Month: February 2021

Changing weather has done little to stem the spike in murders in Chicago; despite near-freezing temperatures and at least one significant snowfall, the city clocked 54 homicides in January of 2021, the most in four years. NBC Chicago reports that the Chicago Police Department announced Monday that there had been 51 homicides. The Chicago Sun-Times, which …

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Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most common form of the disease, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. “For the first time, breast cancer now constitutes the most commonly occurring cancer globally,” Andre Ilbawi, a cancer specialist at the WHO, told a U.N. briefing ahead of World Cancer Day on Thursday. Lung …

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House members picked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to prosecute the impeachment case against former President Donald Trump intend to argue that Trump is “singularly responsible” for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The team of House impeachment managers filed an 80-page brief on Tuesday laying out their case to convince the Senate to convict Trump …

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Tony Bennett has revealed that he has Alzheimer’s disease. The 94-year-old crooner’s battle with the disease was documented in a lengthy AARP article, which contained interviews with his family members, and on Monday Bennett announced the news by sharing a link to the article on Twitter. “Life is a gift – even with Alzheimer’s,” he wrote. “Thank you …

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed that she is a survivor of sexual assault, in an emotional video message Monday in which she also described fearing for her life during the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The New York congresswoman drew parallels between the lawmakers seeking to “move on” from the Capitol …

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Candidates are crowding the first congressional district race against Andy Harris. Activist Mia Mason becomes the third candidate in the race. Mason lost to Harris last year, after winning the democratic nomination. The former small business owner says her main causes include mental health, the fight against fossil fuels, and other progressive issues. Specifically on …

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A hundred or so House Democrats are asking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to include what critics are calling amnesty for some illegal immigrants in the COVID relief package currently being hammered out in Congress, Breitbart reports. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is heading up the group of House Democrats who sent a letter to Pelosi over the weekend …

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Former D.C. police chief Peter Newsham began his first day on the job Monday as the new police chief in Prince William County. Newsham joins the Prince William County Police Department after serving the Metropolitan Police Department in D.C. for 31 years. He says he plans to spend his first days meeting with community leaders and residents. He …

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Planned Parenthood facilities in Texas will no longer receive taxpayer funds through the Medicaid program beginning February 3. The state denied the abortion provider’s request to continue to receive Medicaid reimbursement funding for its clinics, as Catholic News Agency observed. Jennifer Allmon, executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, praised the persistence of the Texas …

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China says it has lodged a formal complaint with Canada over T-shirts ordered by one of the country’s Beijing Embassy staff that allegedly mocked China’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, in an apparent mix-up between the city of Wuhan and the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters Tuesday that China …

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