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Over 150 Arrested During Human Trafficking Sting in Scottsdale
By Ben Bradley Published: Feb. 14, 2024 at 6:43 PM CST|Updated: Feb. 15, 2024 at 7:17 PM CST SCOTTSDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Scottsdale police say dozens of people were arrested during a multi-agency operation targeting human trafficking in the East Valley city. Between Jan. 23 and Feb. 10, the Scottsdale Police Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit (HEAT) and other Valley-area…
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Suburban Chicago Woman Arrested for Human Trafficking of Mexican Migrants
By John Dodge, Andrew Ramos. Updated on: February 14, 2024 / 3:53 PM CST / CBS Chicago (CBS) — A woman from Highland Park entrapped four migrants from Mexico into forced labor to pay off their “debt” for safe entry into the United States, investigators in Lake County said Wednesday. The four, who had been in the country…
Read MoreGovernor DeWine Announces Nearly $5 Million to Enhance Support for Human Trafficking Survivors
February 16, 2024 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced more than $4.6 million in funding to help victim service agencies meet the needs of human trafficking survivors. Thirty nonprofit organizations in 14 counties will receive funding as part of the new Direct Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Grant Program. Launched by Governor DeWine in…
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Pro-Palestinian Protestors Swarm UW Station Despite Potential I-5 Shutdown Charges
By Karina Vargas, KOMO News ReporterMon, February 12th 2024 at 9:34 PM Updated Tue, February 13th 2024 at 10:58 PM SEATTLE — More calls for an end to the war between Israel and Palestine as pro-Palestinian protestors gathered outside UW Station on Monday. This comes as several protestors could soon be charged after last month’s shutdown on I-5. After Washington…
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Senators Ask CEOs Why Their Drugs Cost So Much More in the U.S.
FEBRUARY 8, 20245:35 PM ET (HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED) By Sydney Lupkin Sparks flew on Capitol Hill Thursday as the CEOs of three drug companies faced questions from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about why drug prices are so much higher in the United States than they are in the rest of…
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Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?
By Nicole Leonard, WHYY and Kate Wolffe, CapRadio and Simone Popperl FEBRUARY 8, 2024 If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. Philadelphia police officers Kenneth Harper and Jennifer Torres were in their patrol car…
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What Michigan parents need to know about the ‘science of reading’
By Hannah Dellinger On February 5, 2024 When Michele Maleszyk’s daughter came home from kindergarten last year, Maleszyk noticed she brought home reading material with letter patterns she hadn’t been taught yet. “I thought it was odd she was expected to read books with patterns she didn’t know,” Maleszyk said. “I thought, ‘How can a…
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United Way, Ballmer Group looking to offer free summer school for Detroit students
By Micah Walker On January 31, 2024 After a scaled back summer school program last year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District may have more to offer students in 2024 thanks to funding from community partners. During a school board meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti announced that United Way for Southeastern Michigan and Ballmer Group will provide…
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‘Blatantly racist’: Michigan Democrats condemn GOP lawmaker’s ‘great replacement’ post
By Beth LeBlanc On February 10, 2024 Lansing — Democratic lawmakers are condemning a social media post from Republican state Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford that promoted “the great replacement” theory, a racist ideological belief that there’s a coordinated global effort to diminish the influence of White people. On Tuesday, Schriver shared a post of a…
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