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Year: 2021

’60 Minutes’ faces backlash from Democrats and Publix for critical story on Florida’s vaccine rollout

“60 Minutes” is facing backlash for a story it aired Sunday on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — including from the supermarket chain Publix and two prominent Democrats in the state. As part of a larger story about Florida’s vaccine rollout, the renowned newsmagazine program spotlighted a recent $100,000 donation that Publix made to DeSantis’ re-election

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One of WFH’s biggest losers: Cybersecurity

Business leaders had a lot on their plates over the past year, and many have let cybersecurity fall by the wayside. Nearly half of businesses say work-from-home policies have hurt their cybersecurity practices, according to Verizon’s 2021 Mobile Security Index, published Tuesday. The report includes findings from a survey of 856 professionals responsible for buying,

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Minneapolis Police use-of-force instructor says Derek Chauvin’s kneeling is not a trained restraint

A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic. “We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said. While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting,

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Arkansas lawmakers enact ban on gender confirming treatments, surgery for transgender youth, overriding governor

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor’s objections. The majority-Republican Legislature on Tuesday voted to override Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto. The measure prohibits doctors from providing gender confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers

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Roman Lopez’s biological mother dies in Wisconsin

Click here for updates on this story     PLACERVILLE, California (KOVR) — More tragedy has struck the family of Roman Lopez, the 11-year-old boy who was found dead in his Placerville home last year. His father and stepmother are facing charges for abuse and neglect. CBS13 is learning Roman’s biological mother, Rochelle Lopez, died in Wisconsin

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McConnell warns businesses of ‘serious consequences’ after many condemn Georgia’s restrictive voting law

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned big businesses they would face “serious consequences” after accusing them of employing “economic blackmail” in attempts to influence voting laws as the backlash over Georgia’s elections law that imposes voting restrictions intensifies. “From election law to environmentalism to radical social agendas to the Second Amendment, parts of the private

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Man drives vehicle inside store

Click here for updates on this story     ATTLEBORO, Massachussetts (WCVB) — A bizarre incident that happened inside an Attleboro store earlier this year was captured on video. The multi-surveillance camera video allegedly shows Rick Woodruff crashing his vehicle through the doors of the Hobby Lobby on Newport Avenue in February. Woodruff backs his vehicle up,

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MLB All-Star Game will move to Denver

Coors Field in Denver — home of Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies — will be the new host of this year’s All-Star Game. “Major League Baseball is grateful to the Rockies, the City of Denver and the State of Colorado for their support of this summer’s All-Star Game,” MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. said

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