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Aug
28
2021
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By Troy Warren
Robert F. Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Wins Parole, Rory Kennedy Urges Board to “Reverse Initial Recommendation”

Robert F. Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Wins Parole, Rory Kennedy Urges Board to “Reverse Initial Recommendation”

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BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, THR STAFF Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks "We adamantly oppose the parole and release of Sirhan Sirhan and are shocked by a ruling that we believe ignores the standards for parole of a confessed, first-degree murderer in the State of California," wrote six Kennedy children via a statement on social media. U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was granted parole Friday after two of RFK’s sons spoke in favor of Sirhan Sirhan’s release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. The decision was a major victory for the 77-year-old prisoner, though it does not assure his…
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Aug
28
2021
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By Troy Warren
What’s behind latest grocery store product shortages

What’s behind latest grocery store product shortages

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By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie #EditorsPicks Grocery prices have hit a 46-year high as more people continue to stay at home to help slow the spread of COVID, according to reports. The price of household staples such as eggs, meat and milk spiked, causing the biggest one-month jump since February 1974, according to a July report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Good Morning America” reported. As prices continue to climb, some grocers are struggling to keep items in stock, “GMA” reported. “In the 50 years I’ve been in the business, we’ve never seen the…
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Aug
25
2021
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By Troy Warren
Delta to levy $200/mth health care surcharge on unvaccinated employees

Delta to levy $200/mth health care surcharge on unvaccinated employees

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By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #Business Atlanta airline also introduces weekly COVID-19 testing for holdouts Delta Air Lines plans to charge employees who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 an extra $200 a month beginning in November as part of the company’s health care plans. Atlanta-based Delta, which cited high hospitalization costs, also will require unvaccinated employees to be tested weekly for the coronavirus starting Sept. 12 while cases are high. About 75% of the airline’s 75,000 employees are already vaccinated, and the company already requires new hires to get shots. Others have been advocating more strongly for vaccine mandates since…
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Aug
25
2021
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By Troy Warren
‘Pain compliance’: Video shows trooper pummeling Black man

‘Pain compliance’: Video shows trooper pummeling Black man

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks MONROE, La. — Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.” “I’m not resisting! I’m not resisting!” Aaron Larry Bowman can be heard screaming between blows on the footage obtained by The Associated Press. The May 2019 beating following a traffic stop left him with a broken jaw, three broken ribs, a broken wrist and a gash to his head that required six staples to…
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Aug
23
2021
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By Troy Warren
Internal probe clears officer in Capitol riot shooting

Internal probe clears officer in Capitol riot shooting

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks WASHINGTON — An officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as she began to climb through the broken part of a door leading into an area known as the Speaker’s Lobby acted lawfully and in line with police department policy, the U.S. Capitol Police said Monday. Capitol Police announced the findings of their internal investigation into the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt on Monday. Officials said they had interviewed multiple witnesses and reviewed video and radio calls as part of the monthslong probe.…
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Aug
23
2021
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By Troy Warren
Radio host who regretted vaccine skepticism dies of COVID

Radio host who regretted vaccine skepticism dies of COVID

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 #EditorsPicks NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalized from COVID-19 has died. He was 61. Nashville radio station SuperTalk 99.7 WTN confirmed Phil Valentine’s death in a tweet Saturday. Valentine had been a skeptic of the coronavirus vaccines. But after he tested positive for COVID-19, and prior to his hospitalization, he told his listeners to consider, “If I get this COVID thing, do I have a chance of dying from it?” If so, he advised them to get vaccinated. He said…
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Aug
22
2021
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By Troy Warren
Catholic officials on edge after reports of priests using Grindr

Catholic officials on edge after reports of priests using Grindr

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By Liam Stack, The New York Times Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks The reports hit the Roman Catholic Church in rapid succession: Analyses of cellphone data obtained by a conservative Catholic blog seemed to show priests at multiple levels of the Catholic hierarchy in both the United States and the Vatican using the gay hookup app Grindr. The first report, published late last month, led to the resignation of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, the former general secretary of the U.S. bishops’ conference. The second, posted online days later, made claims about the use of Grindr by unnamed people in unspecified rectories in…
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Aug
22
2021
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By Troy Warren
Parent allegedly beats up teacher after mask dispute on first day of school

Parent allegedly beats up teacher after mask dispute on first day of school

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #COVID-19 Confrontation occurs after daughter seen wearing face covering A parent angry over his child having to wear a mask on the first day of school was banned from campus after allegedly attacking a teacher who tried to break up an argument that erupted with the principal over the matter. The altercation happened Wednesday about an hour after classes let out at Sutter Creek Elementary School in Amador County, California, according to NBC affiliate KCRA. The man confronted the school’s principal after seeing his daughter exit the building with a face…
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Aug
21
2021
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By Troy Warren
How Hollywood Is Navigating Busy Events Season Amid Delta Variant Surge: “You’ve Got to Be Nimble”

How Hollywood Is Navigating Busy Events Season Amid Delta Variant Surge: “You’ve Got to Be Nimble”

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BY CHRIS GARDNER, KIRSTEN CHUBA Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #COVID-19 #Entertainment From added costs of rapid COVID-19 tests to making space for the unvaccinated, insiders open up on how to plan events at this phase of the pandemic. “Safely.” That’s the word Cynthia Erivo employs in describing how she’s stepping out this awards season, one that has, once again, been dented by a still-burning pandemic. “I’m approaching it safely as I possibly can but I’m excited to see people. We haven’t had a chance to see people for such a long time in these spaces,” says the star, nominated for her turn as the…
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Aug
19
2021
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By Troy Warren
Chicago: Hundreds arrive for funeral of slain Chicago police officer

Chicago: Hundreds arrive for funeral of slain Chicago police officer

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By Don Babwin, The Associated Press Troy Warren for ChicagoNewsAndTalk.Com Hundreds of police officers from across Illinois and beyond have gathered for a funeral Mass to remember a Chicago police officer who was fatally shot earlier this month Scores of police officers stood to attention as the casket containing the body of a Chicago police officer fatally shot this month was carried into a South Side church for her funeral Thursday morning. A sea of officers in their dress blue uniforms formed outside St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel as mourners — including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, former Mayor Richard M. Daley,…
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