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President Joe Biden told a hangar of US troops on Wednesday he was in Europe to defend the very concept of democracy, setting high stakes for his first presidential trip abroad and warning Russian President Vladimir Putin he planned to raise touchy issues during their upcoming summit. “I’m headed to the G7, then to the
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Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena donated $1 million to the school in order to establish a new center focused on policing. The new Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform at the University of Mississippi looks to “build relationships and share data with policing agencies as well as use the
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(CNN Español) — La organización de derechos humanos Human Rights Watch denunció en un nuevo informe «brutalidad policial» contra manifestantes en Colombia y pidió al Gobierno del presidente Iván Duque «tomar medidas urgentes para proteger los derechos humanos» de quienes protestan, y llevar ante la justicia a los responsables de estos hechos. El reporte publicado
Continue ReadingFacebook is giving its employees more flexibility to work outside the office — and Mark Zuckerberg is leading by example. The Facebook CEO told employees in a memo Wednesday that he plans to work remotely for at least half of the next year, a company spokesperson confirmed to CNN Business. The memo was previously reported
Continue Reading A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled that two organizations linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny are “extremist” groups — forcing them to shut down and rendering their members ineligible to run in upcoming elections. Wednesday’s ruling targeted both Navalny’s regional political offices and the Anti-Corruption Foundation which he founded. The foundation, known as FBK,
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The federal judge who overturned California’s decades-old assault weapons ban last week opened his 94-page ruling with an eye-opening analogy. “Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment,” US District Judge Roger T. Benitez wrote. In another section, he downplayed the risk
Continue ReadingDemocratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that it’s time for his party to move forward on infrastructure legislation without Republican agreement, asserting that members of his party “cannot just sort of twiddle our thumbs at the negotiating table while the time fritters away.” After several weeks of talks, including multiple meetings in the Oval
Continue Reading A Los Angeles County contractor was charged with felony grand theft after more than 500 blank vaccine cards were stolen from a vaccination center at the Pomona Fairplex, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office announced Wednesday. Officers responded to the vaccine site on April 27 and found an employee had stolen blank cards and
Continue Reading (CNN)– Cuando el presidente Joe Biden dijo a los funcionarios esta primavera que quería reunirse pronto con su homólogo ruso para celebrar una cumbre, su equipo se puso manos a la obra de inmediato para hacerla realidad, aunque algunos se preguntaron qué era lo que realmente esperaba conseguir.Las dos últimas administraciones, incluida la de Biden
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A 42-year-old man accused of holding up banks in Banning bank and Hemet by pretending to have a gun concealed in his shirt will stand trial on a pair of robbery counts, a judge ruled today. Aaron Sterling Gefrerer of Cathedral City was arrested last month after a Banning Police Department investigation, with assistance from
Continue ReadingFormer Trump White House counsel Don McGahn confirmed before a congressional panel last week that former President Donald Trump urged him to oust special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia, according to a transcript released Wednesday. The closed-door interview on June 4 was the culmination of a two-year court fight
Continue ReadingThe United States, in coordination with allies, will impose new sanctions on Belarus “soon,” US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher said Tuesday. The US envoy to Minsk — who has been denied a visa to take up her post there — said the Biden administration is working with partners like Canada, the European Union and
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The impact of Covid-19 on global livability has been absolutely devastating. Well over a year into the pandemic, ongoing health crises, border closures and lockdowns are continuing to affect millions of people around the world. But some destinations have fared much better than others in managing the virus, meaning those who live there were able
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Tres personas estaban siendo tratadas por heridas de bala que no amenazaban su vida el miércoles por la mañana después de un tiroteo en un vecindario de Coachella. El Departamento del Alguacil del Condado de Riverside dijo que los agentes de la Estación Termal fueron llamados a un tiroteo a lo largo de la cuadra
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Un grupo de personas que recorre el Pais, en una camioneta termino en el Hospital después de sufrir un problema médico mientras se encontraba en la Interestatal 10 cerca de Desert Center. Las unidades médicas y policiales fueron llamadas a Red Cloud Mine Road, que se encuentra entre Desert Center y Chiraco Summit, aproximadamente a
Continue Reading A special prosecutor and independent investigator filed charges against three Columbus, Ohio, police officers Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct during the George Floyd protests last summer, according to the city’s Department of Public Safety. “We are continuing the investigations into possible misconduct by other officers,” special prosecutor Kathleen Garber said in
Continue ReadingThe meat supplier JBS USA paid an $11 million ransom in response to a cyberattack that led to the shutdown of its entire US beef processing operation last week, the company said in a statement Wednesday evening. The ransom was paid after most of the company’s facilities had come back online, JBS said. “This was
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A group traveling across the United States in a sprinter-type van is now on their way to a hospital after suffering a medical issue while on Interstate 10 near Desert Center. Medical and police units were called out to Red Cloud Mine Road, which is located between Desert Center and Chiraco Summit, at approximately 3:11
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