By Charles Toutant @ Law.com, Oct. 19 

The U.S. Senate confirmed Christine O’Hearn on Tuesday to a U.S. District Court judgeship, bringing sorely needed help to the shorthanded District of New Jersey.

O’Hearn’s nomination was approved by a 53-44 vote, with most Republican senators voting no. She becomes the third nominee of President Joe Biden to win confirmation in New Jersey [....]

New York City’s police watchdog agency says more than five dozen officers should be disciplined — and some possibly terminated — for alleged misconduct during the racial justice protests in the summer of 2020 sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The recommendations issued Monday by the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board are the latest rebuke of the New York Police Department’s aggressive response to the demonstrations in May and June 2020, during which officers were seen using violence to disperse peaceful protesters.

Just a fair warning to people out there - this is not a good idea. Depression and anxiety are there for a reason - shutting it down will mess you up.

The Denver Art Museum is preparing to return four antiquities to Cambodia following a news media collaboration that reported the pieces are linked to a man charged with trafficking looted artifacts.

The four antiquities to be returned came to the museum through Douglas Latchford, who in 2019 was indicted by U.S. prosecutors after decades of alleged trafficking in looted artifacts from the Khmer Empire, which flourished in Southeast Asia a thousand years ago.

There were 245 law enforcement deaths from Covid-19 in 2020, according to ODMP. 

The coronavirus has become the leading cause of death for officers despite law enforcement being among the first groups eligible to receive the vaccine at the end of 2020. The total stands at 476 Covid-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic, compared to 94 from gunfire in the same period