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Christmas Day rape suspect arrested

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Mobile Public Safety Director James Barber confirmed that officers arrested Todd Overstreet this morning. Overstreet, 50, is accused of breaking into a woman’s home near Country Club Village on Christmas Day while she was away. He allegedly staked out at her home, waiting to

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Ex-cop Derek Chauvin will be tried separately in George Floyd’s killing due to the pandemic

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, will be tried separately from the other officers because of the ongoing pandemic, according to a Hennepin County District Court ruling. The three other officers, who are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree

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Nebraska senator introducing legislation to better protect meatpacking employees

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Ne (WOWT) — In a zoom press conference Monday morning, Sen. Tony Vargas announced he’s introducing the Meatpacking Employees COVID-19 Protection Act. The legislation would better protect workers at Nebraska’s meatpacking plants by ensuring 6-feet of distance between employees and giving them access to PPE, hand washing

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Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — In a zoom press conference Monday morning, Sen. Tony Vargas announced he’s introducing the Meatpacking Employees COVID-19 Protection Act. The legislation would better protect workers at Nebraska’s meatpacking plants by ensuring 6-feet of distance between employees and giving them access to PPE, hand washing

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Tennessee grocery store workers want higher vaccine priority ranking

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV ) — Tennessee grocery store workers are frustrated over their position on the COVID-19 vaccination priority list. Currently, the federal government categorizes grocery store workers as critical infrastructure, and in most states, those employees will receive vaccines in phase two. But in Tennessee, grocery store

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On these 9 days, police in DC arrested more people than they did during the Capitol siege

Sixty-one: That’s the number of arrests Washington, DC, police made the day rioters laid siege to the Capitol in protest of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory. More have been arrested since, and several jurisdictions are now involved in hunting down the supporters of President Donald Trump who invaded and ransacked the Capitol during a joint

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Chicago teachers to hold ‘teach-out’ as students return to in-person learning

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WLS) — Teachers unwilling to teach from inside their classrooms are expected to teach virtually from outside the building once again Tuesday, according to the Chicago Teacher’s Union. Chicago Public School officials have threatened to dock pay for teachers who are unwilling to return to in-person teaching.

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