Merk: 2021
Republicans call on CDC to release 2021 child suicide data: problem ‘worsened’ by pandemic
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Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., led the letter with 19 of his lower chamber GOP colleagues to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky asking the agency to publish the still-unreleased data. "The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a ...
School shootings in the US reached a 20-year high in 2021, federal data shows
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Gedurende die 2020-2021 skooljaar, daar was 93 school shootings in the United States -- a high not seen in 20 jare, according to federal data cited in a report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES...
Fossil fuel industry cut jobs in 2021 despite growth in production, Energy Department reports
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Jobs in the renewable energy sector grew in 2021 as fossil fuel employment declined -- even as fossil fuel production increased -- according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Energy. Energy Secreta...
57% of US human trafficking victims were minors in 2021: verslag doen
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Of the nearly 450 human trafficking victims involved in new U.S. criminal cases in 2021, 57% were minors, according to the report from the Human Trafficking Institute (HTI). "The extensive data collected in the 2021 ...
Nine-page plan to occupy congressional buildings on January 6, 2021, released in court filing
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A lawyer for one of the Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy released a 9-page document on Wednesday that outlines a plan to occupy key congressional buildings connected to the US Capitol and the Supreme Cou...
More luggage was mishandled in 2021 due to staffing shortages: verslag doen
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The same is true for mishandled luggage. The leading multinational information technology company for the air travel industry, SITA — also known as Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques — publish...
Drug overdose deaths up again in Virginia in 2021, fentanyl the leading cause
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The fourth-quarter report shows 2,656 total overdose deaths in 2021, a 15% increase from 2020. Synthetic fentanyl was reported as contributing to the most deaths, met 2,033 deaths recorded. Cocaine proved the second...
Enigste 7 van 233 reported attacks against Asian Americans in NYC in 2021 led to hate crime convictions, new report says
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Among 233 reported attacks against Asian Americans in New York City in the first three quarters of 2021, only seven have so far led to hate crime convictions, according to a new report from the Asian American Bar As...
FBI: Number of ‘active shooter’ incidents jumped 52% in 2021 van 2020, at least one suspect still at-large
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Daar was 52.5% more active shooter incidents between 2020 en 2021, en 33% more from 2019 aan 2020, according to an FBI report released Monday, getiteld "Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2021." The re...
New York City subway crime up 58% so far compared to 2021; Hunt for gunman in unprovoked shooting intensifies
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Die polisiekantoor in New York (NYPD) manhunt for the gunman behind the cold-blood murder of Daniel Enriquez, a 48-year-old Brooklyn man who was gunned down while sitting inside a Manhattan-bound Q-train on Sunday mo...
US birth rates rose slightly in 2021 after a steep drop in the first year of the pandemic, CDC data shows
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Early speculation that the Covid-19 pandemic may lead to a baby boom has been turned on its head, with early data showing more of a baby bust -- and worsening rates of some adverse outcomes. After a steep drop in ...
Buffalo shooting suspect allegedly made threat in 2021, underwent mental health evaluation
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Gendron, an 18-year-old from Conklin, New York, was hospitalized for a mental health evaluation for one-and-a-half days in June 2021, after he made the general threat in his hometown, according to Buffalo Police Comm...
In 2021, US drug overdose deaths hit highest level on record, CDC data shows
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Drug overdoses in the United States were deadlier than ever in 2021, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Byna 108,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2021, and ab...
US drug overdoses topped 100k in 2021, reaching all-time high: CDC
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Die VSA. recorded an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths last year, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday. The number is a large jump from the year prio...
2 former Oklahoma police officers have been charged with manslaughter in the fatal 2021 shooting of a Black man
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Two former Oklahoma police officers have been charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2021 fatal shooting of a Black man in Comanche County, according to a statement from District Attorney Kyle...
Biden’s student debt remarks in 2021 led White House staff to appease progressives, new book says
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An excerpt provided to Fox News from Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns' forthcoming book, "This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future," describes the rocky response from progressives afte...