Ilhan Omar to reintroduce bill creating new federal board to independently investigate police misconduct

Rep. ilhan-omar” target=”_blank”>Ilhan Omar<. Omar said the new agency would be modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which investigates major traffic, train and airline accidents.  “It’s an existing agency. It’s one that works,” Omar said in the Friday interview. “And we believe our criminal justice system needs an agency like that.” AFTER DEREK CHAUVIN VERDICT, GARLAND…

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As Academy’s diversity initiative looms, some wonder if viewers will still be watching: ‘Oscars are dead’

The events may soon have a greater problem on its hands than its current largely-discussed topic of a massive ratings slide. Three years from now, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will begin implementing its Aperture 2025 initiative – a sweeping set of regulations designed to make Hollywood more equitable and diverse. Beginning…

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Israel shared Iranian General Soleimani's cell phones with US intelligence before drone strike: report

world-regions shared three cell phone numbers used by Qasem Soleimani with U.S. intelligence in the hours before American drones unleashed Hellfire missiles on the conflicts general last year, Yahoo News reported Saturday.  The revelation sheds new light on the role that Israel played in the killing of Soleimani, who the State Department says was responsible for hundreds of…

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Sen. Portman warns removal of Nord Stream 2 sanctions a 'serious misstep' ahead of Ukraine president's visit

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, warned that the removal of sanctions from the world-regions Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a “serious misstep” as the conflicts president’s visit with joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< that Biden’s waiving of sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline “is a serious misstep that endangers U.S., European, and Ukrainian security.” UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKY…

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