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A group of lawmakers in Delaware want a special committee to investigate how the state’s Department of Correction has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. State legislators will introduce a resolution to create the committee and have it make recommendations regarding prison healthcare. A separate bill is aimed at allowing some prisoners early release. Delaware’s prisons have …

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Child labor in parts of Asia fuels the palm oil industry and the corporate products that depend on it — including some varieties of Girl Scout Cookies, according to the Associated Press. The massive $65 billion sector relies on palm oil plantations in countries like Malaysia and Indonesia, where entire families often work backbreaking 12-hour days for minimal …

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President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick Kristen Clarke, a civil rights lawyer, as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, which is expected to be a prioritized role in the Biden administration. Clarke, the current President of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and a former prosecutor with the …

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The rate of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border has skyrocketed in the months since President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, the outgoing Border Patrol chief warned. Speaking during a call with reporters Tuesday, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan cautioned that arrivals at the US-Mexico border were hitting new highs in the wake of Biden’s …

Border Patrol chief says migrant arrivals have skyrocketed post-Biden win Read More »

There has been so much politicization of and misinformation spread about the COVID-19 pandemic is it nearly impossible to know what is and is not true. And so, when we find ourselves on such factually shaky ground, the best thing to do is to trust our eyes, our ears, and our common sense when it …

Without Mask Mandate Or Lockdowns, Florida Hospitalization Level Same As 2018 Flu Season Read More »

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer raised eyebrows Wednesday after she tweeted a photo of a prayer candle featuring Stacey Abrams’ face. The failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate campaigned and organized for Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock leading up to the state’s runoff elections, which ended Tuesday. Warnock is projected to defeat Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., according to the Fox News Decision Desk. The race …

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Dog and dash! A DoorDash driver in Michigan took off with a customer’s new puppy after dropping off their order, video shows. The female driver was caught on surveillance footage abducting an 8-week-old pooch named Bella at the home in Warren on New Year’s Day, news station WXYZ reported. “You can see her pet the dog [and] …

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Several White House staffers have resigned in the wake of the violent protests in Washington, D.C. as Congress resumed to count the Electoral College votes Wednesday evening. First lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff Stephanie Grisham became the first to submit her resignation effective immediately, CNN first reported. Grisham began working for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump …

Several White House staffers resign amid violent pro-Trump protests in DC Read More »

New York’s governor is threatening to fine hospitals that don’t use their allotment of COVID-19 vaccine fast enough. His South Carolina counterpart says health care workers have until Jan. 15 to get a shot or move to the back of the line. California’s governor wants to use dentists to vaccinate people. With frustration rising over …

Governors Scramble to Speed Vaccine Effort After Slow Start Read More »

On Tuesday, Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece Alveda King blasted Kamala Harris for a bogus story that she appeared to completely make up from her childhood. The story appears to be taken from MLK Jr. “Kamala knows that her worldview is totally different than the worldview of Martin Luther King Jr. So it’s a big …

“SHE’S NOTHING LIKE” HIM: MLK Jr.’s Niece Unleashes on Kamala Harris For Bogus, Plagiarized Story Read More »