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Minneapolis judge orders city to hire more police officers after residents sue over crime rates

Hennepin County Judge Jamie Anderson mandated the city council and Mayor Jacob Frey this week to hire 730 sworn officers…

3 years ago

Texas allows residents to possess handguns with no license after Gov. Abbott signs controversial ‘constitutional carry’ bill

After passing through the state Senate late last month, Abbott put his name to HB 1927 on Wednesday, legalizing what…

3 years ago

Florida set to release swarms of GMO mosquitoes as residents decry ‘criminal experiment’ by Bill Gates-backed biotech

Spearheaded by the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) and Oxitec, a British biotech firm that’s received backing from the…

3 years ago

Funding priorities? If NASA ran Texas, its residents would not freeze, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells RT in half-joke

Tyson was challenged by Afshin Rattansi, the host of RT’s “Going Underground” program, to convince them that billions of US…

3 years ago

Two UK care home workers arrested over multiple coronavirus-related deaths of residents

A 57-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man were taken into custody on suspicion of willful neglect, said the Devon and…

3 years ago

Residents in breakaway Ukrainian Donbass regions have more trust in government than those living under Kiev’s rule, new poll finds

Published by the Global Voices international reporting project – which is funded by Western NGOs – on Wednesday, researchers from…

3 years ago

‘Only the strong will survive’: Texas city mayor resigns for lashing out at residents asking for help during deadly storm

“No one owes you are your family anything; nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying…

3 years ago

Torn down after terrifying residents of Russian city, much-mocked dead-eyed ‘Zombie Angelina Jolie’ monument sold off for $35,500

The monument to a girl named Alenka, who local legend holds founded the village that later grew into Novovoronezh, was…

3 years ago

14 German care home residents test positive for UK Covid-19 strain after getting 2nd Pfizer jab

The first positive Covid-19 cases in the care home in the town of Belm, near Osnabrueck, were discovered on February…

3 years ago

7 die at Spanish care home after getting Pfizer Covid-19 jab as ALL residents test positive for virus, second doses still to come

Most of those who succumbed to the virus had existing conditions, according to Spanish news agency EFE, while four residents…

3 years ago