Oakland Police Follow Up Internal Sex-Crime Investigation by Launching Anonymous Online System for Reporting Prostitution
Oakland aims to shame "johns" with an anonymous online reporting system that triggers police warning letters.
Oakland aims to shame "johns" with an anonymous online reporting system that triggers police warning letters.
Very few nonsmoking teenagers vape regularly, and even fewer vape nicotine.
"If we don't have a witness," said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, "we can't prosecute these cases."
Four Oakland police officers have been fired and seven others suspended without pay.
Opponents and proponents of folding money agree that the stuff protects you from the state-but they differ about the value of that protection.
Celeste Guap claims she was flown to Florida for drug treatment by California police. Now she's in jail on a $300,000 bond.
A new study makes the CDC's equation of vaping with tobacco use look even more ridiculous.
In the Wall Street Journal, the ex-Playboy model blames online-porn for Anthony Weiner's texting troubles & kids propelled "warp-speed into the dark side."
By its own logic, the government victimized children thousands of times.
What contributed to the revival of the U.S. brewing industry between the 1990s and the present?
Secular and socially-liberal Americans are blasting the French burkini bans. Yet when it comes to spreading "tolerance" here, will we get the message?
Harvard historian Lisa McGirr on how our national ban on booze never really ended.
This is what happens when you send free craft beer to a libertarian podcast with ex-CIA Buck Sexton guesting
The taxman plays art critic
Watching porn "may have negative effects on marital stability," said sociologist Samuel Perry.
The rise of ramen noodles as prison currency can be blamed on cost-cutting that leaves prisoners hungry, says a new study.
Researchers measure big declines in toxin and carcinogen exposure among smokers who switch to vaping.
Our food supply is safe, say 66 percent of Americans. And data backs them up.
Manufacturers will have to guess which circumstances those are, because the FDA won't say.
You have a permit for that pub crawl, drunk Santa?
The new rules will discourage smokers from switching to vaping, a much less dangerous alternative.
The initiative was launched by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, one of America's leading crusaders for the eradication of prostitution.
New rules will dramatically reduce competition, variety, and innovation, retarding the replacement of smoking with a much safer alternative.
New regs took affect on Monday and could be too costly for small companies to compete with Big Tobacco.
Without the threat of jail time, victims won't have incentive to testify, prosecutors complain.
2005 ordinance led to creation of the Chinese restaurant association.
If you're looking for yet another example of sexually predatory acts from athletes at Vanderbilt, this isn't it.
These Gadsden flag alternatives offer cuddlier featured creatures and more polite requests to be left alone.
"Is prostitution a victimless crime?" Not in a black market.
If convicted, the boy-an 18-year-old homeless refugee from Ghana-faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison, with life imprisonment possible.
"Some people like to paint. Some people like to dance. Some people like to express themselves in an erotic way," says Sharron Cooks.
This is probably the closest thing to a pro-sex-work stance that any major-party candidate has ever taken.
Is the foolish campaign against energy drinks fizzling out?
The wages of collective compassion
Ima Matul was a victim of forced labor, or labor trafficking. In the U.S. and around the world, it's as common if not more common than sex trafficking.
Some political figures unsurprisingly think that politicians should be considered role models.
Two companies try to dodge onerous rules with a system that delivers only synthetic nicotine.
City-goers can enjoy 4 a.m. last-calls and Uber-X-a-plenty this week in Philly. So why not always?
Kid Rock and escorts and Trump porn, oh my
"I don't know that it's the government's part to regulate sins and all of that."
We asked Republicans about their party platform position.
No role for Congress.
A few new good laws go on the books, but many terrible ones remain.
Despite legalization successes in other states, senator declares opposition to marijuana initiative in California.