Hill [Washington DC],
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Niall Stanage
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Outrage is rising among Democrats over events in the Middle East — and it’s aimed at Israel. A previous generation of Democrats leaned heavily into the idea of Israel as a stalwart U.S. ally. U.S. criticism of Israel was muted or nonexistent, and Washington often acted as a bulwark against international opprobrium. But the progressives on the rise today are more likely to draw parallels between the plight of the Palestinians and the injustices faced by Black Americans, or to compare Israel’s posture with apartheid-era South Africa.“I know what it’s like to be brutalized for simply advocating for my own
KMSP-TV [Eden Prairie MN],
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Babs Santos
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MINNEAPOLIS - A church in Minneapolis is searching for answers after land that it owns was recently occupied by a large homeless encampment. "They have no place to go, but at the same time I don’t think it’s appropriate to just go and conquer private property," church chairman Andualem Emiru told FOX 9. (Snip) "We are expecting maybe more people [are] going to show up there," church chairman Melaku Weldetsadik continued. "We called the police and they showed up and they told us that they have not enough force to remove them." Weldetsadik’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church owns the nearly 3-acre
New York Times,
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Ian Prasad Philbrick
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On March 21, 1950, an Illinois congressman named Ralph Church suddenly slumped in his seat while testifying before a House committee. His colleagues rushed to administer aid, but he was pronounced dead of a heart attack at 66. He was neither the first nor the last member of Congress to die in office. ''You look back in history, nearly 1 in 10 members of Congress have,” said Jane L. Campbell, president of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. That history has some Democrats worried that deaths or illnesses could derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to pass ambitious bills through Congress, which
KKTV-TV [Colorado Springs CO],
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Lindsey Grewe
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A gunman opened fire during a birthday party early Sunday morning, leaving behind a horrific scene with more than half a dozen dead inside a mobile home. “Words fall short to describe the tragedy that took place this morning,” said Colorado Springs Police Chief Vince Niski. The party was being held at a home on Preakness Way inside the Canterbury Manufactured Home Community on the east side of the city. Police say the celebration was still in full swing at 12:40 a.m. when the boyfriend of one of the victims barged in with a gun and
KTTV-TV [Los Angeles, CA],
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Susan Hirasuna
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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment crews removed 35.7 tons of solid waste from Echo Park Lake since the park's closure on March 25, and a news report Thursday indicated that the park could reopen by the end of the month. According to LASAN documents, posted by the Los Angeles Times Thursday, cleanup crews removed 723.5 pounds of biological waste and 300 pounds of hazardous waste, which included ignitable, paint, sharp objects and drug paraphernalia. (Snip) On top of possessions, drug paraphernalia and dangerous waste, crews found plenty of… urine. "I couldn't believe it," said Echo Park resident
CNN,
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Faith Karimi
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As protesters take to the streets to fight for racial equality in the United States, experts in digital technology are quietly tackling a lesser known but related injustice. It's called techno-racism. And while you may not have heard of it, it's baked into some of the technology we encounter every day. Digital technologies used by government agencies and private companies can unwittingly discriminate against people of color, making techno-racism a new and crucial part of the battle for civil rights, experts say.
"It's not just the physical streets. Black folks now have to fight the civil rights fight on the
Business Insider,
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Manny Fidel
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It's already ridiculous that the foundation of this country relies on who the president is when one of nine geriatric Supreme Court justices either dies or retires. It's doubly ridiculous then, that a Supreme Court justice would understand this fickle structure, see its constant abuse by one political side, and yet refuse to retire when the party that most aligns with their judicial philosophy is in power. (Snip) Apparently, history really does repeat itself, as another left-leaning, 80-something year-old Supreme Court justice is refusing to retire at a time when the Democrats have a precarious hold on the Senate, and
CBS News,
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Staff
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New York City is still using refrigerated trucks to store bodies of coronavirus victims, more than a year after they were first set up as temporary morgues as deaths surged at at the height of the pandemic. The city's medical examiner's office said Friday that 750 bodies are being kept in long-term storage in refrigerated trailers at a Brooklyn pier while family members sort out plans for their final resting places. Dina Maniotis, a deputy commissioner with the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, told a city council committee on Wednesday that many of the bodies held at the 39th Street
Daily Caller,
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Mary Margaret Olohan
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The Republican party in Texas is drawing Hispanic voters disillusioned by the Democratic party’s extreme values, two female Hispanic Republican leaders with Democratic backgrounds told the Daily Caller News Foundation. South Texas saw both a liberal decline and a conservative surge during the 2020 election, the New York Times reported, a surge that has emboldened Republicans hoping to win in Latino communities throughout the United States. Hispanic female Republicans are stepping up to the plate, the publication reported. “I am starting to see this need to connect with the Hispanic community and let them know nationwide that it’s the Republican
USA Today,
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Doyle Rice
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A huge section of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket is falling back to Earth and debris may land sometime Saturday evening or later — if the rocket doesn't burn up on the way down. The rocket could hit Earth around 11:30 p.m. EST Saturday, according to calculations by Aerospace Corporation, a California-based non-profit group that operates a space research and development center.
Where, exactly, remains a mystery — for now. As of Saturday morning, Aerospace Corporation's projections put a large swath of the U.S. near projected paths of the rocket after the predicted reentry time. A Saturday morning projection placed
NBC News,
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Minyvonne Burke
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Providence, Rhode Island, police released body camera video after a man who was handcuffed by officers died. The footage is from one of several officers who responded to a call around 12:30 a.m. ET Friday about a man, identified as Joseph Ventre, 34, screaming in the middle of the street. When the video begins, Ventre is heard yelling. Two other officers are already on the scene. The three police officers walk around a chain-link fence to a grassy field, where Ventre is seen rolling around on the ground. Several minutes pass before officers approach Ventre and try to calm
Washington Examiner,
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Paul Bedard
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This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden stumbling out of a troubled week noted most for a surprising pullback in job growth and evidence of growing inflation. Democratic pollster John Zogby graded a subpar C-, noting the economic troubles faced by the new president. “No matter which you cut it, a bad week for Joe Biden,” he said in his report. Conservative analyst Jed Babbin added other Biden blunders to his list and grading D-. “You gotta wonder if anyone in the White House has a clue about the real world,” he wrote. John Zogby Grade: C-
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Seems grisly. If next-of-kin have not claimed the body by now I think they deserve a final resting place.