Earlier this week San Jose, California, became the first city in the United States to approve an ordinance that will require gun owners to carry liability insurance, a move that has already caused its leadership to be haled into court over.
An unidentified gunman opened fire on five people at a Washington D.C. hotel overnight, killing one woman and injuring four others.
Preliminary data from the San Francisco police department shows an increase in hate crimes directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in 2021 of 567%.
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In a move expected by many sportswriters, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger announced his retirement today after 18 seasons in the NFL.
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British police said on Wednesday they had arrested two men in the northern English city of Manchester as part of a U.S. investigation into a hostage taking at a synagogue in Texas earlier in January.
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met with agents of Customs and Border Patrol agents in Yuma Sector in Arizona on Wednesday.
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The White House and NATO on Wednesday sent written proposals in response to Russia’s sweeping demands concerning Eastern Europe this week. Officials say that they are still hoping to resolve the Ukrainian crisis with diplomacy, though both sides appear no closer in negotiations of terms.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said at a COVID White House press briefing on Wednesday that children under 4 years old will be recommended to receive three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes approved, but declined to say when that might be.
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The Board says that they tried a digital SAT in the U.S. back in November of 2021, and noted positive experiences from both students and educators.
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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) regained full control of al-Sina’a prison in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka on Wednesday, spokesman Farhad Shami said in a tweet, and all remaining Islamic State militants had surrendered.
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