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 …
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September, 2021
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27 September
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 …
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21 September
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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15 September
Arizona becomes first state to sue Biden administration over COVID
Washington — Arizona’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to invalidate President Biden’s latest COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers and large companies, becoming the first state to mount a legal challenge to the administration’s newest rules. In a 14-page complaint filed with a federal district court in …
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9 September
Biden withdraws nomination of David Chipman for ATF director
Washington — President Biden withdrew the nomination of David Chipman to serve as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Thursday amid bipartisan concerns about his past gun control advocacy. Mr. Biden tapped Chipman in April to lead the agency, which has not had a Senate-approved …
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8 September
Britney Spears’ father files petition to end conservatorship after 13 years
Jamie Spears has filed to end his conservatorship over his daughter, singer Britney Spears, after more than a decade. “As Mr. Spears has said again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter,” the document, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, says, The Associated Press reports. “If Ms. …
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2 September
Texas upends legal landscape with Supreme Court decision on abortion ban
Washington — Anti-abortion rights groups are cheering a decision from the Supreme Court late Wednesday to allow a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy to remain in effect, emboldening other states to follow suit with similar measures that deputize private citizens to enforce the law. The novel …
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August, 2021
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25 August
Virginia lobbyists accused of misleading Black voters fined $5 million
Two Virginia lobbyists accused of trying to inhibit Black voters during the 2020 presidential election have been fined $5 million by federal regulators for illegally sending robocalls. An investigation by the Federal Communications Commission found that Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl paid a separate company to place more than 1,100 recorded …
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18 August
Democrats say they’ll probe “worst
Although most Democrats stand by the president’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, top congressional leaders are demanding to know why the U.S. seemed so ill-prepared for the rapid political and military collapse of the country, which left the U.S. military scrambling to evacuate thousands of Americans and vulnerable Afghans. Republicans, too, are …
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12 August
Sony delays release of “Venom” movie sequel amid Delta variant surge
In the biggest sign yet that Hollywood’s fall plans are being altered by the coronavirus surge driven by the Delta variant, Sony Pictures on Thursday delayed the release of the big-budget sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.” Instead of opening in theaters September 24, the “Venom” sequel will now debut …
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