Almost exactly one year after defunding the police bureau in Portland, Oregon by $15 million, Mayor Ted Wheeler is asking for more.
All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia published on Wednesday.
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On Thursday, students and staff are gathering on campus to hold a prayer rally and bring attention to the need for transparency. Reports indicate the rally will include a plea for the university to allow an independent investigation into the abuse coverup.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new rules today that will require vaccination compliance for larger businesses shortly after the new year.
An annual report released by the United States Department of Defense on Wednesday warned of the “accelerating pace of” China’s nuclear capabilities, suggesting that China may have 700 nuclear warheads by 2027.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it would begin scaling back a bond-buying program it had implemented in order to help the nation’s response to the COVID crisis.
Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by U.S.-based Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in a boost to the fight against the pandemic.
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In a tragic development in sports, Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was driving at a reckless speed under the influence of alcohol early Tuesday morning when he crashed his car, killing a 23-year-old woman and injuring himself and a passenger in his car.
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A provision that would grant Americans access to unemployment benefits when they miss work to care for an ailing loved one or bond with a new child is back in the Democrats’ still-stalled “Build Back Better” spending bill.
Incumbent New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is projected by several media outlets to narrowly win a second term, which would make him the first Democratic Governor to be reelected in the Garden State since 1977.
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