SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — They’ve become a familiar sight along the wide commercial corridors of America — empty buildings once filled by big retailers who have closed their doors, in part because many of their customers shop online.
Now, two new laws in California would let developers build housing on that land and largely prevent revenue-hungry local governments from stopping them.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws Wednesday that would open up much of the state’s commercial land for residential development. Read More...
When the bodies of eight missing sex workers are discovered at the home of a serial killer in Poughkeepsie, New York, Michelle Eason is noticeably absent. Police are still seeking Michelle decades after the case against Kendall Francois was closed, and they believe there’s a fair probability someone else is to blame for her disappearance.
Michelle Eason was last seen in Poughkeepsie, New York, in September 1997. She was last seen along Main Street. Read More...
Hey, Kevin Costner — want to make “The Untouchables 2”?
It’s got a pretty good plot. After taking down Al Capone, the real-life Eliot Ness achieved even greater law enforcement success in his next job as public safety director of Cleveland. The city, now with Capone out of Chicago, would become the most lawless and crooked metropolis in America.
Granted far wider power (after all, despite his celebrated over-achievements, Ness in Chicago was simply a federal Prohibition enforcer), the supercop not only brought the Cleveland mob to heel, cleaned up police bribe-taking and reduced crime dramatically, he did so with innovative practices that have become commonplace in law enforcement today. Read More...