Category: News
Manchin’s staunch opposition to ending filibuster puts Biden’s agenda in jeopardy
Manchin dashed hopes on the left that recent events might compel him to reconsider his support for keeping the Senate’s 60-vote rule to pass bills. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/654248252/0/usatoday-newstopstories~Manchins-staunch-opposition-to-ending-filibuster-puts-Bidens-agenda-in-jeopardy/
‘A light that guides me’: American Airlines CEO attends wedding of Southwest flight attendant year after in-flight talk on racism
American CEO Doug Parker and Southwest flight attendant JacqueRae Hill have stayed in touch since their discussion on race went viral a year ago. …
I’m entering the next phase of my life – and you are too
My life is changing rapidly and slowly right now. And yours probably is too. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/654256034/0/usatoday-lifetopstories~Im-entering-the-next-phase-of-my-life-%E2%80%93-and-you-are-too/
Virginia school named for Confederate soldier renamed to honor Black NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson is famous for her role in NASA’s orbital mission of John Glenn in 1962. Her story portrayed in the 2016 film “Hidden Figures.”…
FBI secretly ran phone encryption program used by organized crime, global sting yields 800 arrests
Over the past 18 months, the FBI provided phones via unsuspecting middlemen to more than 300 gangs operating in more than 100 countries. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/654248836/0/usatoday-newstopstories~FBI-secretly-ran-phone-encryption-program-used-by-organized-crime-global-sting-yields-arrests/
Dennis White, Boston police commissioner, fired after years-old domestic abuse allegations surface in newspaper investigation
Dennis White’s attorney told USA TODAY in a statement: “He is a Black man, falsely accused of crimes, not given a fair trial or hearing.”…
FBI run messaging app tricks organized crime
The FBI says a global sting operation has dealt an “unprecedented blow” to organized crime. The operation known as Trojan Shield led to police raids…