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Texas dog awarded by fire department, animal services for saving his owner’s life
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The El Paso Fire Department (EPFD) and El Paso Animal Services honored Astro, an American pit bull terrier, with a medal and a dog-safe cake on Friday, to celebrate the pooch’s bravery, according to KTSM. Last week, ...
Adam Toledo shooting: Latino groups to ask Justice Department to investigate
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The group also will call on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to accelerate court-supervised changes to policing in Chicago, end foot pursuits by officers, and to invest federal COVID relief dollars to help young people in the ne...
3 people killed and 2 injured in shooting in Kenosha, sheriff’s department says
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Three people were killed and two others injured with gunshot wounds in a shooting early Sunday morning at The Somers House Tavern in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Kenosha County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Sgt. D...
Justice Department files civil lawsuit against Roger Stone over unpaid taxes
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The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's ally Roger Stone on Friday, accusing him and his wife of owing nearly $ 2 million in unpaid taxes. In a six-count civil complain...
New York county top cop Geraldine Hart, first woman to lead the department, to step down
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Hart, 53, was the first woman to lead the 2,400-member department in Suffolk County. An FBI veteran, Hart took the job after the department was reeling from a series of corruption and police misconduct scandals. ...
New York Times: Matt Gaetz associate has been cooperating with Justice Department since last year
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Washington Joel Greenberg, a central figure in the ongoing investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, has been providing information to investigators since last year about Gaetz's activities, among other ...
Blinken names chief diversity officer to lead change on a ‘problem as old as the department itself’
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Washington Secretary of State Antony Blinken named retired ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as the department's first chief diversity and inclusion officer Monday, a step that current and former diplomats said ...
‘Patient 16’ recovers from COVID-19 infection during Defense Department study
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Retired Col. Matt Hepburn, a physician who worked for years in the defense advanced research projects agency, or DARPA, told "60 Minutes" that the military is working on several moonshot projects to help prevent the ...
Connecticut union protesters demanding $20 per hour detained after occupying health department: report
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Nursing home and other long-term care workers from SEIU 1199NE were protesting for their proposed "Bill of Rights" Thursday afternoon when activists entered state buildings and sat down on the ground. A union spokesm...
April is Arab American Heritage Month, the US Department of State declares
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The culture of Arab Americans will be honored this month, with the designation by the state department of April as Arab American Heritage Month, reflecting that the group's contributions to the US "are as old as Ame...
Lawmakers want the Justice Department to quickly review hate crimes reported during the pandemic
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Two Democratic lawmakers are reintroducing legislation Thursday calling for the expedited review of hate crimes related to the pandemic. The legislation known as the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act was first proposed by Re...
Merrick Garland arrives at Justice Department and delivers an implicit rebuke to Trump era
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Attorney General Merrick Garland arrived at the Justice Department Thursday for his first day at work and spoke about the need to "adhere to norms" in an implicit rebuke of the Trump-era leadership. "We are united b...
Whistleblowers say Trump ally made questionable hire days before resigning from Justice Department
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Two federal employees are calling for an investigation into the hiring of a senior Justice Department official who had been interviewed by a manager who resigned shortly after -- and just days before President Joe B...
Trump State Department appointee violated his oath of office at Capitol riot, DOJ says
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The Justice Department says a former Trump State Department official violated his oath of office when he allegedly pushed against a police line in storming the US Capitol on January 6. Federico Klein's "actions on ...
Trump State Department official charged for attacking police in Capitol riot
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A former Trump State Department political appointee appeared in Washington, DC, federal court Friday after being charged for pushing against police in the Capitol building during the January 6 insurrection. Federico...
Transportation Department watchdog asked DOJ to consider criminal probe of then-Secretary Elaine Chao over ethics concerns
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Washington The Transportation Department's inspector general asked the Justice Department in December to consider a criminal probe into then-Secretary Elaine Chao over her alleged misuse of office, documents made pub...