Thursday, 5 August 2021

House lawmaker suing Pelosi over mask rule says he has COVID

One of the three congressional Republicans suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi over fines for not wearing masks during a U.S. House vote has contracted a breakthrough case of COVID-19

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Amazon delays return to office to 2022 due to COVID

Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January 2022 as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the delta variant

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Wednesday, 4 August 2021

Feds: 4 from MS-13 gang indicted in Vegas racketeering case

Federal prosecutors say four accused members of the violent MS-13 gang have been indicted in Las Vegas on racketeering conspiracy charges stemming from murders and abductions in 2017 and 2018

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2nd man charged in killing of 8-year-old Atlanta girl

A second man has been charged in connection with last summer’s shooting death of an 8-year-old Atlanta girl who was killed near the site where police had fatally shot a Black man weeks earlier

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Chemical watchdog demands more information from Syria

The international chemical weapons watchdog has demanded more information from Syria about the reported recent destruction of two chlorine cylinders that had been linked to a 2018 deadly attack on the Syrian town of Douma

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Man pistol-whipped by Colorado officer feared for his life

A Black man who was pistol-whipped and choked by a suburban Denver police officer says he feared for his life during the violent confrontation that led to assault charges against the officer and later his resignation

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Ex-Kentucky officer pleads guilty to striking protester

A former Louisville police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to striking a kneeling protester in the back of the head with a riot stick during protests over the death of Breonna Taylor last year

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At least 11 dead, others injured after van crashes in Texas

Investigators say an overloaded van carrying about 25 passengers has crashed on a remote South Texas highway, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than a dozen others

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Authorities say 11 dead, more than a dozen injured after overloaded van crashes on a remote South Texas highway

Authorities say 11 dead, more than a dozen injured after overloaded van crashes on a remote South Texas highway

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Library book returned after 50 years with $20 bill

Officials say a book checked out a half-century ago has been anonymously returned to a library in northeastern Pennsylvania

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Girl injured in suspected shark attack in Maryland

Family members of a 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl say she suffered injuries after a suspected shark attack in Maryland that left her with 42 stitches for 20 cuts

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$3 million settlement reached in fatal standoff shooting

A newspaper is reporting that a $3 million settlement has been reached in the 2016 death of a Black woman shot by Baltimore County police after a standoff

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Man charged in Venezuelan bribery, money laundering scheme

A Syrian man living in South Florida has been charged with laundering money and bribing Venezuelan officials in exchange for receiving lucrative contracts from state-owned energy and food companies

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