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Demonstrators raise their arms and chant "Hands up, don't shoot" on Aug. 17, 2014, as they protest the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

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Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns

9:21am January 25, 2021

by Cheryl W. Thompson

Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black people nationwide. The majority of officers were white and for at least 15 of them, the shootings were not their first or last.

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The remains of Lt. Col. Paul Voss return home, Dover Air Force Base, Del. Voss was one of two Air Force aviators killed in a crash in Afghanistan last January.

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Engine Failure And Crew Error Responsible For Fatal 2020 Crash in Afghanistan

11:10pm January 22, 2021

by Dustin Jones

An Air Force investigation revealed that the left engine of the aircraft failed. The two pilots onboard mistakenly shut down the right engine and were unable to glide back to base.

Riley Williams, 22, of Harrisburg, Pa., was released from jail into her mother's custody Thursday. She's charged in connection with the theft of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Woman Charged In Theft Of Pelosi's Laptop Released From Jail

8:02pm January 21, 2021

by Dustin Jones

Riley Williams, 22, was released from jail Thursday into her mother's custody. Williams is charged with stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the attack on the Capitol.

Larry Rendall Brock Jr., an Air Force veteran, is seen inside the Senate Chamber wearing a military-style helmet and tactical vest during the rioting at the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors have alleged that before the attack, Brock posted on Facebook ab

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Nearly 1 In 5 Defendants In Capitol Riot Cases Served In The Military

4:38pm January 21, 2021

Amid rising concern over domestic extremism, an NPR analysis found military veterans were overrepresented in those charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol when compared to the general population.

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Social Media Site Gab Is Surging, Even As Critics Blame It For Capitol Violence

7:44am January 17, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

As federal investigators begin to launch criminal cases against some of the perpetrators of the violence, a growing chorus advocates and lawmakers say tech companies bear some responsibility, too.

The National Rifle Association's annual meeting in 2019 in Indiana. The NRA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday, saying it aims to reincorporate as a nonprofit in Texas and leave New York, where the state has filed a fraud suit against it.

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NRA Files For Bankruptcy Amid Fraud Suit In New York

7:54pm January 15, 2021

by Dustin Jones

The NRA aims to relocate to Texas, away from the "corrupt political ... environment" of New York. The state's attorney general says officials diverted millions of dollars to their personal expenses.

"People will not be subject to age or disability discrimination when the going gets tough," Roger Severino, the director of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services, told NPR.

HHS Civil Rights Office Tackles Health Care Discrimination Of People With Disabilities

5:34pm January 15, 2021

by Joseph Shapiro

New actions from the Office For Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services aim to fight discrimination against people with disabilities who have COVID-19, like being denied treatment.

Civil liberties advocates say they fear that the kinds of measures that could be put in place after last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol could disproportionately hurt minorities.

Response To Capitol Riot Could Hurt Minorities, Civil Libertarians Say

9:33am January 15, 2021

by Carrie Johnson

They say new police and surveillance powers could, if history is a guide, be used against Blacks and other people of color in the justice system, not the white rioters who stormed the Capitol.

When law enforcement officials failed to anticipate that pro-Trump supporters would devolve into a violent mob, they fell victim to what one expert calls "the invisible obvious." He said it was hard for authorities to see that people who looked like them

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Why Didn't The FBI And DHS Produce A Threat Report Ahead of The Capitol Insurrection?

10:35pm January 13, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security wrote detailed threat assessments before Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer, but offered only general warnings before the events on Jan. 6.

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs suggested Republicans who voted to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win were "criminal."

After Deadly Capitol Riot, Fox News Stays Silent On Stars' Incendiary Rhetoric

4:43pm January 13, 2021

Many Fox News hosts, commentators and guests helped stoke the pro-Trump protests that became an assault on Congress. Among those influenced was Ashli Babbitt, who died while storming the Capitol.

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