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Dec 27 2021
Opinion
Though Obsessed with Donald Trump, the Media Was Blind to Brewing Threat of Violence
On December 27, the last Sunday of 2020, the news media struggled to offer any happy news in a year dominated by COVID and then by Donald Trump's post-election dissension.
COVID cases reached 80 million worldwide and over the weekend, the United States reached a grim indicator: 1 in 1,000 Americans had died in the pandemic. Los Angeles County alone was experiencing one COVID death every
Newsweek
Oct 14 2020
News
Mark Zuckerberg donates $100 million to election security after $300 million donation last month
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, will donate an additional $100 million to help with election security to the Center for Tech and Civic Life.
The announcement was made Tuesday. Zuckerberg and his wife last month donated $300 million to assist with election safety, and Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook on Tuesday that he and his wife want to continue to help
Just The News
Dec 27 2021
News
Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers
Pennsylvania had been installing historical markers for more than a century when the racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 brought a fresh round of questions from the public about just whose stories were being told on the state’s roadsides — and the language used to tell them.
The increased scrutiny helped prompt a review of all 2,500 markers by the Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Oct 13 2021
News
'End this nightmare!': Loudoun County parents demand resignation of superintendent over sexual assault claims
Dozens of parents, students, and others are demanding the resignation of a Loudoun County superintendent following outrage over claims of sexual assault.
Opponents say Superintendent Scott Ziegler should resign for allegedly overseeing cover-ups of two sexual assaults occurring on school grounds that were facilitated by the schools' transgender policy, according to Fox News .
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Washington Examiner
Jul 31 2021
News
CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts coronavirus outbreak were vaccinated but few required hospitalization
A sobering scientific analysis published Friday found that three-quarters of the people infected during an explosive coronavirus outbreak fueled by the delta variant were fully vaccinated. The report on the Massachusetts cases, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, offers key evidence bolstering the hypothesis that vaccinated people can spread the more transmissible variant and
Washington Post
Sep 23 2021
News
Taliban: Executions and strict punishments will return
Strict punishments such as hand amputations and executions will return in Afghanistan, one of the Taliban's founders said in an interview with the Associated Press.
Why it matters: Despite attempting to project a new image, the Taliban remain committed to a hard-line, conservative ideology, including harsh ruling tactics.
Details: Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, who was the justice
Axios
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Aug 14 2021
News
As Taliban Encircle Kabul, Afghan President Says He Seeks to Avoid Further Bloodshed
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said he started consultations on how to unite the country and prevent further bloodshed, as the Taliban tightened their grip, seizing additional provincial capitals.
Mr. Ghani, in his first public remarks since the Taliban swept through southern and western Afghanistan, capturing the major cities of Kandahar and Herat, said his priority is to
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 19 2020
News
Governors Divide By Party On Trump Plan To Reopen Businesses Shut By Coronavirus
As the death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise, governors around the U.S. are figuring out how to reopen their economies while still ensuring the safety of their citizens.
The White House released a three-phase plan on Thursday that would provide guidelines for when states might reopen. In a call with governors, Trump said states should begin loosening restrictions after new COVID-19
NPR (Online News)
Jul 19 2021
News
Democrats to Propose a Border Tax Based on Countries’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Democratic lawmakers on Monday will make public a plan to raise as much as $16 billion annually by imposing a tax on imports from China and other countries that are not significantly reducing the planet-warming pollution that they produce.
The tax would be levied regardless of whether Congress passed new laws to reduce emissions created by the United States. It would be designed to be
New York Times (News)