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Mar 25 2023
Headline Roundup
Tornado Leaves Dozens Dead, Injured in Rural Mississippi
At least 26 people are dead and dozens more injured after a tornado touched down in Mississippi Friday night.
Details: The tornado touched down around 9 p.m. local time, pushing north-east across Mississippi into Alabama. The casualty toll is expected to rise as search and rescue efforts continue, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The town of Rolling Fork,
Associated Press Reuters New York Post (News)Jun 11 2012
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House oversight committee schedules contempt vote for Holder
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a vote for next week to consider holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the controversial Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation. Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released a 64-page memo in early May outlining the case for holding the attorney general in contempt. The chairman based his
Fox News (Online News)Mar 21 2023
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Los Angeles School District Shut Down as Teachers Join Strike
Teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District joined striking support staff on Tuesday, halting schooling for over 400,000 students in the district in what is currently slated to be a three-day strike.
For Context: The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second-largest district in the country. Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, composed of aides, special
Los Angeles Times New York Post (News) ReutersAug 01 2014
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Former Senator Says Huge Breakthrough Is Coming With Classified 9/11 Information
It has been nearly 13 years since terrorist hijackers turned passenger planes into weapons and flew innocent civilians into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, turning the sunny New York City skyline black from flaming debris and burning buildings.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks — while towers of mangled metal still smoldered in Manhattan, piles of concrete and glass rested
The BlazeMay 31 2012
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The Fine Political Art Of Jobs Forecasting
Friday is jobs day, when the federal government releases its monthly unemployment report. It's also just about five months before the presidential election.
When the two presidential contenders talk about unemployment, they're trying to balance their rhetoric between optimism, pessimism and reality.
It's pretty easy to figure out the political consequences of an economy adding
NPR (Online News)Mar 19 2023
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Putin Visits Occupied City Of Mariupol
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Mariupol.
The Details: Putin was visiting Crimea on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine, before reportedly flying to Mariupol via helicopter. The Russian President drove around the city, spoke to local residents, and visited the Philharmonic Hall, which previously held trials of surrendered
Fox News (Online News) BBC News Associated PressApr 11 2024
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Speaker Johnson Faces Potential Republican Revolt Over Ukraine Aid
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) is threatening to force a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–LA).
For Context: In October, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the speakership. After weeks of debate, Johnson secured the gavel. But Republicans’ majority in Congress has shrunk since October. Last month, Green filed a motion to vacate. If Green forces a vote
Business Insider Newsweek The Western JournalAug 03 2023
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Facebook Starts Blocking News in Canada
Meta has begun to block news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, after the country passed legislation requiring tech companies to pay news organizations for hosting their content.
The Details: Canada passed the Online News Act in June, mandating tech platforms to negotiate payments with news companies. Advocates for the law say social media platforms profit off of news
CNN Business The Hill Washington TimesAug 02 2023
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Jury Gives Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter Death Penalty Sentence
A federal jury on Wednesday decided Robert Bowers, the man who killed 11 people at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018, should be sentenced to death.
Details: In June, Bowers was found guilty of 11 counts of “obstructing the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death,” a capital offense. During the trial, his lawyer did not dispute that Bower was the gunman but instead
Reuters Washington Examiner Associated PressJul 15 2020
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Media Bias Alert: Texas Paper Levels With Readers After Reprinting Biased AP Story
AllSides is proud of the work we do to promote information literacy and awareness of media bias. And when other media companies share that goal, we’re happy to acknowledge it — even when it comes as an unfortunate consequence of bias from major media outlets.
The Lufkin Daily News is a newspaper serving Lukfin, Texas, a city of roughly 35,000 located in the state’s Deep East region.
Henry A. Brechter