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$1.25 million bail set for Derek Chauvin at his initial court appearance in George Floyd’s death
By Greg Stanley
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Dems’ police reform bill would ban chokeholds, make civil suits against officers easier
WASHINGTON, D.C. —House Democrats on Monday unveiled a legislative blueprint for reforming policing policies, responding to the nationwide…
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Bright lights and face masks: This is the look of a reopened Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Bright lights. Ringing bells. And now, sneeze guards at blackjack tables, mandatory empty barstools and…
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Coronavirus has closed courthouses, stopped trials. How does Washington’s justice system come back?
The coronavirus pandemic has chipped away at the bedrock guarantee of American jurisprudence: the right to a trial…
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Can Operation Warp Speed deliver a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year?
By Melissa Healy
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Pandemic gives Navy ‘opportunity’ to revise long-term plans
Even before the pandemic hit the service hard, the U.S. Navy was in rough seas.
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Study: Climate change, industry harming old-growth forests
Forests globally are becoming younger and shorter because of deforestation and climate change, reducing biological diversity and stunting…
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SpaceX docks at the International Space Station with two NASA astronauts
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule eased its way to the International Space Station on Sunday morning.
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IRS fails to pursue thousands of rich tax cheats, watchdog says
The Internal Revenue Service is letting hundreds of thousands of high-income individuals duck their tax obligations, according to…