Washington — Families and victims of the 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in South Carolina and the Department of Justice have reached a multimillion dollar settlement over multiple lawsuits in which the families alleged federal regulators failed to prevent convicted murderer and white supremacist Dylann Roof from purchasing the …
Read More »At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID and 269 died, report says
At least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry in 2020. Those numbers are about three times higher than previously thought, according to a new U.S. House report released Wednesday. With workers standing shoulder-to-shoulder along production lines, the meatpacking …
Read More »Police say bystanders “should’ve intervened” as woman was raped on Philadelphia train
Police said a woman was raped on a suburban Philadelphia train on October 13 and there were “a lot of people” around who “should have done something,” but the district attorney later disputed aspects of that account regarding the bystanders. Police said they had arrested a man connected to the …
Read More »COVID vaccination requirement for foreign travelers to U.S. begins November 8
Foreign nationals will need to be fully vaccinated to travel to the U.S. beginning November 8, according to a White House official. The Biden administration is announcing the official start date of the new policy Friday. Fully vaccinated travelers will still need to show a negative test taken within 72 …
Read More »Matt Amodio’s historic “Jeopardy!” winning streak finally over
New York — All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” did just that on Monday’s show, leaving the Yale doctoral student with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money. Amodio failed to answer the Final Jeopardy! clue correctly and came …
Read More »Transcript: Fiona Hill on “Face the Nation,” October 10, 2021
The following is a transcript of an interview with Former National Security Council Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs, Fiona Hill, that aired Sunday, October 10, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to bring in another former Trump White House adviser, Fiona Hill. She was a …
Read More »Abortion, guns and religious liberty: Supreme Court gears up for new term filled with contentious disputes
Washington — The Supreme Court is slated to return to the bench for the start of its new term on Monday, with the justices set to take up politically divisive cases involving the Second Amendment, religious liberty and abortion, all while battling bruised public perception of the high court’s legitimacy. …
Read More »Reagan shooter John Hinckley to receive unconditional release
John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Reagan in 1981 in an attempt to assassinate him, will receive unconditional release in June 2022 if he complies with current restrictions, according to a ruling by a District of Columbia federal judge Monday. Hinckley, who was 25 years old when he …
Read More »Teens charged with planning an attack at their high school on anniversary of Columbine
Two high school students in Pennsylvania have been accused of plotting a massacre at their high school on the anniversary of the Columbine attack, according to charging documents obtained by CBS News on Monday. Alyssa Kucharski and Zavier Lewis, both 15, will be charged as adults due to the “serious …
Read More »Biden administration sanctions virtual currency exchange following spike in ransomware attacks
The White House imposed sanctions Tuesday against SUEX, a virtual currency exchange that enables users to trade cryptocurrency or other digital currencies, for its role in facilitating financial transactions for ransomware actors. Spearheaded by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC), the new commercial and financial penalties against …
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