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The global pandemic has made Halloween especially scary this year. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines on how to celebrate the holiday in a fun and safe manner. The CDC divided the suggestions into three categories: “lower risk activities,” “moderate risk activities,” and “higher risk activities.” The latter underscores the importance of social distancing, […]
The fourth Tuesday of every September is National Voter Registration Day. This year, the holiday falls a month and a half before one of the most crucial elections in modern U.S. history. Typically, every election is critical, but with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on our public health, educational system, and economy, the 2020 presidential […]
The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon frivolously spent most of the $1 billion given to it by Congress on jet engine parts and body armor, even though the money was meant to address the need for medical supplies in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Defense Department was supplied with the large sum of taxpayer money through […]
The Louisville Metro Police Department announced a state of emergency, effective immediately, in preparation for the announcement from Attorney General Daniel Cameron in regards to Breonna Taylor’s case. “To ensure we have the appropriate level of staffing to provide for public safety services and our policing functions, effective immediately the LMPD will operate under the emergency staffing and […]
On Monday, an officer for the New York Police Department was charged for allegedly spying on Tibetan New Yorkers on behalf of the Chinese government. A criminal complaint spells out the accusations against 33-year-old Baimadajie Angwang, with that complaint saying that Angwang served as an illegal agent who was at the “direction and control” of Chinese government officials […]
Americans broke into stores and took whatever they could in response to George Floyd’s gruesome murder and rampant police brutality. Many saw it as looting. Some saw it as protesting. Others viewed it as disrupters co-opting the peaceful demonstrations. But Ariel Atkins, a Black Lives Matter organizer in Chicago, saw it as something more justifiable: reparations. […]
Federal agents have reportedly launched an investigation after a package containing a lethal poison was sent to Donald Trump. Law enforcement officials told CNN the package was intercepted earlier this week at a mail-sorting facility outside the White House. Sources say two subsequent tests were performed, which ultimately confirmed that the package contained ricin—a highly toxic substance found in castor […]
Following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday at age 87, Democratic donors came together to raise over $30 million for Democratic candidates and causes. As the New York Times reports, Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue received a record-breaking number of donations after the news broke. Single-hour donation records were broken at around 9 p.m. ET last night with $6.2 million […]
A Utah officer has been charged with felony assault after he ordered his police dog to attack a Black man who was complying with officers’ orders. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, the incident took place on April 24, when authorities responded to a domestic disturbance report at a Salt Lake City residence. Bodycam footage shows […]
On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the U.S. should be able to secure enough doses of COVID-19 vaccine to get the country back to “regular life” by the third quarter of 2021. That organization’s director, Dr. Robert Redfield, relayed his expectation to a Senate panel that vaccines should be ready […]
