PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) As states around the country lift COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is poised to go the opposite direction — and many residents are fuming about it. A top health official is considering indefinitely extending rules requiring masks and social distancing in all businesses in the state. The proposal would keep the rules in place until they are “no longer … [Read more...] about As Mask Mandates End, Oregon Bucks Trend With Permanent Rule
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FBI Says It Interviewed FedEx Mass Shooter Last Year
By CASEY SMITH and RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop,” the bureau said Friday. Coroners released the names of the victims late … [Read more...] about FBI Says It Interviewed FedEx Mass Shooter Last Year
Faith Leaders Across U.S. Join In Decrying Voting Restrictions
By DAVID CRARY, JONATHAN J. COOPER and EMILY LESHNER Associated Press In Georgia, faith leaders are asking corporate executives to condemn laws restricting voting access — or face a boycott. In Arizona and Texas, clergy have assembled outside the state capitols to decry what they view as voter-suppression measures targeting Black and Hispanic people. Similar initiatives … [Read more...] about Faith Leaders Across U.S. Join In Decrying Voting Restrictions
A New Ranking of the Best American States Has Dropped
(Relevant) The internet is all about arguing. We can’t get enough of it. We argue about politics. We argue about pop culture. We argue about …well, that’s mostly it, unfortunately. Politics is a subject that demands complex nuance, a finely tuned moral compass, rigorous education and compassionate empathy, so it only makes sense that we’d talk about it on the internet, which … [Read more...] about A New Ranking of the Best American States Has Dropped
Indianapolis FedEx Facility Shooting Leaves 8 Dead, Attacker’s Identity Unknown
(Fox News) A mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday night has left at least eight people dead and several others injured, police say. The shooter who opened fire at the facility near the city’s airport also died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Genae Cook. … [Read more...] about Indianapolis FedEx Facility Shooting Leaves 8 Dead, Attacker’s Identity Unknown