SAO PAULO (AP) — Gunmen in a car opened fire last November at Sao Paulo’s airport and killed a cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a daytime hit that was one of Brazil’s most shocking recent crimes. Police at the scene recovered three semiautomatic rifles that are restricted for civilian use. The case highlighted a growing trend: Restricted-use, […]

Canada’s auditor general wants to know whether the federal government is doing a good job protecting its assets — including dams, buildings, vehicles and more — from the increasingly severe impacts of climate change. The Department of National Defence received a notification letter — obtained by Canada’s National Observer through an access to information request […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order designating a decentralized movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, though whether he can actually do that remained unclear. Trump blames antifa for political violence. The Republican president said on social media last week during a state visit to the United Kingdom […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider expanding President Donald Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning a nearly century-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members. In a 6-3 decision, the high court also allowed the Republican president to carry out the firing of Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic […]

California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill that was signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and swiftly denounced by Trump administration officials. The ban is a direct response to recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, where […]

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, September 20th.   This week we have a lot of stories from both the Canadian Press and the Local Journalism Initiative informed by access to information — including new details on Canadian military procurements, RCMP body cameras, and whistleblowers raising alarms about New Brunswick Power.  On the […]

A judge has temporarily barred the federal government from collecting personal information about residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 21 states and Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney in California issued the temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday, and said a hearing would be held next […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The decision about whether to keep Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night ABC show depends on far more than his jokes. The choice is complicated by a web of business and regulatory considerations involving ABC’s parent company, other media companies and the Trump administration. It’s the inevitable result of industry consolidation that […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina fired its election director as the state negotiates with President Donald Trump’s administration about how to fulfill a federal demand to turn over records, including personal data on all voters. The chairman of the South Carolina State Election Commission gave no reason for the firing, which happened on a […]

Canada-wide protests are planned this weekend, a coalition of progressive civil society groups say, in what organizers call an emerging “common front” to elements of the new Liberal government’s agenda. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s support for new fossil fuel projects, expected public service cuts, expanded military support and new border measures are some of the […]

Public service workers in British Columbia are again escalating job action, picketing a citizens’ services office that issues services cards, processes freedom of information requests and facilitates the BC Bids procurement system. The BC General Employees’ Union says that in addition to the Ministry of Citizens’ Services office in Victoria, pickets have also gone up […]

A Nova Scotia home-sharing program that was billed as a tool to help address the housing shortage fell far short of the government’s initial target, documents released by the province show. In an email shared as part of a freedom of information request made by a member of the public, a housing strategist for Nova […]