Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio of ‘Tent City Jail’ Infamy Found Guilty of Criminal Contempt

‘America’s toughest sheriff,’ Joe Arpaio, was found guilty of criminal contempt for instructing his subordinates to detain individuals without cause. According to Politico, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton said the evidence in Arpaio’s case showed ‘flagrant disregard’ for the law. In 2011, the notorious Arizona sheriff was ordered to stop detaining people without probable




Data Breach in Sabre’s Hotel Reservations System Results in Class Action Suit

Sabre is under fire after a resident in California decided to file a class action lawsuit against the company over a “credit card data breach in Sabre’s SynXis hotel reservations system.” In the lawsuit, the allegations against Sabre are many, and include “breach of implied contract, negligence, several violations of California’s unfair competition law, unfair and deceptive business practices, constitutional invasion of privacy, breach of the covenant of duty of good faith and fair dealing, and violation of state data breach laws.”



Trump Administration Proposal to Deregulate Fracking on Public Lands

A proposal from the Trump administration could revoke Obama-era public land restrictions on fracking. The suggestion comes from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management and was published in the Federal Register earlier in the week. According to The Hill, the repeal would entail a complete overhaul of 2015 standards on the ‘disclosure of fracking


Protesters and DACA Recipients Arrested Outside Texas State Capitol

Fifteen protesters, including four DACA recipients, were arrested outside the Texas state capitol while staging a demonstration asking legislators to extend citizenship to illegal immigrants. The protest, organized by immigration advocacy group Cosecha, took place Wednesday. Nonviolent demonstrators raised signs, shouted slogans, and blocked traffic near the capitol as well as the office of Texas’