KIRO-TV [Seattle, WA],
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SEATTLE — After an incident in late April when an employee of Chocolati in Wallingford refused to serve a pair of Seattle police officers, the company announced in a Facebook post that the company is parting ways with the employee. The scenario started on April 27 when Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, said that an officer and trainee went to the Wallingford location and was refused service. Solan said, “They were met with a bit of hostility.” Initially the employee ignored the pair, then said, according to Solan, “No, I won’t serve you.” After the incident
The Week,
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Brendan Morrow
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When will the United States reach herd immunity to COVID-19? Experts now say it might not — but that doesn't mean the virus has to remain a "society disrupter." That's according to a new report in The New York Times, which says there is now a "widespread consensus among scientists and public health experts" that in the U.S., the "herd immunity threshold is not attainable — at least not in the foreseeable future, and perhaps not ever." (Snip) These experts think that COVID-19 may continue circulating in the United States for years, the Times reports, but that vaccines can help turn it
Bloomberg News,
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David Welch
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The semiconductor shortage has slashed vehicle production so much that rental-car companies can’t get the new cars they need, so they have resorted to buying used vehicles at auction. This is uncharted territory for the likes of Hertz Global Holdings Inc. and Enterprise Holdings Inc., which have made their profits by purchasing new vehicles cheaply in bulk, renting them out for as much as a year and selling them at auction. In the past, they have bought some used cars to shore up an occasional unforeseen burst in demand, but rarely for the mainstays of their fleets. “You would never
Newsweek,
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Christina Zhao
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Democratic Missouri Representative Cori Bush, a member of the progressive "Squad," on Sunday called America "racist AF," after she backed defunding the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. "Our communities wouldn't have needed to spark a national movement to save Black lives if America weren't racist AF," Bush tweeted Sunday afternoon. The congresswoman's remarks come two days after she praised a "historic" vote to defund the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. (Snip) St. Louis is ranked by Neighborhood Scout as one of the country's most dangerous cities. Between 2009 and 2019, at least 179 people were killed by local police or
Pioneer Press [St Paul MN],
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Katrina Pross
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While former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty, the other three officers at the scene when George Floyd died in police custody on May 25 face a trial this summer. The other former officers — J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao — are set to go to trial on Aug. 23, and it will be televised. The three are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Legal experts say Chauvin’s conviction on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter increases the likelihood that the other three
Politico,
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Ally Mutnick
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Susan Wright, the widow of the late congressman, and fellow Republican Jake Ellzey are running first and second in the all-party special House election in Texas, which would lock Democrats out of the runoff and end their most promising chance to expand their House majority this year.(Snip) The scenario would put a quick end to Democrats' hopes of challenging for the fast-diversifying 6th Congressional District outside Fort Worth. Democrats sensed opportunity in the district, which includes the Fort Worth suburbs and some rural and exurban counties to the southwest, one of many across the country where support for former President
KATU-TV {Portland OR],
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Allison Mechanic
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Police departments across the state have been preparing for May Day for weeks. May 1 is known as International Workers Day, but in recent years the day has ended in cities like Portland with arrests, fires and destruction. Police departments like the Portland Police Bureau and the Salem Police Department put out statements ahead of the day as a warning for what could be seen in their cities. Local historians say destruction from recent May Days doesn't connect with the actual history of the day. "May Day means something. It’s a memorial in a way to those who lost their
Hill [Washington DC],
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Brett Samuels
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President Biden sought to send the message this week that the nation is in a new phase of the pandemic when he strode away from a podium outside the White House without a mask after announcing guidance that the vaccinated no longer need face coverings when outdoors. But days later, Biden was spotted with a mask while walking outside to Marine One with first lady Jill Biden, even though both have been vaccinated and no others were around. The president again donned a mask at a Georgia drive-in rally while his wife spoke a few feet away, despite nobody else
ABC News,
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Meredith Deliso
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A Colorado woman out walking her dogs died of a suspected bear attack, officials said. The 39-year-old woman was found Friday night by her boyfriend, who went searching for her when he discovered the two dogs alone outside their home in Durango, in southwestern Colorado, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a statement Saturday. He found her body around 9:30 p.m. local time off U.S. Highway 550 near Trimble, north of Durango, and called 911, officials said. The woman and her boyfriend haven't been publicly identified. Responding wildlife officers "observed signs of consumption on the body and an abundance
KMSP-TV [Eden Prairie MN],
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MINNEAPOLIS - Community activists delivered stacks of boxes Friday to the Minneapolis city clerk's office to file a petition to amend the city charter in order to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a public safety department. Following the death of George Floyd, there's been a community push to defund or disband the Minneapolis Police Department. Activists say the petition is a step toward changing public safety and policing in the city. The 30 boxes now standing in the city clerk's office mark the first step of the process for a petition to amend the city charter. According to the clerk
Washington Examiner,
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Naomi Lim
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President Joe Biden is again spending the weekend in Delaware, but just how he spends his days of leisure are shrouded in mystery. The White House has so far released very little information about what he does on Saturdays and Sundays, providing the public with scant details about whom he spends time or speaks to. When he arrived at his Wilmington residence Friday afternoon, it marked his seventh trip home as president as the country returns to some semblance of normal amid the coronavirus pandemic and a day after he cleared his 100th in office. Presidents never experience "a true
Associated Press,
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Steve Peoples
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MANSFIELD, Texas — Adam Kinzinger came to Texas this week to hunt unicorns. The Illinois congressman was looking for Republicans who, like him, see former President Donald Trump as a scourge on their party and a threat to democracy. Kinzinger met privately with one sympathetic Republican, former President George W. Bush, on his first day in the state. And on the second, he had lunch with Michael Wood, the only openly anti-Trump Republican competing on Saturday in a crowded special election for a seat in Congress. Kinzinger, a 43-year-old Air Force pilot who flew missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, is positioning
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He's like a kid who has not outgrown dragging around a Puffalump.