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Month: May 2021

‘They think we’re like servants’: Inside the fractured relationship between the Capitol Police and members of Congress

In the weeks after the January 6 riot, Capitol Police officers were shell-shocked and wounded, both physically and psychologically. They’d been through hell, they’d sacrificed their bodies, they’d lost colleagues who died as a result of the attack. But in the end they had safeguarded democracy and upheld their primary directive: Secure and protect the

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New DHS directive will require critical pipelines to comply with federal cybersecurity measures

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will mandate that critical pipeline operators comply with several cybersecurity measures, including reporting cybersecurity incidents to the department within 12 hours, according to DHS officials. In the wake of the debilitating ransomware attack earlier this month on Colonial Pipeline, which operates a major fuel pipeline, department officials rushed

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Democratic congressman stresses risk of not investigating Capitol attack: ‘We have a domestic terror movement in America’

Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat and veteran who helped comfort other lawmakers during the US Capitol insurrection, said Wednesday evening there’s a “domestic terror movement” in the US as he sought to highlight the risk of not investigating the January 6 riot. “We have a domestic terror movement in America. It has been enabled,

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Judge says Trump’s ‘steady drumbeat’ of the Big Lie could continue to inspire his supporters to take up arms

A federal judge on Wednesday wrote that Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from him could still inspire some of the former President’s supporters to take up arms, as they did in January during the deadly US Capitol insurrection. The judge’s blunt assessment of the current, charged political climate came in

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The Vessel in New York is reopening, focusing on suicide prevention after three young adults took their own lives there

One of New York City’s newer tourist attractions is reopening to the public with a focus on suicide prevention after three young adults took their own lives there over the last year. The climbable, 150-foot-tall staircase, known as the “Vessel,” located at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, closed for visitors in January after a 21-year-old man

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Obama says ‘institutional role’ constrained his comments on Ferguson and Trayvon Martin cases while President

Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday reflected on the frustration he had felt in office when his “institutional role” limited his ability to comment on federal investigations into the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. “I went as far as I could just commenting on cases like Trayvon Martin or what was happening

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A transgender woman placed in a men’s prison after alleging abuse has been moved to a women’s facility

A transgender woman placed in a men’s prison after filing a lawsuit alleging abuse at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women has been moved to an out-of-state women’s facility, according to her lawyer. Rae Rollins had filed a lawsuit in March, alleging she was one of several inmates attacked by corrections officers at

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Biden and Congress face increasing pressure from some Black leaders to enact police reform

President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal lawmakers have made little progress with police reform one year after George Floyd’s death. Activists say they are demanding that the Senate pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which remains stalled amid

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An alligator from Louisiana was discovered on a South Texas beach over 400 miles away, raising questions about how it got there

When members of the National Park Service’s (NPS) turtle patrol were scouting the South Texas shore for sea turtles, they spotted an unusual visitor — an American alligator. The alligator was discovered on the sandy Malaquite Beach on the Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi on Monday. The reptile is thought to have floated

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Former Penn State President Graham Spanier will start prison sentence on July 9, judge rules

Graham Spanier, the former Pennsylvania State University president convicted of one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the Jerry Sandusky scandal, will start his two-month prison sentence on July 9, according to court records and the state attorney general’s office. Spanier, 72, along with two other administrators, failed to

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Law enforcement groups endorse Biden’s pick for ATF director ahead of confirmation hearing

Several national organizations representing law enforcement officers are applauding President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ahead of his confirmation hearing Wednesday, according to correspondence obtained by CNN. In a series of letters addressed to the Senate Judiciary Committee, national policing groups endorsed the nomination of David Chipman

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Activist investor ousts at least two Exxon directors in historic win for pro-climate campaign

A hedge fund that’s criticized ExxonMobil’s climate strategy won enough shareholder support to oust at least two directors from the oil giant’s board, a major loss for the once-mighty company. For the first time in modern history, America’s largest oil company faced a credible challenge from an activist investor, Engine No. 1. Upset with Exxon’s

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A member of BTS says he learned English by watching ‘Friends.’ Now the band is appearing on the show’s reunion special

BTS’ blend of catchy music, slick choreography and camera-ready looks have made them a global sensation. Now the K-pop band will check off another milestone on its long list of achievements. After conquering the American music market — and McDonald’s — BTS’ members will make a cameo on the highly anticipated “Friends” reunion special premiering

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Japanese American activists relive painful past hoping Asian hate doesn’t repeat history

Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — The recent spike in Asian hate incidents has local activists pushing to prevent another painful past. They remember being forced from their homes and hauled off to Japanese internment camps during World War II. Considering today’s Asian hate, they’re sharing their stories during AAPI heritage

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Karine Jean-Pierre becomes first Black woman in 30 years to host daily White House press briefing

White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday became the second Black woman in history to hold the daily press briefing Wednesday, saying that while she appreciates the “historic nature” of the moment she also acknowledges that the White House is not about “one person.” “It’s a real honor to be standing here

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Pompeo-led effort to hunt down Covid lab theory shut down by Biden administration over concerns about quality of evidence

President Joe Biden‘s team shut down a closely-held State Department effort launched late in the Trump administration to prove the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab over concerns about the quality of its work, according to three sources familiar with the decision. The existence of the State Department inquiry and its termination this spring by

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