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Everything is politicized nowadays, even deadly tragedies. Alec Baldwin, the poor player in an “I didn’t know the gun was loaded” scenario, pulled the trigger of a prop gun while filming on set for the film “Rust.” In a trice, the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was dead, and the film’s director, Joel Souza, was wounded. Baldwin was removing a revolver from its holster and aiming tow...

Law enforcement checks up on registered sex offenders  Clinton Herald

Monday, October 25, 2021 6:00 p.m. UPDATE: BLUEFIELD, WV (WVNS)–A Bluefield Police officer is placed on administrative leave following a reported fight leading to shots fired. James Mullins was off-duty and was involved in an incident in Bluefield early Sunday morning. Police responded to a call for shots fired outside Greg’s Sports Bar in Bluefield early Sunday morning. There they found Jame...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - University of Vermont officials are reckoning with their handling of allegations of sexual assault. On Monday, an external review of their Title IX department was released, but some students and alumni say they don’t think it’s enought. Since UVM’s handling of sexual assault allegations was brought to light via social media last spring, officials have been looking at ...

eat just egg Fake eggs from mung beans get closer to reality in Europe The European Union’s food watchdog recently decided that Eat Just's plant-based egg product is safe for human consumption, allowing the company to finally infiltrate Europe’s $10.7 billion egg market; this product is actually the first novel legume protein to be deemed safe under the regime that screens all new food ingred...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday signed into law a new congressional map that would effectively shore up the GOP’s power in the state while offering little in the way of new political representation to the minority communities driving much of its growth. The signing came a week after Republican state lawmakers gave final approval to a negotiated map that largely favors GOP incumbents and ...

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Two neo-Nazi group members intended to engage in terrorist activity before FBI agents arrested them ahead of a pro-gun rally in Virginia, a federal judge concluded Monday. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang’s decision to apply a “terrorism enhancement” in sentencing the men favors prosecutors’ recommendation that both of them get 25 years in prison. Chuang heard starkly...

1. In several recent campaign debates, mayoral candidate (and 12-year city council veteran) Bruce Harrell has pointed to a 2017 bias-free policing ordinance he sponsored as proof of his commitment to police reform. During a debate hosted by the ACLU of Washington last week, his opponent, current city council president Lorena González, countered that the ordinance—which requires anti the Seatt...

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Monday convicted an activist of inciting secession for shouting pro-independence slogans at a series of protests, underlining the power of a sweeping national security law to punish speech. The activist, Ma Chun-man, had argued that he had not been calling for Hong Kong’s independence from China, but instead had wanted to show that free speech still existed un...

The typical American retail worker or cashier is a young woman without a bachelor’s degree, and she’s more likely to be Black or Hispanic than other workers—so she’s more likely to face wage gaps and chronic economic loss. She’s paid low wages for a job with an unpredictable schedule, one that sometimes is set just days in advance and can change with little warning. These unpredictable schedu...