In the year since Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in an overnight drug raid, the Democratic-led US House of Representatives has passed a bill overhauling policing, twice.
Infamous tent camp on Mexico border drawn down
A tent camp in Matamoros, Mexico, where hundreds of migrants stayed in deplorable conditions after being subject to a Trump-era policy requiring they stay in Mexico until their immigration court date in the US, has been drawn down, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told CNN.
LeBron James joins fight against GOP-led voting bills
NBA star LeBron James is joining the fight against Republican-led bills aimed at restricting voting access, releasing a new ad campaign with his organization, More Than A Vote, called “Protect Our Power.”
Black mother pepper-sprayed in front of her toddler
The Police Accountability Board in Rochester, New York, is calling for fundamental changes in the city’s police department after police said a Black mother was pepper-sprayed during an arrest, which body camera footage showed took place in front of her 3-year-old child.
House passes sweeping election bill that would counter GOP efforts to restrict voter access
The Democratic-led House on Wednesday approved HR 1, a sweeping government, ethics and election bill that, among other things, would counter state-level Republican efforts to restrict voting access.
How the Murdochs are shaping the GOP for the next 4 years of Joe Biden
Fox News follows the money and the Republican pary follows Fox News. Now, the network is setting the stage for what the next four years of the GOP might look like under the Biden administration.
Trump says he’ll campaign against Murkowski in Alaska next year
• Trump wants top Republican fundraising organizations to stop using his likeness
Elon Musk lost $27 billion last week
Elon Musk’s net worth plunged last week as tech stocks got hammered and Tesla shares’ stunning rise quickly unraveled.
You can buy the first-ever tweet. The current bid: $2.5 million
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is selling the first-ever published tweet as an NFT, a kind of digital collector’s item.
Why Apple, Sephora and Nordstrom are jumping on this trend to pull in shoppers
As the pandemic drags on, big chains like Target and Nordstrom are looking for ways to keep consumers coming back to their stores.
Video shows biker crossing draw bridge as it raises
Six Flags reopens with Covid safety changes
Video shows neighbor helping gunshot victim
Bread company gives back
Remains of missing woman found in man’s yard
Students collect food for Meals on Wheels
K9 deputy dies after battle with cancer
Baby in need of liver transplant
Internal investigation clears teacher
Fifty people file lawsuit against city of Wauwatosa
Missing man threatens to shoot police after taking child
Residents were prepared for flood waters
Attorney for Cuomo accuser asks NY AG to protect all documents and notes of conversations from ‘potential spoilation’ by governor’s administration
The attorney for Charlotte Bennett, who is accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, sent a letter Friday to New York Attorney General Letitia James calling for all documents and notes of conversations related to her client’s complaint to be maintained “without alteration.”
At least 6 people hospitalized after a natural gas explosion and fire in Texas
At least six employees of CenterPoint Energy were transported to local hospitals Friday after what the company described as a “natural gas incident.”
A Black police officer in Florida was fired for using the n-word, but his police union wants him reinstated
A Black police officer in Florida was fired this week after footage from his body camera showed him using the N-word during a personal phone call and while making an arrest last November.
Around 5,000 customers are still without water in Jackson, Mississippi, city official says
Though thousands are still under boil water advisories, about 5,000 water customers in Jackson, Mississippi, don’t any have service, a decline from earlier this week.
Trump State Department official charged for attacking police in Capitol riot
• Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren releases social media report on GOP colleagues who voted to overturn the election
Analysis: Detroit’s mayor and Covid vaccine roulette
Detroit’s Democratic mayor, Mike Duggan, caused a major headache for the White House and public health officials when he declined an allotment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for his city, arguing that Detroiters would be better off for now with Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
Are you eligible for the FCC’s emergency internet discount program? Here’s how to find out
More help is coming soon for the millions of Americans struggling to afford high-speed internet at home, which has become essential for school, work and many other areas of life during the pandemic.
Vaccine selfies are everywhere. That’s actually a good thing
When Brittany Hall from upstate New York received her first Covid-19 vaccine after barely leaving home since last March, she pulled out her phone and took a selfie to mark the occasion. “I cried so hard the lady that helped me had to comfort me,” she said in a tweet along with the picture. “I can’t wait to hug my dad and my nieces.”