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Joe Biden wants to give you a $2,000 stimulus check — and it could be quick
t has been less than two weeks since Americans started getting their second coronavirus relief payments — "stimulus checks" — and the anticipation about a third phase is already heating up. President-elect Joe Biden has called the current $600 round o ...[Read more]
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Biden Urged to Fire Entire Postal Service Board for Complicity in ‘Devastating Arson’ by Trump and DeJoy
Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. of New Jersey on Monday urged President Joe Biden to terminate all six sitting members of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors for their "silence and complicity" in the face of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy ...[Read more]
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‘Just spray her’: 9-year-old Black girl shrieks for dad and New York cops respond with pepper spray
Body camera footage released Sunday shows Rochester, New York, police officers handcuffing and pepper-spraying a 9-year-old Black girl who refused to sit in one of the officer’s cars. “You’re acting like a child,” one of the officers told the gir ...[Read more]
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Ebola outbreak in Guinea: Four things you need to know
Guinea has declared an outbreak of Ebola after seven confirmed cases and at least three deaths, a leading health official in the West African nation said on Sunday. In a region that was previously the starting point for the world’s worst outbreak of ...[Read more]
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Abolishing and recreating the police in US may be the only answer
When some advocate for abolishing the police in response to police brutality, discrimination or corruption, it sounds pretty extreme. For, there is indeed crime in our world, and there needs to be a way for the society to respond to crime. However… Wh ...[Read more]
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Brazil Seeks to Hold Bolsonaro Accountable for More Than 400,000 Covid-19 Deaths
The commission appears ready for a serious probe into the the coronavirus response in Brazil. “It is a true health, economic, and political tragedy, and the main responsibility lies with the president,” said Sen. Humberto Costa, an opposition member o ...[Read more]
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Investigations of US Drone Attack That Killed 10 Afghans Find No Evidence of Explosives in Vehicle
"The Pentagon has some serious explaining to do," said one reporter. "Now consider how many strikes go unexamined by Western media." ...[Read more]
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Videos Show Unfathomable Cruelty of Border Patrol Against Haitians at Border
Horrifying videos emerged Monday of Border Patrol agents on horseback cracking their whips at migrants and chasing, grabbing and nearly trampling Haitians seeking asylum at the border, sparking outrage and scrutiny from immigration advocates and progressi ...[Read more]
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Bahrain jails prominent activist Rajab for 3 years
Bahraini Human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to three years in jail for ...[Read more]
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New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free
At midnight local time (12:00 GMT), all of New Zealand moved to level one, the lowest of a four-tier alert system. Under new rules, social distancing is not required and there are no limits on public gatherings, but borders remain closed to foreigners. Ne ...[Read more]
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US Military Joint Chiefs statement condemning ‘sedition and insurrection’ at US Capitol
America's most senior general Mark Milley and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is comprised of the heads of each military branch, issued a statement Tuesday condemning the violent invasion of the US Capitol last week and reminding service members o ...[Read more]
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