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Utah’s Top Court Says Government Can’t Portray Refusals To Unlock Phones As Incriminatory

2 years 7 months ago
There’s been plenty of courtroom discussion about Fifth Amendment rights surrounding compelled decryption in recent years. Encryption is on by default on most devices these days. Law enforcement seems to believe all it needs is a warrant to compel decryption. Courts aren’t so sure. A lot of judicial discussion revolves around the “foregone conclusion” doctrine. […]
Tim Cushing

Daily Deal: Olden Golden Retro Mini Gramophone Bluetooth Speaker

2 years 7 months ago
Listening to your favorite tunes coming out of a mini Gramophone style Bluetooth speaker is fun and this speaker is small enough to have on your desk while you do your work or as a part of the décor in your den while you are enjoying Sunday brunch and lounge around the house! Enjoy Olden […]
Gretchen Heckmann

The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend, December 21 to 24

2 years 7 months ago
Thursday 12/21 Let's Get Crackin' In one of St. Louis' most enduring traditions, the St. Louis Ballet is mounting a full roster of performances of Tchaikovsky's 1892 two-act ballet The Nutcracker through December 23, with numerous options to accommodate the younger ballet lover in your life (think: 2 p.m. matinees, 7 p.m. evening performances).
Riverfront Times Staff

In a statehouse short on space, Dean Plocher converted an office into a liquor ‘pantry’

2 years 7 months ago

For four years, state Rep. Mike Stephens occupied prime real estate on the third floor of the Missouri Capitol. His office in room 306B certainly wasn’t the biggest in the space-starved statehouse, where staff often work out of musty, windowless rooms, and many lawmakers are stacked on top of each other in non-ADA compliant mezzanines.  […]

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Jason Hancock

Hawley blocks McConnell-backed nominees, escalating feud

2 years 7 months ago
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is throwing a wrench into Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) effort to confirm two former aides to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), escalating a feud between the first-term conservative senator and the veteran party leader. Hawley informed McConnell in a letter Wednesday [...]
Alexander Bolton

NY Proposes Mandated Open Access To Social Media APIs

2 years 7 months ago
Given just how many terrible state social media laws we keep seeing, it’s nice to finally see one that, conceptually, I agree with, though practically still worry about. NY state senator Brad Holyman-Sigal has introduced a bill to require social media websites to provide an openly accessible API for others to build on top of. […]
Mike Masnick

Outstanding Police Work By Alton Police Sergeant Locates Stolen Vehicle On Clark Bridge

2 years 7 months ago
ALTON - Outstanding work by an alert Alton Police Sergeant Brian Brenner located a stolen vehicle on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford said on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Ford said at 12:28 p.m. on Dec. 17, 2023, Brenner conducted a traffic stop with the vehicle on the Clark Bridge, and with information about the stolen vehicle, suspects were apprehended. "The driver and two passengers were taken into custody and transported to the Alton Jail," Chief Ford said. "The vehicle was reported stolen out of Virden, Illinois." Chief Ford said the investigation was turned over to the Metro East Auto Theft Task Force.

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