Colleen Long

Colleen Long

May 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Biden Says 'Brown' Was About More Than Education

He met with plaintiffs from the Brown court case in the Oval Office on Thursday and courted voters in Atlanta and Milwaukee with a pair of Black radio interviews. On Sunday, he delivered the commencement speech at Morehouse College

By Seung Min Kim and Colleen Long | The Associated Press

3 minute read

April 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Biden Commutes Sentences of 31 Convicted of Drug Crimes

Many would have gotten a lower sentence if they were charged today with the same offense because of changes in the laws. A commuted sentence means they'll spend less time in home confinement.

By Colleen Long | The Associated Press

3 minute read

March 15, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Secret Service Study of Yoga Class Shooting Shows Misogyny

At times, the shooter's behavior "elicited concern from parents, siblings, friends, roommates, coworkers, workplace managers, school officials, students, law enforcement, the online community, neighbors and other community members," the study said.

By Colleen Long

3 minute read

November 24, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Fighting Gas Prices, US to Release 50 Million Barrels of Oil

President Joe Biden ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America's strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with…

By Josh Boak and Colleen Long

7 minute read

June 24, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Trump Postpones Nationwide Immigration Enforcement Sweep

Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders had expressed serious concerns that officers' safety would be in jeopardy because too many details about the raids had been made public.

By Colleen Long and Lisa Mascaro

5 minute read

March 06, 2019 | Daily Business Review

More Migrants Crossing US Southern Border in Large Groups

More than 76,000 migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border last month, more than double the number from the same period last year.

By Colleen Long

5 minute read

July 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Protesters Object to Prosecution by NYPD Attorneys

Arminta Jeffryes was arrested while protesting police brutality. Then an NYPD lawyer stepped in to prosecute the jaywalking charge against her, in a low-level court that usually has no prosecutors at all. While many similar cases get dismissed without any admission of guilt, Jeffryes' lawyer says the police attorney wouldn't agree to a dismissal unless Jeffryes said her arrest was legitimate, which she contests.

By Jennifer Peltz and Colleen Long

5 minute read

February 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Man Convicted of Murder, Kidnapping in Retrial of 1979 Missing Boy Case

A former store clerk was convicted of murder Tuesday in one of the nation's most haunting missing-child cases, nearly 38 years after 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on the way to the school bus stop.

By Colleen Long

8 minute read

January 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Prosecutor: Defendant Stalked Etan Patz Before Slaying Him Nearly 38 Years Ago

Pedro Hernandez, the government argued Tuesday, watched 6-year-old Etan Patz from the corner store where he worked all those years ago. He knew the little boy liked to get treats there, and that he waited for the school bus in the morning without adult supervision.

By Colleen Long

6 minute read

January 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Lawyer in Patz Case Offers Coercion Defense in Retrial's Closing Arguments

The man on trial again for murder in the case of a 6-year-old New York City boy who vanished 37 years ago is innocent, and his surprise confession in one of the nation's most influential missing children's cases was wrongly obtained, his lawyer said Monday.

By Colleen Long

6 minute read