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Sep 24 2020
News
Breonna Taylor
“Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Breonna Taylor’s death and protesters took to the streets, authorities said two officers were shot and wounded Wednesday night… The violence comes after prosecutors said two officers who fired their weapons at Taylor, a Black woman, were justified in using force to protect themselves after they faced gunfire
The Flip Side
Jan 12 2021
News
Ex-Governor Rick Snyder Is Reportedly Being Charged for the Flint Water Crisis
Rick Snyder, the Republican governor of Michigan at the time of the toxic water crisis in Flint, will face charges for his role in the public health catastrophe that poisoned the city’s supply, according to the Associated Press.
Two people who know of the prosecution told the AP that the state attorney general’s office informed defense attorneys on the case that indictments were
Vice
Dec 27 2020
News
The Suspect In The Nashville RV Bombing Died In The Explosion
Law enforcement officials have identified the man behind the Nashville RV bombing on Christmas Day, saying they have now determined that he was killed in the explosion.
Police on Sunday told BuzzFeed News that Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, was the suspect. His identity was first confirmed to the Tennessean.
In a press conference later on Sunday, officials announced that DNA of human
BuzzFeed News
Feb 10 2021
Fact Check
Did the World Health Organization Say We Don’t Need to Wear Masks?
A viral Facebook post claims that the World Health Organization has said that “you do not need to wear a mask.” The post is a screenshot of a different post by John Sullivan, which appeared at a blog called Rainbow Warrior 2005, that says: “In a telling admission made on January 22, 2021, the World Health Organization now says there is no scientific medical reason for any healthy person to
The Dispatch
Jul 30 2019
News
Woman Charged As Hacker In Capital One Data Breach Exposing Over 100 Million Customers
A woman has been charged in connection with a hacking breach at Capital One bank that exposed information from more than 100 million credit applications over a 14-year period – what is thought to be one of the largest such attacks in recent years.
Authorities in Seattle have charged Paige A. Thompson, who also goes by the handle "erratic," with a single count of computer fraud. She
NPR (Online News)
Sep 19 2020
News
Barr creates firestorm with comments that appear to boost Trump's reelection campaign
Attorney General William Barr is facing fresh criticism over a series of appearances and provocative public remarks that appear to dovetail with key themes of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.
Barr has maintained an unusually high public profile as the presidential campaign gets into full swing, sometimes sounding more like a cable news pundit as he blames Democrats for
Politico
Jan 11 2021
News
Trump Banned From Twitter
“Twitter banned President Donald Trump’s account Friday, citing ‘the risk of further incitement of violence.’” (AP News)
“Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service popular with many right-leaning social media users has not taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting
The Flip Side
News Media
Divided We Fall
July 2021 Independent Review: Mixed Bias An independent review by AllSides staff found that Divided We Fall has a Mixed bias rating.
Jul 11 2021
News
Branson, Virgin Galactic Crew Pull Off Key Test Flight to Space
Billionaire Richard Branson and five Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. employees pulled off a key test flight to space, bolstering the company’s plans to debut tourism trips next year.
The VSS Unity space plane glided back through sunny skies to land in New Mexico at about 9:38 a.m. local time, shortly after detaching from a carrier aircraft and rocketing to an altitude of about 282,000
Bloomberg
Sep 07 2020
News
A New Report Says 93% of BLM Protests Have Been Peaceful
A report from the US Crisis Monitor found that 93% of protests associated with the Black Lives Matter movement have been peaceful, despite a highly polarized political climate and reports on the news emphasizing instances of destruction, looting and overall lawlessness.
The report analyzed recent protests spurred by the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, and it also
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