Tennessee House passes measure to dissolve state human rights commission

House Republicans passed a bill to dissolve the Tennessee Human Rights Commission and handed over the discrimination claims investigation to the state Attorney General’s Office. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) Tennessee House Republicans overwhelmingly voted to transfer responsibility to the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office to investigate discrimination complaints, effectively disbanding the Tennessee Human Rights Commission. This […]

Bill to abolish Tennessee Human Rights Commission advances • Tennessee Lookout

The House Committee on Monday voted to advance a bill that would repeal the Tennessee Human Rights Commission against objections from some Democrats. This law could put Tennessee’s rights at risk to seek justice in their discrimination claims. Proposed law (HB910/SB861) Senator John Stevens of Huntingdon and Johnny Garrett of Goodlettsville are both Republicans and […]

I-40 crash in Williams: More human remains found in debris

article Coconino County, Arizona. – More human remains were found 10 days after a Fatal and fiery stake crash on Williams I-40. What we know: The March 13 crash happened before 3:30pm I-40 near Mile Post 159. The Arizona DPS says the crash occurred while the driver tried to avoid a “commercial vehicle with a […]

Columbia University Human Rights Fellow Convicted For Having A Slave

The British ju umpire convicted Judge Lydia Mugambe on Thursday of forcing a Ugandan woman into the UK, pretending to be false and then into slaves in the country. Mugambe, who also serves as a Uganda High Court judge, brought his victims to the UK under the guise of securing work as a diplomatic man. […]

3 charged with human smuggling after impersonating border agents in Yuma, feds say

Yuma, Arizona (azfamily) – Three men are currently facing federal accusations to impersonate border investigators and transport undocumented immigrants to stashes in their neighborhoods in Yuma. Human smugglers were able to fly under the radar by disguising themselves as agents of the US border patrol and using the same cloned vehicles used in customs and […]

Bird flu detected in Flagstaff wastewater, no human infections reported

Coconino County health officials say Flagstaff wastewater tested positive for avian flu, commonly known as avian flu. Scientists working with the county to monitor the virus’s wastewater have found that bird DNA suggests that backyard chickens and wild birds could be sourced. So far, there have been no reports of human or animal cases of […]

Arizona man found guilty of manslaughter after human remains recovered

After the victim had not received the mail for more than a year, the sheriff’s office was sent to the victim’s Arizona property. Yabapai County, Arizona – A Yabapai County ju judge recently found a man of manslaughter charges guilty after being found to be living on the property of a missing Ashfork resident. Terry […]

New task force cracks down on human trafficking in northern Arizona

Flagstaff, Arizona (azfamily) – The new Human Trafficking Task Force, the first of its kind, officially launched in the High Country this week. It’s called North Star Task Force: Survivor-Informed Human Trafficking Awareness and Response. It involves Coconino County law enforcement and leaders, but also includes survivors of human trafficking as a key component of […]

26 FBI ‘Confidential Human Sources’ Were In DC On Jan 6, Report Says

An Office of Inspector General (OIG) report revealed Thursday that 26 confidential intelligence sources (CHS) working with the FBI in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot were arrested in January 2021. It was revealed that he was in Washington DC on the 6th. CHS was not an undercover employee, but provided information to FBI “agents,” […]