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1-year-old Houston boy still 'fighting for his life' after being shot in the head by police, says mom
NY Daily News - 17 Mar 2021 14:49
Weeks after a Houston baby was accidentally shot in the head by police, he's still in the intensive care unit, his mother said Tuesday in a tearful plea for justice.
White supremacist propaganda sharply increased in 2020, Anti-Defamation League reports
The Week - 17 Mar 2021 14:34
White supremacist propaganda sharply spiked in 2020, according to a new report, reaching the highest level ever recorded by the Anti-Defamation League. The organization in a report Wednesday said its Center on Extremism ...
Surge in Migrants Defies Easy or Quick Solutions for Biden
The New York Times - 17 Mar 2021 04:59
The administration expects more apprehensions at the border this year than at any point in the past two decades. Enacting policy to deal with the problems faces deep-rooted political and logistical challenges.
Judge says videos show 'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley lied about Capitol riot
New York Post - 17 Mar 2021 15:22
The accused US Capitol rioter who calls himself the "QAnon Shaman" lied during a jailhouse interview claiming that he was "waved" into the building by police officers, a federal judge said. In a 32-page March 8 motion or...
Baby born mid-flight as crew members help with delivery
Sky News - 17 Mar 2021 14:47
A baby girl has been born on board a flight travelling across India.
Georgia spa shooting spree suspect identified as Robert Aaron Long
NY Daily News - 17 Mar 2021 05:37FBI joins investigation into Atlanta spa shootings that left eight dead
New York Post - 17 Mar 2021 15:01
The FBI has reportedly joined the investigation into the shooting spree that left eight people - six of them Asian women - dead at three metro Atlanta massage parlors. Agents arrived Wednesday morning in Crisp County, wh...
Donald Trump Tells Americans They Should Get The Coronavirus Vaccine
The Huffington Post - 17 Mar 2021 04:04
Republican men are the most likely group to say they won't get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to recent polling.
As nursing homes raise concerns over ongoing need for COVID vaccinations, Illinois launches plan with some private pharmacies to provide shots
Chicago Tribune - 17 Mar 2021 15:45
Nursing home residents may again face a dangerous delay in getting the COVID-19 vaccine, officials fear, due to inadequate plans to provide ongoing vaccinations.
Biden Endorses Filibuster Rule Changes
The New York Times - 17 Mar 2021 05:01
President Biden for the first time said he favored a return to the requirement that opponents occupy the floor when making their case against legislation. Senator Mitch McConnell promised a "scorched earth" response.
8 dead in 3 shootings at Georgia spas; suspect in custody
ABC News - 17 Mar 2021 04:59
Police said they believe the same person carried out all three shootings.
Crews rescue two people from truck dangling over Idaho bridge
The Guardian - 17 Mar 2021 03:20
Safety chains attaching pickup truck to camper trailer prevented it from falling Authorities say a set of camper trailer safety chains and quick, careful work by emergency crews saved two people after their pickup truck ...
Military veteran upset over stimulus check throws smoke bomb outside Mar-a-Lago
New York Post - 17 Mar 2021 15:32
A 38-year-old military veteran tossed a smoke bomb outside former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida because he was upset he had not yet received a stimulus check, according to a report. Paul Brantly R...
New COVID strains first detected in California officially 'variants of concern,' CDC says
NY Daily News - 17 Mar 2021 15:05
Mutated strains of coronavirus emerging all over the world, most recently in California, have added an extra layer of urgency in the race to inoculate the public against the fast-spreading disease.
Black Families Are Outraged About Family Separation Within the U.S. It's Time to Listen to Them
Time - 17 Mar 2021 15:00
Outraged calls for racial justice have come to a new battleground: child welfare. In the reckoning on racism triggered by George Floyd’s killing, decades of complaints from Black families hurt by the child welfare syst...
'It will certainly be Oxford': PM says he will get COVID jab 'very shortly'
Sky News - 17 Mar 2021 14:55
The prime minister has said he will be getting his coronavirus vaccination "very shortly".
FA failed to protect children from sex abuse over five-year period, review finds
Sky News - 17 Mar 2021 14:29
A long-awaited report into child sexual abuse in football has found "significant institutional failings" on the part of the Football Association and concluded that the national governing body put children at risk over a ...
She Kept a Library Book for 63 Years. It Was Time to Return It.
The New York Times - 17 Mar 2021 11:00
"I think that says a great deal about how much we as a society value the written word," a shocked librarian said.
Matthew McConaughey on "We're Texas" benefit concert, potential Texas governor run and COVID-19
CBSNews - 17 Mar 2021 16:25
Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about "We're Texas," a virtual benefit to help out his native state of Texas after February's winter storm. Plus, the actor discusses a potential ...
At least 8 killed in shootings at 3 Atlanta-area spas, suspect in custody
CBSNews - 17 Mar 2021 05:32
The suspect is linked to at least one of the shootings and police say it is "extremely likely" he is also the suspect in the other two shootings.
Hispanic lawmakers press Pentagon on extremism in the military
CBSNews - 17 Mar 2021 04:55
The lawmakers point to the involvement of violent extremists during the January 6 insurrection at the U.S Capitol.
Cuomo should resign if allegations confirmed: Biden in exclusive ABC News interview
ABC News - 17 Mar 2021 04:43
President Joe Biden told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos he thought New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would "probably end up being prosecuted, too."