HONG KONG (AP) — It’s been years since mass arrests all but silenced pro-democracy activism in Hong Kong. But a crackdown on dissent in the semiautonomous Chinese city is still expanding, hitting restaurants, bookstores and other small businesses. Leticia Wong, former pro-democracy district councillor, arranges books at her bookstore in Hong Kong, Friday, June 20,…
CATLETTSBURG An Ashland man with a lengthy rap sheet probably won’t be making any more snide remarks to a sitting judge after receiving quick consequences on Thursday. After clearing up some confusion between two defendants with the same name, 41-year-old Jeffrey A. Hurn approached a podium at the Boyd County Detention Center livestreaming a feed…
Hong Kong authorities have referred 15 suspicious cases under a government subsidy scheme to law enforcement over the past three years, while also conducting random checks on 1,860 projects funded by the programme. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong, in a written reply on Wednesday to a lawmaker’s questions about the suspected abuse…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is warning of a “heightened threat environment” following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and the deputy FBI director says the bureau’s “assets are fully engaged” to prevent retaliatory violence, while local law enforcement agencies in major cities like New York say they’re on high alert. No…
On Tuesday, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested by several masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a courthouse in Manhattan as he attempted to steer an individual past immigration authorities. That same day, masked agents outside a Walmart in Pico Rivera detained two individuals — one a target of immigration enforcement, the…
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The largest mass shooting in Johnstown’s recent history, during which four women were injured outside a nightclub early Sunday morning, has brought increased attention to public safety and race relations between the Black community and the Johnstown Police Department. Those were among the many subjects discussed during a public forum, organized by…
Customs officials are working with the University of Hong Kong to develop a tool that can trace cryptocurrency transactions, with the authority stressing it had recorded seven suspected money laundering cases involving virtual assets and more than HK$9 billion (US$1.1 billion) in recent years. Mario Wong Ho-yin, assistant commissioner for intelligence and investigation at the…
Hongkongers can take photos of six premises belonging to Beijing’s national security office deemed “prohibited places” but disobeying law enforcement officers’ orders to stop will risk running afoul of the newly gazetted subsidiary legislation, senior officials have said. In another move to fast track scrutiny of the newly enacted subsidiary legislation to the city’s domestic…
A joint operation with Davidson County deputes and ICE led to nearly 100 people detained in the Nashville area over the weekend, including an alleged gang member. The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County has released a full timeline of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that led to the arrest of dozens…
Hong Kong customs has arrested two domestic helpers suspected to have been using their employers’ homes to store illicit cigarettes and seized HK$900,000 (US$115, 400) worth of goods. Customs said its officers spotted and intercepted two women, aged 40 and 48, carrying suspicious nylon bags on Sunday at Choi Yuen Estate in Sheung Shui and…