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The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced a federal civil rights investigation into the legality of the Baltimore police department’s use of force and whether there are patterns of discriminatory policing. The investigation is being launched at the request of Baltimore’s mayor in response to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man injured in police custody, and the outrage it sparked in Maryland’s largest city. Though the Justice
The United States is concerned about reports that China has interfered with Internet content hosted outside of China, the State Department said on Friday. “We are concerned by reports that China has used a new cybercapability to interfere with the ability of worldwide Internet users to access content hosted outside of China,” State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said. He said the United States has asked Chinese authorities to investigate the
By Sebastien Malo SEAFORD, N.Y. (Reuters) – Thousands of police from around the United States were expected at Friday’s funeral for a 25-year-old New York City officer who was shot in the head while on patrol, making him the fifth member of the NYPD to die in the line of duty since December. The funeral for the New York Police Department’s Brian Moore was slated to begin at 11 a.m.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is urging President Barack Obama to cancel a planned visit to Nike’s headquarters over the low wages it pays foreign workers
The Conservative Party surged to a commanding lead in Britain’s parliamentary election.
Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives won a stunning victory in Britain’s election on Friday, which cut short the careers of his top three rivals and put the country’s European Union future in doubt. Widespread predictions of a close contest with the opposition Labour party turned out to be wide of the mark, as Cameron won 331 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons and a new term as head of
The legislation gives Congress the right to potentially reject any nuclear deal with Tehran.
Colombian-born actress Sofia Vergara, one of the stars of comedy hit series “Modern Family”, has received a star on the Walk of Fame, the 2,551st on the renowned Hollywood Boulevard. Vergara, the highest-paid actress on U.S. television for the last three years according to Forbes, posed by her new plaque with fiance Joe Manganiello and “Modern Family” cast members. The actress had earlier appeared on “Good Morning America”, where she
The broad public support for sustainability in the scientific recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans has been described as ‘unprecedented’ according to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Thus far 22,000 public comments have been registered — almost 20 times that submitted the last time the guidelines were…
By Joseph D’Urso LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Crocodile-infested rivers, choppy seas and a lack of proper roads make it difficult for aid workers in remote areas of Papua New Guinea to transport medical supplies, but aid workers have come up with a new solution: drones. Unmanned drones are often used in humanitarian efforts for mapping, but using them to get medicines and samples to hard-to-reach areas is new, said
