Keyword: gannett
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<p>In August 2020, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and injured a third. He claimed self-defense. Then, in fall 2021, he was acquitted of criminal accusations in a controversial, heated trial, and became a hero of far-right politicians and Second Amendment advocates.</p>
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<p>Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is overruling plans to ban the famous Times Square kiss photo marking the end of World War II from all department health care facilities, a move criticized as political correctness run amok.</p><p>The ban was announced internally at VA medical facilities late last month in a memo from RimaAnn Nelson, the Veterans Health Administration’s top operations official. Employees were instructed to “promptly” remove any depictions of the famous photo and replace it with imagery deemed more appropriate.</p>
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<p>When Attorney General Ken Paxton stopped in Bastrop to stump for a Republican candidate for the Texas House, the state's top lawyer took the opportunity to let voters know he has an election day wish list that has been simmering for years.</p>
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<p>For more than an hour, sheriff's deputies, firefighters and other volunteers fought to pull Angela Chao out of a vehicle submerged in a pond on a Central Texas ranch, a picturesque location that complicated the rescue attempt, according to a report obtained Friday by the American-Statesman.</p>
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<p>Wisconsin has a spring primary election Tuesday, held to narrow down candidates for local offices, like city councils and school boards.</p><p>You won't see presidential candidates on the ballot — the presidential preference election is April 2. The April election also will include the candidates who advance from Tuesday's primary.</p>
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<p>JOHNSON CITY — Blanco County authorities are investigating the death of Angela Chao, CEO of shipping company Foremost Group, who died Sunday after authorities were called to perform a water rescue on a private ranch, the sheriff's office said in a statement Thursday.</p>
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<p>The former president assembled a cadre of celebrity endorsers and members of Congress backing him for the final push in Iowa, including WWE star Kane, British politician Nigel Farage and longtime Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable.</p><p>Trump also introduced North Dakota governor and former presidential candidate Doug Burgum, who endorsed the former president. Burgum said the front-runner will "deliver energy dominance" to the nation.for hours in wind chills that reached the mid-negative 40s.</p>
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<p>If Donald Trump is right that presidents have immunity, then why did Richard Nixon need a pardon?</p><p>Trump was in a Washington, D.C. federal courtroom Tuesday, Jan. 9 where his attorneys argued before an appeals court that the four-count indictment against him for 2020 election interference should be dismissed. Their position is that Trump, as president at the time, is immune from prosecution because he was carrying out official duties.</p>
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Air Force pilots and others in rated fields who opt to stay in uniform can earn up to $600,000 over 12 years under the latest round of retention bonuses announced Nov. 30. The fiscal year 2024 incentives offer manned aircraft and drone pilots, combat systems operators and air battle managers an extra $15,000 to $50,000 per year, depending on their assigned aircraft and the years to which they commit. Annual bonus pay programs aim to keep airmen around to blunt the effects of a pilot shortage that has lasted decades, robbing the service of aviators in policy jobs that rely...
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<p>For the past two months, I (dining reporter Rebecca King, good to meet you) have tried dozens of donuts (sometimes more than 10 a day) at a total of 79 donut shops throughout New Jersey in a quest to find the best.</p>
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<p>A group of nearly two dozen people waving swastika flags and chanting antisemitic rhetoric marched on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds Saturday afternoon, performing a salute originally used by Nazis at political rallies, often called the "Hitler salute."</p><p>The group was dressed in red shirts with "Blood Tribe" written on the back. The Blood Tribe is a neo-Nazi group that promotes hardline white supremacist views and "openly directs its vitriol at Jews, 'non-whites' and the LGBTQ+ community," according to the Anti-Defamation League.</p>
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After more than 20 years of working for his hometown newspaper, the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y., Steve Bradley was laid off amid pandemic-induced cost-cutting in May 2020. He was crushed, but he eventually took a communications job for a local school district. Sitting in the bleachers at the school softball field in July 2022, Bradley took a phone call from an unknown number. He listened as J. Nelson Thomas, an employment lawyer he’d never met, presented a jarring claim: Bradley was laid off because he is White. Now, Bradley is one of five named plaintiffs in a proposed...
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<p>Gunshots killed one man and critically wounded another early Saturday morning in Passaic, county officials said.</p><p>City police responding to the area of Harrison Street and Hope Avenue located two shooting victims, according to a statement from Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman.</p>
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<p>Two lawsuits filed by service members challenging the Defense Department’s now-defunct COVID-19 vaccine mandate have ended in a settlement, according to an agreement filed Tuesday in a Florida federal court.</p><p>A judge awarded Liberty Counsel, the firm representing plaintiffs in Navy SEALs 1-26 v. Biden and Colonel Financially Management Officer, et al. v. Austin, $1.8 million to cover legal fees incurred during the cases, which were filed following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s fall 2021 announcement that the COVID-19 vaccine would become mandatory for all troops.</p>
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<p>Pence reiterated one of his campaign's central themes, accusing his Republican rivals of walking away from what he calls "traditional conservative values" like being the "arsenal of democracy" with their lack of full-throated support for Ukraine as it fights against Russia's invasion.</p>
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<p>With nine days left for the House to avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers remain engulfed in spending fights and appear no closer to a resolution.</p><p>At issue: a government shutdown that could disrupt the lives of Americans and affect national operations. Adding to the complications: new pressure on the GOP from the party's presidential front-runner, Donald Trump, who says he supports a shutdown.</p>
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<p>On Saturday July 8, Sterling Miller Jr. was at his usual spot, under a tree near the intersection of West Market Street and Richland Avenue, west of York, holding a cardboard sign that asked those stopped at the traffic light to contribute to his sustenance.</p>
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The largest newspaper publisher in the United States, Gannett Co Inc., was sued on Friday for discriminating against its White employees in the name of increasing diversity. According to the Washington Free Beacon, the class action lawsuit was filed in a Virginia federal court by five former and current employees of Gannett, all of whom say that they were either fired or ignored for promotions in order to increase the number of women and non-White employees at the company. These hiring decisions were made due to a policy first implemented in 2020, which Gannett said was designed to make its...
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Isn't it funny how the Democratic Party is so quick to condemn "white supremacists" and call everything "racist"? In contrast, they are the ones who are actually dividing America further with their race-based agenda. The largest newspaper company in the country, Gannett, is being sued for allegedly discriminating toward white employees in efforts to diversify its offices. Last week, the proposed class action was filed in a Virginia federal court by five current and former Gannett employees who say they were fired or overlooked for promotions to make room for less-qualified women and minorities. The company's "Reverse Race Discrimination Policy"...
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n May, a Mesa police officer was found unresponsive in his patrol vehicle after a drug bust. Initially, there were concerns the officer had accidental exposure to the drugs, but now a criminal investigation has begun. Former Mesa officer Christopher Jenkins is being charged with two felonies and two misdemeanor charges, and he made his first court appearance last week. The court documents say Jenkins overdosed on drugs while on the job in May and tampered with evidence. According to police documents, a bystander called 911 on May 18 to report that they noticed Jenkins unconscious and possibly having a...
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