Money will no longer determine whether someone in Illinois stays in jail while facing charges starting Jan. 1, a monumental shift cheered by criminal justice advocates and denounced by prosecutors who have filed dozens of lawsuits as the state prepares to be the first in the U.S. to entirely eliminate cash bail.
The U.S. will open its doors to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine and provide the country with an extra $1 billion in humanitarian relief, the Biden administration announced Thursday, on the one-month anniversary of Russia's invasion.
After months of warnings, New York state court administrators have told 156 employees they will be fired in early April for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they immediately get inoculated.
After months of warnings, New York state court administrators have told 156 employees they will be fired in early April for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they immediately get inoculated.