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Nov 15 2022
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Travelers Face Big Jump in Airfares as Holidays Approach
Travel booking app Hopper says that holiday-season airfares will be 43% higher than last year. By comparison, consumer inflation was up 7.7% in October from a year before. So why are airfares rising more steeply?
For Context: The combination of rising energy costs, rebounding travel from the early COVID-19 pandemic, and an ongoing pilot shortage is causing problems for the airline
Fortune Newsmax (News) USA TODAYNov 04 2020
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Election Night Recap: Swing States Predict Delays, Trump Calls for SCOTUS Action
A presidential winner has yet to be announced as of Wednesday afternoon. The race remains close, and some states have suggested it could be several days before their results are fully counted. Biden said "we believe we're on track to win this election" to a Delaware crowd Tuesday evening, highlighting his "unexpected" leads in Arizona and Minnesota. Trump claimed Democrats were trying to "
USA TODAY Fox News (Online News) Washington PostSep 06 2023
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61 Indicted in Georgia on RICO Charges Over 'Cop City' Unrest
Sixty-one people have been indicted on racketeering charges in Atlanta under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) over protests and unrest around "Cop City."
Key Details: The indictment was released on Tuesday, and accused the defendants of acting as "militant anarchists." Activists say that the $90 million site of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training
Associated Press Washington Times NewsNationFeb 07 2023
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Biden Delivers Second State of the Union to Divided Congress
President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address Tuesday night, praising bipartisan legislative efforts and promoting Democratic policies before a divided congress.
Details: Throughout the speech, Biden emphasized growth and recovery in America— from the nation’s continued emergence out of the COVID-19 pandemic to federal investments in infrastructure laid out in the
The Hill The Daily Wire Associated PressMar 28 2023
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At Least 7 Dead in Nashville Elementary School Shooting
A shooter killed at least three children and three adults at the Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday.
The Details: Police identified the shooter as 28-year-old Nashville resident Audrey Hale, a former student of the school. Hale died after being shot by police. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the shooter may have held "some
BBC News NPR (Online News) New York Post (News)Sep 27 2020
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Trump Rolls Out 'Platinum Plan' for Black Communities
On Friday, President Donald Trump rolled out his Platinum Plan, which designates $500 billion for black communities and entrepreneurs to increase capital access and promises to open 500,000 new black businesses and 3 million jobs for black Americans. The plan also recognizes Juneteenth as an official holiday, and promises to “prosecute the KKK and ANTIFA as terrorist organizations and make
Washington Post Forbes Fox News (Online News)Jun 16 2016
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Orlando Shooting Analysis
In the wake of the devastating terrorist attack at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, America has had much to grieve, think about, and debate. This was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and it has greatly intensified public debate on at least three different political hot buttons: gun legislation, terrorism and religion, plus LGBTQ issues. In an Op-Ed I wrote for the Christian Science Monitor John Gable, AllSides Co-founderJun 22 2020
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US Soldier Charged With Plotting Against Own Unit, Leaking Info to Neo-Nazis
A U.S. Army soldier was charged with leaking his own unit's overseas deployment information to an extremist group, with the intention of getting the group to attack his unit. Pvt. Ethan Phelan Melzer faces several attempted murder charges with a maximum sentence of life in prison for communicating sensitive information to the Order of Nine Angles, which the U.S. Department of Justice described
NBC News (Online) BBC News Washington ExaminerJan 13 2024
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DOJ Seeks Death Penalty in Case Against 2022 Buffalo Mass Shooter
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking the death penalty against Payton Gendron, the 2022 Buffalo supermarket mass shooter.
The Details: This marks the first time the DOJ under President Biden has authorized a new attempt at capital punishment. The state of New York does not have the death penalty; however, the DOJ can seek the penalty due to a separate federal hate crimes case
Fox News (Online News) New York Daily News BBC NewsSep 10 2020
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Senate Democrats Block Republican COVID-19 Relief Bill
Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-backed COVID-19 coronavirus relief bill on Thursday, perpetuating the partisan relief package stalemate. The proposal, titled "Delivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act", included additional unemployment benefits, education funding and liability protections for businesses and health care facilities. The roughly $
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