Mitchell G. Patton

After another disappointing season, New England Patriots Head coach Bill Belichick is getting busy finding ways to improve ahead of the 2023 season. But when asked by reporters Monday if quarterback Mac Jones would be part of that picture, Belichick seemed evasive. During a news conference Monday morning, Belichick was asked if he sophomore quarterback would he return as the Patriots' starter or if his position was among those to be reevaluated in the offseason. Mac Jones of the New England Patriots attempts a pass against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on January 8, 2023 in Orchard Park, New…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Meta to file a lawsuit alleging that an Israeli company illegally accessed WhatsApp's servers by installing spyware on users' devices.The judges rejected NSO Group Technologies' appeal, arguing that it was immune from suit because it was acting on behalf of unidentified foreign governments. Meta owns the messaging platform WhatsApp, as well as the social networking sites Facebook and Instagram. The case will now move forward in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit, filed in October 2019, alleges that NSO violated various laws, including the federal Computer…

A US Army lieutenant who was pepper-sprayed, beaten and handcuffed by police in rural Virginia but never arrested will argue before a jury that he was assaulted and falsely imprisoned and that his vehicle was illegally searched.Video of the 2020 traffic stop garnered millions of views the following year after Caron Nazario filed the now-hearing federal lawsuit, highlighting fears of mistreatment among black drivers and intensifying scrutiny of the boundaries of police conduct. reasonable and lawful.The episode it also served as a grim sign for many African Americans that military uniforms do not necessarily protect against abuse of authority by…

MOSCOW, Idaho — Some University of Idaho students will be carrying maces and heavy flashlights as they return to campus this week for a new semester, less than two weeks after a suspect was arrested in the murders of four fellow students.As they unpacked bags and boxes over the weekend, students from the University of Idaho and Washington State University in nearby Pullman, where the suspect had enrolled, expressed relief and caution at the arrest following a six-week search. . Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was arrested Dec. 30 and charged with four counts of murder in the Nov. 13 stabbing…