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Month: September 2021

Federal govt launches civil rights probe of Georgia prisons

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who oversees the department’s civil rights division, says the civil investigation will be comprehensive but will focus on “harm to prisoners resulting from prisoner-on-prisoner violence.” It will

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¿Dónde están los líderes desaparecidos de los talibanes? Rumores se arremolinan sobre el destino de dos altos funcionarios

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los líderes de los talibanes rara vez se ven en eventos públicos y no conceden entrevistas ni celebran conferencias de prensa. Muchos de ellos se mueven en las sombras, tienen paraderos desconocidos, generando inevitablemente rumores sobre su salud y sobre posibles desencuentros internos. Esos rumores ganaron tanta tracción en los

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Councilmember pushes for protections for St. Louis County employees mandated to get COVID vaccine

By KMOV.COM STAFF Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — Tuesday night, St. Louis County Councilman Tim Fitch will introduce a measure calling for those made to get a coronavirus vaccine be protected. The Republican’s push is to provide lifetime healthcare to any St. Louis County government employee who

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David Shahoulian is leaving the Department of Homeland Security. He's the second official to leave as the agency grapples with border surge and Afghanistan refugee influx.

Second official departs DHS as agency grapples with border surge and Afghanistan refugee influx

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN David Shahoulian, a senior Biden official at the Department of Homeland Security and influential figure on border issues, is leaving the department for personal reasons, a source familiar with the departure told CNN Tuesday, marking the latest shake-up at DHS. The resignation comes a day after Karen Olick, the chief of

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