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An AP and PBS "Frontline" investigation documenting police use of force.
Those who died were of all walks of life and races, though the toll disproportionately hit Black people.
The oldest was 95. The youngest was just 15.
Many were experiencing a mental health or drug crisis. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 11:03 PM by sleeppoor | |
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A judge ruled that Georgia Republican Party Vice Chairman Brian K. Pritchard voted illegally nine times while serving a felony sentence for check forgery. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 11:00 PM by sleeppoor | |
Money can't buy happiness, but it can get you pretty damn close. As the second richest man alive, Elon Musk should be rolling electric coal down Rodeo Drive in a cybertruck, smugly aware of the fact that, despite what the haters say, he's kind of won. He took Twitter private, turning it into his own private narcissism hole — an increasingly-fetid swamp full of credulous goons where he's driving out most of the people who hate him. | |
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A hateful conspiracy theory that also tells us something about the nature of participatory online “detective” work. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 05:05 PM by sleeppoor | |
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane | |
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A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 03:23 PM by sleeppoor | |
The rightwing social network’s flotation, supported by fans of the ex-president, makes it look like part of the ‘meme stock’ phenomenon | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 04:38 AM by B. Weed | |
Snyder v. United States could make it legal for public officials to accept rewards for their corrupt actions. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 04:18 AM by sleeppoor | |
At least six are presumed dead, authorities say
The six construction workers who fell to their death when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed were all Latino immigrants ranging from ages 26 to 49. They were described as hardworking, humble men, dedicated to their spouses, children and families in their homelands. Foreign embassies have confirmed the men to be from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico.
Divers found two of the men trapped inside of a red pickup truck in 25 feet of water Wednesday evening, Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. said at a somber press conference. They were identified as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, and from Veracruz in Mexico, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, who is from San Luis in Guatemala.
Eight workers were atop the bridge repairing potholes when the container ship struck it, sending it plummeting into the water within seconds. Two of the construction workers survived, including one who was from Michoacán in Mexico and is currently recovering from injuries. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 03:49 AM by sleeppoor | |
There's a growing rift forming between COVID-19 experts and the COVID-cautious public. | |
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Holy Joe Lieberman has died. Born in 1942 in Stamford, Connecticut, Lieberman was the future blowhard of all blowhards. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 02:34 AM by Mordant | |
An investigation into the marketers and scammers responsible for X’s most visible — and most memeable — spambot problem. | |
Submitted at 03-27-2024, 10:07 PM by sleeppoor | |
Lieberman died Wednesday afternoon in New York after suffering complications from a fall, his family said a statement. | |
Submitted at 03-27-2024, 10:07 PM by Mordant | |
The Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy in Baltimore is a reminder that sudden changes to how we move goods around the world can happen anytime. | |
Submitted at 03-27-2024, 12:46 PM by thirteen3seven | |
His tilted walls of rusting steel, monumental blocks and other immense and inscrutable forms created environments that had to be walked through, or around, to be fully experienced. | |
Submitted at 03-27-2024, 12:59 AM by sleeppoor | |
A Gothamist analysis shows decades of alleged abuse in the Rikers Island women’s jail. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 10:35 PM by sleeppoor | |
Once a part of the urban fabric, pay phones are disappearing. In Hawaii, some are being removed, but others seem to be decaying in place. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 02:36 PM by Mordant | |
Nelson Peltz criticized Disney's 'woke' strategy, specifically casting doubt on Marvel's 'Black Panther' and 'The Marvels.' | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 02:32 PM by Mordant | |
Baltimore Police Department told NBC News it was notified ofa partial bridge collapse early Tuesday, with workers possibly in the water, at the Francis Scott Key Bridge. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 07:33 AM by sleeppoor | |
A 'secret' Royal Canadian Mounted Police report paints a dark picture of Canada's future due to climate change, misinformation, a global recession and other troubling trends. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 05:59 AM by sleeppoor | |