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Wave of racist texts after election prompts FBI scrutiny
The FBI said in a statement that it was “aware of the offensive and racist text messages” and that it was coordinating with the Justice Department and other federal authorities. Read more
An Idaho health department is barred from offering COVID shots
The ban will make it harder for some people to access COVID vaccines in the six-county region in southwestern Idaho, which include Adams, Canyon, Owyhee, Gem, Washington and Payette counties and covers over 300,000 residents. Read more
FBI: Multi-state hoax bomb threats tied to Russia hit polling sites
Ex-Ohio police officer convicted in murder of unarmed Black man
Adam Coy, a white man and nearly 20-year veteran of the Columbus police force, killed Hill, 47, responding to a non-emergency nuisance call about car noise in December 2020. Read more
Trump’s microphone trouble in Milwaukee leaves him ‘seething’
Voting machine firm staff prepare for doxxing, swatting threats
Following the 2020 election, which Republican candidate Donald Trump falsely claimed he had won, some workers at election technology vendors reported that they had been “doxxed” — private information about their homes, such as pictures of their front doors, had been shared online, according to Sara Cutter, the executive director of the American Council for Election Technology. Read more
U.S. Army ramps up training as focus shifts to China threat
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Judge refuses to step down from Trump assassination attempt case
Judge Aileen M. Cannon denied the request by the defendant, Ryan W. Routh, in a brief decision issued in U.S. District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida. Read more
Judge declines to recuse from case of suspected Trump gunman
Trump ally Steve Bannon is released from prison
Police: 3 fires at Washington, Oregon ballot boxes likely linked
Many voters blame Democrats as economic woes feel personal
Chinese hackers target phones of Trump, Vance in cyberattack
NASA astronaut hospitalized after return from space station
New sentence sought for Menendez brothers in parents’ murder
Central Park Five sue Trump for defamation over debate remarks
Known widely as the Central Park Five, the defendants spent between five and 13 years in prison before they were cleared in 2002 based on new DNA evidence and the confession of another person. Read more
At least 7 dead after dock collapses off coast of Georgia
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump court early voters
3 decades later, 1st brown dwarf ever found offers surprise
Researchers now have taken a fresh look at that brown dwarf and learned that it actually is not a single brown dwarf but rather two of them orbiting astonishingly close to each other while circling a small star. This was documented in two new studies using telescopes in Chile and Hawaii. Read more
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