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China Using Forced Birth Control To Curb Minority Population

"The state regularly subjects minority women to pregnancy checks, and forces intrauterine devices, sterilization and even abortion on hundreds of thousands ..." Jun 29, 2020 By The Associated Press The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country's Han majority to have more children. While individual women have spoken out before about...

Red Sox Hall Of Famer Dead At 88

Eddie Kasko, MLB All-Star and Korean War vet, dies at 88 Fox News – Eddie Kasko, a former MLB infielder who was an All-Star during his 10-year career, died Wednesday. He was 88. The Boston Red Sox, for whom Kasko played in the final year of his career in 1966, announced his passing. No cause of death was initially given. Kasko served two years in the Korean War from 1952-1954 with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers before...

Fauci, Trump Hold “Intense Discussions” Over Coronavirus Testing Options

Jun 26, 2020 Forbes – As cases spike and outbreaks spiral out of control in several states, the Trump administration is considering pivoting to a new testing strategy — testing people in groups — in a ploy to speed up the process and make it more efficient, the Washington Post reports. KEY FACTS The strategy, known as “pool testing,” would allow officials to test more people with fewer resources and more quickly identify and isolate those who are...

Trump’s ‘Protective Bubble’ Scales Up: CNN

Should Trump reconsider his decision of not wearing a mask? Comment below. ALSO: These states have the most people wearing masks Conservatives sue over Florida mask rules Measures to protect Trump from virus scale up June 26, 2020 CNN – Measures meant to protect President Donald Trump from catching the coronavirus have scaled up dramatically. As he seeks to insert rival Joe Biden's health into the presidential campaign, Trump has voiced escalating concern about how it would appear if he...

Florida BANS Alcohol At Bars

The Latest: Florida bans alcohol at bars as virus cases soar FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida banned alcohol consumption at its bars after its daily confirmed coronavirus cases neared 9,000, almost double the previous record set just two days ago. The Florida agency that governs bars announced the ban on Twitter, minutes after the Department of Health reported 8,942 new confirmed cases, topping the previous record of 5,500 set Wednesday. More than 24,000 cases have...

Cops Arrest Wrong Man In Front Of His Family Based On Flawed Facial Recognition System

Detroit says 'shoddy' work led to arrest tied to technology | Jun 26, 2020 | By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Black man who was wrongly arrested after the use of facial recognition technology by Detroit police will have his DNA, fingerprints and mugshot removed from law enforcement files, officials said Friday. Robert Williams was the victim of "shoddy investigative work," police Chief James Craig said. Williams, 42, was arrested in January in front of his...

Biden Calls For Mandatory Face Masks

"I would do everything possible to make it required that people had to wear masks in public." – Joe Biden June 26, 2020 | By Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — Joe Biden says that if he were president, he would require people across the country to wear masks in public during the coronavirus pandemic. "The one thing we do know, these masks make a gigantic difference. I would insist that everybody in public be wearing that mask," the presumptive...

Armed “Vigilantes” Team Up With Police

June 19 2020 The Intercept – A former Albuquerque City Council candidate who ran on a tough-on-crime platform shot a protester at an anti-police brutality demonstration on Monday and was arrested alongside members of a right-wing militia group. The shooting is an extreme example of a trend that has played out across the country as armed vigilantes pledging to protect property have shown up at protests — in many cases with encouragement or even explicit...

Death Threats “On A Regular Basis” Frighten Public Health Officials

“Someone very casually suggested that I should be shot ... ” June 22, 2020 Fox News – Los Angeles County's top health official said Monday that she and others in similar roles have received death threats over safety measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, prompting some to resign, as ways to combat the pandemic have turned increasingly politically partisan. Barbara Ferrer, the director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health, said she and...

Remember When It Was ‘Racist’ To Avoid Egg Rolls?

The tide has turned since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: "People are literally not patroning Chinese restaurants, they're not patroning Asian restaurants because of just straight up racism around the coronavirus." Coronavirus: food-related outbreaks raise new flags about supply security in China PLUS: Norwegian salmon exporters feel China’s wrath South China Morning Post, June 22, 2020 In Europe, South America and the US, meat processing plants have been hotspots for the spread of the virus Many workers at meatpacking plants and...

Too Many Moose, Not Enough Hunters

“Moose densities greater than one per square mile support high numbers of winter ticks which negatively impact moose health and survival.” Moose hunt applications due July 8 By Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department via Buckmasters.com The deadline to apply for a Vermont moose hunting permit is July 8. Permit applications are available online for the hunt limited to Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E. “Moose density in WMU E is more than one moose per square mile, significantly higher than...

‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents

File photo Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels. The New York Times, June 21, 2020 On a chilly afternoon in April, Los Angeles police found an old, disoriented man crumpled on a Koreatown sidewalk. Several days earlier, RC Kendrick, an 88-year-old with dementia, was living at Lakeview Terrace, a nursing home with a history of regulatory problems. His family had placed him there to...

Irony Alert: China Rejects US Chicken Over Covid Fears

China halts poultry imports from US factory By The Associated Press BEIJING — The Chinese customs agency has suspended poultry imports from a Tyson Co. facility in the United States after coronavirus cases were confirmed among its employees. The announcement Sunday gave no details of the facility's location or how much meat might be affected. Meanwhile, a PepsiCo Inc. facility in Beijing suspended production and was disinfected after a confirmed case was found there June 15,...

Ilhan Omar’s Father Dead of Covid-19

Jun 16, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Monday announced the death of her father due to complications from COVID-19. In a statement, Omar said Nur Omar Mohamed died Monday. She gave no additional information. Omar said in her statement: "No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew him. My family and I ask for your respect and privacy during this time." Since her election in 2018, Omar has been...

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