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Top DOJ official warns of potential 'dangerous' shutdown impact on nation's cyber defenses

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Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the same regarding violent crime. A government shutdown could have a " dangerous " impact on the nation's cyber defenses as well as on state and federal efforts to combat violent crime, a top Justice Department official said Tuesday. "The cascading effects of something like this is really, I think, quite dangerous and quite irresponsible," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in an interview Tuesday morning with Washington Post Live. "We need to be able to give our employees certainty that they can come to work and do their job." With the Oct. 1 funding deadline looming, Monaco raised alarm over the thousands of staffers across DOJ's 115,000-plus workforce who could be furloughed as a result of a shutdown, as well as grants that could be stalled that aid local police departments around the country. In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo, the U.S. Department of Justice seal appears on a podium in Washing...

'Armed and dangerous' man escapes Kentucky facility: Sheriff

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Kentucky law enforcement is searching for an “armed and dangerous” man who escaped from a facility on Wednesday. Kentucky law enforcement officials are searching for an "armed and dangerous" man who escaped from a facility on Wednesday. Kyle Aaron Skaggs allegedly escaped from a Kentucky facility on Wednesday and is considered "armed and dangerous," according to the Fleming County Sheriff's Office. Officials in Kentucky did not disclose what Skaggs had been charged with in their press release about the escape . Information about Skaggs was not available on Kentucky's public inmate database. Kyle Aaron Skaggs is seen in undated images released by the Fleming County Sheriff on May 10, 2023. Fleming County Sheriff The Fleming County Sheriff's Office and Kentucky State Police did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. The escape follows several notable inmate escapes across the United States. Law enforcement in Philadelphia are s...