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As demand for the Covid-19 vaccine continues to fall, the county is taking a new approach. It’s offering free beer. It’s not quite a government handout. Local breweries are partnering with the county Health Department to host pop-up vaccination clinics next to their taprooms. Get a shot – the Moderna kind, not the alcoholic kind – and …

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Judicial Watch announced Tuesday that it received documents allegedly revealing how California pressured social media companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter to remove certain posts regarding the 2020 election. The conservative watchdog group says it has received a 540-page document and a four-page supplementary document from the office of the Secretary of State of California, in …

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A reporter said that she resigned from the New York Post after she was “forced” to write the “incorrect” story about Vice President Kamala Harris’s book being given to migrant children. Laura Italiano tweeted about the story and her resignation on Tuesday, a day after the article was retracted and clarified by several news outlets. “An announcement: Today I …

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is launching an internal probe to identify white supremacists within its own ranks. “Domestic violent extremism represents the deadliest and most persistent terrorist threat to our country today,” Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement Monday. “As we work to safeguard our nation, we must be vigilant in our efforts to …

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After Maggie Williams of Summit High School in Bend, Oregon, collapsed at the finish line during an 800-meter race last week, outrage erupted over the state’s mask mandate for athletes — even for runners like Williams who compete with the sun shining on their backs and the wind blowing past their faces. Her coach Dave …

Outrage erupts after HS runner — forced by state to wear mask — collapses at finish line. Then suddenly the powers that be have change of heart. Read More »

A Tennessee man described by his attorneys as mentally disabled spent nearly two weeks in jail for posting a fake photograph on social media two men urinating on the grave of a police officer killed while on duty in 2018. Now, he is suing the city and law enforcement officials involved in his arrest, saying …

Man Jailed For Posting Anti-Police Meme on Facebook Files $1M Lawsuit Alleging ‘Despicable and Unconstitutional Malicious Prosecution’ Read More »

“America is on the move again,” President Biden said in his first joint address to Congress Wednesday night, remarks given amid the coronavirus pandemic. The speech came about 100 days into his presidency, and was delivered to a Capitol chamber with reduced occupancy, as a result of the pandemic. Biden used his address to make the case …

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A 24-year-old tourist from Delaware was killed in Puerto Rico over the weekend after allegedly buying drugs in a coastal shantytown, authorities said. Tariq Loat and a friend, James Jackson, were attacked in La Perla on Saturday following the alleged drug deal when they tried to take photographs, despite being told not to, according to …

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The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has announced that it will hold live performances this summer at the Filene Center at a reduced capacity and with socially-distanced pod seating. Officials say mask requirements will be in place and that their health and safety guidelines will be modified as needed. SUMMER 2021 POLICIES AND GUIDELINES …

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The state will pay over $11 million in refunds to some Maryland homeowners after a Montgomery County man uncovered a mistake by the state taxation department. State lawmakers unanimously passed a bill to provide refunds which is awaiting a signature by Gov. Larry Hogan. This money will primarily go to people in Montgomery Co. and Baltimore City. The homeowners …

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