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Month: January 2022

Two Connecticut officers are placed on leave following an investigation into the deaths of two Black women. Family and friends of Lauren Smith-Fields here gathered for a protest march in her memory in Bridgeport

Connecticut officers placed on leave after mayor says he’s ‘extremely disappointed’ in police leadership following investigation into the deaths of two Black women

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The mayor of a Connecticut city has ordered two police officers be placed on administrative leave after the families of two Black women criticized the police responses and investigations into their deaths. Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim expressed his condolences Sunday to the families of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, saying

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Foreign journalists in China say they face 'unprecedented hurdles.' Pictured is the main media center for the Beijing Winter Olympics on January 31

From visa denials to online trolling, foreign journalists in China say they face ‘unprecedented hurdles’

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business China’s government is using new intimidation methods against journalists and their sources, according to an annual survey by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China. The report, which was released Monday, said foreign correspondents are facing “unprecedented hurdles” covering the world’s most populous nation. Those hurdles include online trolling, cyber hacking,

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Spotify hace públicas sus reglas de plataforma que cubren la desinformación de covid-19. ¿Será suficiente?

olivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Spotify respondió el domingo a las críticas que recibió con respecto al contenido sobre el covid-19 después de que varios artistas de renombre dijeron que abandonarán la plataforma si esta continúa dando espacio al comediante Joe Rogan, cuyo podcast ha difundido afirmaciones engañosas e inexactas sobre las vacunas y

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Federal prosecutors have reached plea agreements with Travis McMichael and his father

Federal judge rejects plea deal on hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing over sentencing concerns

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Angela Barajas and Melissa Alonso, CNN A federal judge Monday rejected the plea deal reached by prosecutors and Travis McMichael on hate crime charges, an agreement that would have precluded his federal trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing. Earlier, McMichael had agreed to plead guilty to a single hate crime charge —

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