California
Secret criteriafor U.S. no-fly list upheld by appeals court
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The largely secret criteria for the U.S. government's no-fly list have been upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case involving four people who sued over being barred from flying.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a three-judge panel ruled Monday that the government has gone as far as the law requires in explaining the listing of each plaintiff without breaching national security.
The no-fly list has prevented thousands of people from boarding commercial aircraft flying to, from or over the U.S. since 2001.
The four plaintiffs in the lawsuit are U.S. citizens with no criminal records who have been barred from flying for nine years or more.
They claim federal officials have offered only vague reasons for why they are on the list.
Florida
Woman gets 50-year sentence for crash that killed 3
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A judge in Florida sentenced a 31-year-old woman to 50 years in prison for causing a drunk driving crash that killed a family of three.
Before handing down the sentence on Tuesday, Hillsborough Circuit Judge Christopher Sabella referenced a jail cell call recorded after Amber Perera's arrest in which she told a family member her life was ruined.
The Tampa Bay Times reports Sabella told Perera she also ruined a lot of other lives and ended three others.
The 2017 crash in Tampa killed 29-year-old Rita Felipak, 41-year-old Luiz Felipak and their 8-year-old daughter Giorgia.
Prosecutors asked for a life sentence during an emotional sentencing hearing on Friday. Perera's attorney asked for 20 years followed by probation.
The judge said he needed the weekend to mull over what he'd heard.
Virginia
McAuliffe joining law firm's privacy and cyber think tank
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is joining a global law firm's privacy and cybersecurity think tank.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced Tuesday that McAuliffe will be a global strategy adviser at its Centre for Information Policy Leadership .
The firm said in a news release that McAuliffe will work on privacy and data security policy initiatives aimed at helping companies deal with risks, as well as the development of "next-generation privacy principles" to facilitate the secure exchange of global digital information.
As governor, McAuliffe routinely promoted Virginia's cybersecurity industry and took steps to increase the number of workers in that field.
The Democrat, who ruled out a 2020 presidential bid earlier this year, served as governor from 2014 to 2018. State law prohibited him from serving consecutive terms.
Published: Wed, Oct 23, 2019
