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The coronavirus has infected New York City's rats. Why that's bad news for people

Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2023

Sen. Hawley says some people charged for entering Capitol on Jan. 6 ‘didn’t do anything wrong’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Jan. 6, 2021, Lloyd Casimiro Cruz Jr., 40, of Polo, attended the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. After the rally, he walked down to the U.S. Capitol, where he saw people breaking windows and fighting with police. He then walked into the Capitol…

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023

Former NYPD officer convicted for her role in Jan. 6 assault on Capitol Hill

A retired NYPD officer, seen shaking a tambourine and shouting “I’m a f------ animal” during the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill in 2021, was convicted of felony and misdemeanor charges for her role in the armed breach.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023

Editorial: In Atlanta, violent radicals on the left help feed the radical right's narrative

The violent protest against the construction of a police training center in Atlanta exemplifies how little the radical left has learned since the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Violence and destruction couched as civil disobedience, regardless of the claimed justification, rarely if ever…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Mar 10, 2023

Tucker Carlson – news: Fox host defends QAnon Shaman, attacks trans people and calls Zelensky a ‘despot’

Presenter’s reframing of US Capitol riot as ‘peaceful protest’ infuriates lawmakers

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023

Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

Prosecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023

Las Vegas business owner charged in Capitol riot

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas business owner referred to online as #SpiderNazi was charged in connection with storming the U.S. Capitol, according to a federal complaint unsealed this week.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023

Colorado laws to expand abortion access, protect providers and patients proposed in state Capitol

DENVER — Colorado Democratic lawmakers introduced a package of three bills Thursday that, if passed, would increase and protect access to abortion and gender-affirming care in the state.

The Denver Post · Mar 10, 2023

Donald Trump Jr suggests Mitch McConnell is ‘insane’ for siding with Capitol police over Tucker Carlson

The former president’s son made the comments in a video recorded in a car

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023

Tucker Carlson – news: Fox News host calls GOP critics ‘sociopaths’ as White House says clips ‘not credible’

Reframing of violent attack on US Capitol as peaceful protest raises ire of lawmakers and family of fallen officer

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023