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LYNNWOOD, WA — A Lynnwood man has been arrested after authorities said he threatened to shoot Black people at businesses across the country, including a New York grocery store where an 18-year-old gunned down 10 Black people in a racially motivated attack. Joey David George, 37, was arrested Thursday and was scheduled to appear in […]
A Washington state man has been arrested after allegedly calling a Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store and threatening to kill the Black people inside. This nearby Tops Grocery store in Buffalo was the scene of a deadly mass shooting in May. Usman Khan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Usman Khan/AFP via Getty Images A […]
What some are calling Joe Biden’s “moment of truth” on the economy comes this week, with a number of key data indicators likely to paint a bleak picture for the president as Congress heads for summer recess and the midterm elections loom ever larger. That’s why treasury secretary Janet Yellen and other White House figures […]
In the Middle Ages, people knew from bitter experience that war and pestilence usually ride together with another horseman: famine. “We face an unprecedented global hunger crisis,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned last month. “In the past two years, the number of severely food‑insecure people around the world has more than doubled to 276 million. There is […]
The federal government and private sector are facing increasing pressure to fill key cyber roles as high-profile attacks and international threats rattle various U.S. sectors. Workforce shortages have been a long-running issue in cyber, but they have taken on renewed importance amid rising Russian threats stemming from the war in Ukraine. “It’s an issue that […]
Firefighters and ambulance attendants remove a covered body from the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., after a deadly explosion detonated by members of the Ku Klux Klan during services in 1963. Leaders say the history of violence against people of color should be passed on to new generations so the lessons of the […]
Noting Disparate Impact of Dismantling Roe on Black Women, Lawmakers Call for Swift Executive Action to Protect Abortion Rights and Save Black Lives Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON – In a letter today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC . . .
WASHINGTON — Rusty Bowers, the Republican speaker of Arizona’s House, braced every weekend for hordes of Trump supporters, some with weapons, who swarmed his home and blared videos that called him a pedophile. “We had a daughter who was gravely ill, who was upset by what was happening outside,” he said. She died not long […]
WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – A group of Democratic U.S. Senators this week urged federal law enforcement agencies to alert local police to rising threats against election officials, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. “The onslaught of threats against election workers is unacceptable and raises serious concerns about state and local governments’ […]
LOS ANGELES, June 7 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Tuesday criticized efforts to suppress press freedom in several Latin American countries and said the United States seeks to increase media protection in the region with the most murders of journalists. Speaking at a press freedom event ahead of the Summit of […]