Guilty verdict for former correctional officer, hate crime enhancers dismissed (www.wbay.com)
A jury has convicted a former Green Bay correctional officer accused of throwing a woman into a fire pit during a party back in 2021.
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Online news site The Messenger shuts down after less than a year (apnews.com)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Messenger, an ambitious online news site that billed itself as a nonpartisan digital outlet and spent some $50 million ratcheting up its business effort, abruptly shut down Wednesday after only eight months in operation....
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China’s Censorship Dragnet Targets Critics of the Economy (www.nytimes.com)
As Beijing struggles with a slumping stock market and a collapsing real estate sector, commentary and even financial analysis it deems negative are blocked....
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Patagonia’s Profits Are Funding Conservation — and Politics (www.nytimes.com)
$71 million of the clothing company’s earnings have been used since September 2022 to fund wildlife restoration, dam removal and Democratic groups....
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Bird flu found in penguins near Antarctica, 200 chicks dead (www.reuters.com)
A deadly type of bird flu has been found in gentoo penguins for the first time, according to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), stoking concern that the virus could spread among Antarctica’s huge penguin colonies.
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Massachusetts state troopers arrested for taking bribes to pass commercial drivers on test (apnews.com)
Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged Tuesday in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S. attorney’s office said....
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One in 10 US hate crimes occur at schools, FBI says (www.reuters.com)
META NOTE: Sorry if anyone saw this article appearing multiple times. Something bugged out on my end and kept giving me errors so I wasn’t aware the posts were actually going through to lemmy.world. I’ve deleted all but this one.
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No help: The federal immigration deal won’t fix the migrant crisis in Chicago — and it’s unlikely to pass Congress anyway (www.chicagotribune.com)
The current congressional proposal — one of the most conservative ever, observers say — is ambitious. But immigration laws passed decades ago are dated and can’t be changed easily....
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US to announce billions in subsidies for advanced chips -WSJ (news.yahoo.com)
Jan 27 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to award billions of dollars in subsidies in coming weeks to top semiconductor companies including Intel (INTC.O) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW) to help build new factories in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday....
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Harry Connick Sr., longtime New Orleans district attorney and singer’s dad, dies at 97 (apnews.com)
Former New Orleans District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. has died at age 97. An obituary distributed by his son and namesake, Harry Connick Jr., says Connick died peacefully at his home in New Orleans on Thursday with his family by his side.
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Libs of TikTok Fueled Bomb Threats at Oklahoma Schools. The Superintendent Just Hired Her (www.rollingstone.com)
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters has tapped Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik to serve on the state’s Education Library Media Advisory Committee.
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Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62 (apnews.com)
Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer....
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Poor Ronnie! He was gonna be a boss… (www.bbc.com)
I really thought he could blow it out. With his lifted shoes and his hate-mongering and his incredible banter ("What’s your name? “Bob.” “Okay.”). This man was going to pwn the libs and carry us into the next glorious phase of MAGAism. I wanted to believe. Now he’s probably crying and I’m crying to....
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Newburgh Four: judge orders release of man convicted in US terror sting (www.theguardian.com)
James Cromitie was convicted in 2010 after FBI invented a conspiracy to attack synagogues and military planes...
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In small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory (apnews.com)
The decades fall away as you open the front doors....
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California, Illinois and NYC succeeded in getting 2020 census numbers double-checked and increased (www.kpbs.org)
Illinois is adding tens of thousands of people to its population total, and California is getting misplaced sailors on an aircraft carrier put in the right location after successfully asking for a review of their 2020 census figures....
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President Biden Signs Stopgap Bill, Averts Government Shutdown (businesswisehub.com)
President Biden took a decisive action on Friday, signing a stopgap funding bill aimed at ensuring the government’s continued operation until early March. This two-step continuing resolution is strategically designed to buy lawmakers additional time to complete the formal appropriations process.
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US attorney general calls for ‘speedy’ trial in Trump election interference case (www.independent.co.uk)
US Attorney General Merrick Garland said he agrees with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request for a speedy trial in Donald Trump’s federal election interference case – citing an increased public interest ahead of the 2024 election....
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Man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree (apnews.com)
A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades....
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Hate Crime and Stalking Charges Against Ex White House Adviser to Be Dropped (www.vice.com)
Stuart Seldowitz has agreed to complete an anti-bias course after telling a halal food cart worker that 4,000 dead Palestinian children “wasn’t enough.”
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Israel forbids doctors from speaking to UN group investigating Oct. 7 atrocities (www.timesofisrael.com)
The Health Ministry on Monday instructed members of the healthcare system not to cooperate with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, citing its perceived anti-Israel stance....
Blinken’s Davos departure delayed after Boeing plane malfunction (www.politico.com)
EU presidency warns democracy will be put to the test in US elections in November (apnews.com)
The European Union presidency on Tuesday warned that the foundations of democracy will be put to the test during the November U.S. election, envisaging a scenario where the longstanding trans-Atlantic alliance could unravel ever more....
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A rare male pygmy hippo born in a Czech zoo debuts his first photoshoot (apnews.com)
PRAGUE (AP) — A rare male pygmy hippopotamus born in a Czech zoo debuted his first photoshoot on Monday to the delight of spectators. He is considered a valuable addition to the conservation efforts of the endangered species.