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U.S. DOJ Creating Unit Focused on Domestic Terrorism

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 3:00am
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., seated in front of a picture from a violent protest last year in Portland, Oregon, questions witnesses during a committee hearing to examine the domestic terrorism threat, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Washington. (AP)

The Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism, the department’s top national security official told lawmakers last week as he described an “elevated” threat from violent extremists in the U.S.

Shoppers Find Some Groceries Scarce Due to Virus, Weather

Published by Nikki Palmer on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 5:00am

Benjamin Whitely headed to a Safeway supermarket in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to grab some items for dinner. But he was disappointed to find the vegetable bins barren and a sparse selection of turkey, chicken and milk.

“Seems like I missed out on everything,” Whitely, 67, said. “I’m going to have to hunt around for stuff now.”

Oklahoma Death Row Offered Firing Squad as Alternative

Published by Nikki Palmer on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 3:00am

Two men on Oklahoma’s death row — at the prodding of a federal judge — agreed to choose execution by firing squad as a way to delay their upcoming lethal injections, one of their attorneys told the judge.

$29,000 for Average Used Car? Would-Be Buyers Are Aghast

Published by Nikki Palmer on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 2:00am

A couple of months ago, a woman paid a visit to Jeff Schrier’s used car lot in Omaha, Nebraska. She was on a tight budget, she said, and was desperate for a vehicle to commute to work.

She was shown three cars priced at her limit, roughly $7,500. Schrier said the woman was stunned.

Omicron Prompts Media to Rethink Which Data to Report

Published by Nikki Palmer on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 12:00am

For two years, coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations have been widely used barometers of the pandemic’s march across the world.

But the omicron wave is making a mess of the usual statistics, forcing news organizations to rethink the way they report such figures.

Civil Rights Lawyer, Pro-fessor Lani Guinier Dead at 71

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 3:00am

Lani Guinier, a civil rights lawyer and scholar whose nomi-nation by President Bill Clinton to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division was pulled after conservatives criticized her views on correcting racial dis-crimination, has died. She was 71.

Soaring COVID-19 Cases Renew Debate Over Mask Mandates

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 2:00am

Officials across the U.S. are again weighing how and whether to impose mask mandates as COVID-19 infections soar and the American public grows ever wearier of pandemic-related restrictions.

Much of the debate centers around the nation’s schools, some of which have closed due to infection-related staffing issues. In a variety of places, mask mandates are being lifted or voted down.

Kansas Court Ruling Keeps Law Allowing Virus Lawsuits Alive

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 2:00am

Kansas’ highest court on Friday kept intact a law that allows people to sue counties over mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions and obtain quick trial-court decisions.

EU Auditors: Rule of Law Aid for 6 Nations Doesn't Pay Off

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 1:00am

European Union auditors say that the hundreds of millions of euros the bloc has poured into six Western Balkan nations to improve the rule of law there just doesn’t pay off.

North Carolina High Court Justices Won’t Step Away From Case

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 12:00am

Two North Carolina Supreme Court justices,  the son of a powerful legislator among them, said they won’t step away from hearing a case that challenges a pair of constitutional amendments, one of which mandates photo voter identification.

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