.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Mexico's ex-public security head is convicted in the U.S. of taking cartel bribes

A jury in New York found Genaro Garcia Luna guilty of taking bribes from a cartel.NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Maria Hinojosa, founder of Futuro Studios and co-host of the podcast USA V. Garcia Luna.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A man named Genaro Garcia Luna was once a senior official in Mexico.And now a jury in the United States has found him guilty of a secret life.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Drug Kingpin Convicted of Killing D.E.A. Agent Is Captured in Mexico

Rafael Caro Quintero, an accused drug cartel leader, was convicted of killing Enrique Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, and was wanted by the F.BI.
Engadget
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

US law enforcement has warrantless access to many money transfers | Engadget

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Your international money transfers might not be as discreet as you think.Senator Ron Wyden and The Wall Street Journal have learned that US law enforcement can access details of money transfers without a warrant through an obscure surveillance program the Arizona attorney general's office created in 2014.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

14 killed in attack on Mexican border prison

Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to state officials.The Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said in a statement that around 7 a.m.various armored vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Why concern over rainbow fentanyl is Halloween's newest monster

Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween.Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images Forget horror movies, haunted houses or decorations that seem a little too realistic.For many, paranoia around drug-laced candy can make trick-or-treating the ultimate scare."We've pretty much stopped believing in ghosts and goblins, but we believe in criminals," said Joel Best, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

'Better Call Saul' finale soars as a meditation on consequences and regret

Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman.
Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television (Fair warning: This story has LOTS of spoilers about the Better Call Saul finale episode, "Saul Gone.")
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | HSBC's Canada Windfall Should Calm Breakup Calls

Noel Quinn, chief executive officer of HSBC Holdings Plc, should win some breathing room.(Bloomberg)HSBC Holdings Plc has been fighting calls all year from its largest shareholder, Ping An Insurance Group, to break up its businesses.But there is one split it was willing to do, which has now delivered a rare bit of good news and a very healthy windfall for the under-pressure lender.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Like a mob hit the passing of a generation of movie gangsters

James Caan was so persuasive as "Sonny" Corleone in The Godfather, that he got turned down when he tried to join a country club because its members thought that he, like his character, was a "made man."
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Mexican university spends $100M to recruit first-world talent

Mexico's Monterrey Institute of Technology is making a push for global prominence, outlining a strategy to hire 100 elite scholars from first-world institutions in more than a dozen academic fields.
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