CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to us-regions, will be melted down and turned into a new piece of public art by an African American heritage center. The city council decided how to dispose of the now-removed statue at the center of the Unite the Right …
Read More »Instagram launches feature that urges teens to take a break
companies on Tuesday launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service. Duelmen, Germany – August 10: Two teenagers and their father are busy with their smartphones. Staged picture on …
Read More »Emboldened SF shoplifter say stealing is easy, cites lax security as store takes drastic action
One shoplifter in san-francisco” target=”_blank”>San Francisco<, who declined to provide his name, told KPIX 5 of a Safeway in San Francisco’s Castro District. The previously 24-hour Safeway cut store hours in October over “off the charts” shoplifting at the time. A San Francisco Safeway in the city’s Castro District. (Google …
Read More »California follow-home robbers wore ‘police-type’ gear while forcing victims inside at gunpoint, video shows
As the trend of follow-home crime continues in los-angeles” target=”_blank”>Los Angeles< One suspect was armed with a gun, while the other brandished a rubber mallet, police said. Suspects held victims at gunpoint and demanded to be let inside the home, video shows. (RING) The suspects hold the victims at gunpoint …
Read More »Philadelphia DA Krasner says city doesn not 'have a crisis of crime' despite record homicides
philadelphia” target=”_blank”>Philadelphia< crisis despite a record number of homicides in 2021. Krasner insisted that while the city has seen a spike in gun violence, residents should not be worried about rising crime in general. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner addresses the media after a press conference in 2019. (Mark Makela/Getty …
Read More »Chicago police cancel days off for officers following violent weekend
The chicago” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Chicago Police Department<. “To enhance public safety and to address current crime patterns, all full-duty sworn members will have one regular day off canceled,” Sgt. Rocco Alioto added in a statement to Fox32 Chicago. Chicago police officers work at the scene near where two officers were …
Read More »More than 100 Los Angeles firefighters suspended without pay over vaccine mandate
A total of 113 los-angeles” target=”_blank”>Los Angeles<, according to local reports. disasters The policy requires all city employees to get vaccinated by Dec. 18, or submit negative test results twice weekly at their own expense, ABC7 reported. If a requested exemption is approved, then the employee must undergo a weekly …
Read More »Pearl Harbor survivors gather and remember those lost in the attack
A few dozen survivors of Pearl Harbor are expected to gather Tuesday at the site of the Japanese bombing 80 years ago to remember those killed in the attack that launched the U.S. into world-war-two” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>World War II< Herb Elfring speaks with National Park Service workers in Pearl Harbor, …
Read More »California offers boy pizza to get vaccinated, tells him not to 'say anything'
A us-regions mother has claimed that her 13-year-old son was told not to say anything after being given the infectious-disease vaccine in exchange for pizza at his school without her consent, according to a local report. Maribel Duarte told NBC Los Angeles on Monday that her son recently came home …
Read More »10 Antifa members charged for alleged attacks on California pro-Trump protesters: 'Criminal acts'
Prosecutors in San Diego filed charges against at least 10 anti-fascist protesters who allegedly tried to disrupt a pro-Trump rally earlier this year with “crime” target=”_blank”>violent criminal acts<. The defendants “are self-identified to be affiliated with Anti-fascists or Antifa” and gathered on Jan. 9 in San Diego to take “direct …
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