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Newport News substitute judge finds herself on the other side of the law

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Newport News substitute judge and lawyer pleaded guilty to two counts of tax fraud charges.

Nosuk Kim served on the bench as a substitute judge before resigning July 1st2022 and served previously on a state disciplinary committee for the Virginia State Bar, according to court officials.

The News 3 Investigative Team has been digging into the background of Nosuk Kim.

Her husband and business owner, Beyung Kim, was sentenced last August for his role in an elaborate scheme that wrongly awarded his company I-Tek millions of dollars in government contracts.

Federal prosecutors say Beyung Kim was sentenced to 58 months in prison, and his four employees were sentenced to a combined 93 months.

Court documents state that I-Tek got $7 million in government contracts that were supposed to be for disabled veterans and required items to be made in America. The group supplied

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Slain Chicago officer Ella French’s mother gets applause at congressional hearing on law enforcement safety

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The mother of slain Chicago officer Ella French received a round of applause Tuesday morning during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on law enforcement officer safety.

Two brothers, 22-year-old Eric Morgan and 21-year-old Monty “Emonte” Morgan, are accused of fatally shooting French, who was 29 at the time of her death, while she was conducting a traffic stop in August 2021.

“Officer Ella French is remembered for her beloved and profound generosity and her passion for service,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said during the hearing. “My wife and I went down to St. Rita Chapel to join in the memorial service. We have never seen an outpouring of grief like we saw that day. We joined hundreds, maybe thousands, of mourners that were there. Ella’s mother, Elizabeth French, is here with us today. I want to thank her personally

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California gun legislation: Gov. Newsom signs bills focusing on school safety, sale regulations and convicted abusers

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The state — amid a series of high-profile mass shootings that have spurred a national conversation on gun ownership — has passed multiple new measures this month, including allowing for gun violence victims to file civil suits against companies that manufacture the firearms used in crimes.
One of the eight laws signed on Thursday includes a 10-year prohibition on gun possession if someone is convicted of child abuse or elder abuse, according to a news release from the governor’s office.
California governor signs law allowing gun violence victims to sue firearm manufacturers for damages

Another law now requires schools to share information on child access prevention laws and safe firearm storage, as well as mandated reporting to law enforcement of any threat or perceived threat of a homicidal act.

“California has the toughest gun safety laws in the nation, but none of us can afford to be

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Josh Hawley accused of transphobic line of questioning during sharp exchange with law professor

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Following the Supreme Court’s ruling last month, some progressives have increasing used the term “pregnant people” — as opposed to “women” — to refer to those whose right to abortion they seek to protect, in an effort to recognize that transgender men and non-binary people are also affected by the court’s decision, which overturned the 1973 landmark ruling that had made access to abortion a federal constitutional right.

“You refer to ‘people with a capacity for pregnancy.’ Would that be women?” Hawley asked Khiara Bridges, a law professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, during the sharp exchange at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

“Many women, cis women, have the capacity for pregnancy, many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy,” Bridges replied. “There are also trans men who are capable of pregnancy, as well as non-binary people who are capable of pregnancy.”

Pressed by Hawley about what

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NYC sues ‘illegal’ Airbnb operator under new law governing short-term rentals

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New York City officials have filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the owners of a brownstone in Midtown for illegally renting their units on Airbnb.

The lawsuit comes under a relatively recent New York City law that requires rental platforms like Airbnb to give information about short-term listings to the major’s office — such as the identity of the host and which bank accounts payments were made to. The city was able to discover the identity of the host from data obtained by Airbnb. The suit was filed as New York City is in the grip of a tight housing market, with critics blaming Airbnb for the squeeze by reserving units exclusively for tourists.

Hosts can only offer rentals for less than 30 days and only if they stay with their guests, with a limit of up to two guests, according to New York city and state law.

“We’re not going

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