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08Jun/20

Nation’s Mayors Assemble New Police Reform and Racial Justice Working Group

June 8, 2020CrimeAbuse, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, City: Baltimore, City: Chicago, City: Cincinnati, City: Phoenix, City: Tampa, Columbia, Company: Racial Justice Working Group, Company: US Conference, Continent: America, Country: Colombia, Country: United States, Human behavior, Law/Crime, Person Location, Phoenix, Police brutality, Political repression, Politics, Social Issues, Tampa, United States, united states conference of mayorssmbale

Today, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) launched a new initiative to produce, advance and enact meaningful reforms to address police violence and patterns of racial discrimination. The Police Reform and Racial Justice Working Group will take on the urgent task of outlining a series of specific recommendations related to America’s policing practices to help end the injustices facing black Americans. The Working Group is composed of the mayors of Chicago, Tampa, and Cincinnati, and the police chiefs of Baltimore, Phoenix and Columbia and will be assisted by other experts in the field with the goal of releasing actionable recommendations in the coming weeks. Read more

12Dec/16

Trump targets Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet costs

December 12, 2016TransportAustralia, Aviation, BAE Systems, Baltimore, Boeing, Business, Business/Finance, Companies, Company: Lockheed, Company: Northrop Grumman, defence department, Denmark, Donald Trump, Economy of the United States, F-35, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jeff Babione, Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II development, London, Monoplanes, Netherlands, Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Corp, Norway, Politics, Pratt & Whitney, South Korea, Stealth aircraft, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, United Technologies Corpsmbale

Trump tweets Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet costs are too high. Lockheed stock drops in early trading.

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11Nov/16

Another night of anti-Trump protests break out in cities across the U.S.

November 11, 2016US ElectionsAmerican people of German descent, Baltimore, Barack Obama, Business, Denver, Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Economy, Los Angeles, New York, Not My Presidents Day, Oakland, Politics, Politics by country, Presidency of Donald Trump, president, Protests against Donald Trump, Protests of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, Tax March, The Apprentice, Trump, Trump International Hotel, Trump Tower, United States, War/Conflict, Washington, WWE Hall of Famesmbale

Demonstrators in cities across the United States protest the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president for the second day.

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23Jan/16

Washington D.C. wakes up to a thick blanket of snow

January 23, 2016Environment2009–10 North American winter, Baltimore, Blizzards, December 2009 North American blizzard, February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, Lapse and anti-lapse, Lincoln Memorial, Meteorological phenomena, Meteorology, National Weather Service, Nature, New York, Nor'easters, Snow, Storm, Time-lapse photography, United States, Washington, Washington D.C., Weather hazards, White Housesmbale

A time lapse video shows the White House and other Washington D.C. landmarks covered in snow.

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22Jan/16

Washington declares state of emergency, braces for ‘historic’ snowfall

January 22, 2016Environment2009–10 North American winter, American women in politics, Baltimore, Blizzard, Blizzards, COLLEGE PARK, Daniel Petersen, Disaster/Accident, February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, Ice storms, January 2016 United States blizzard, Meteorological phenomena, Meteorology, Muriel Bowser, New York City, Nor'easters, Road traffic management, Road transport, Storm, Traffic congestion, United States, Washington, Washington and Baltimore areas, Washington D.C., Washington D.C., Virginia and Marylandsmbale

D.C. struggles with first test of weather preparedness, failing to treat roads early enough and causing major traffic jams ahead of a massive storm.

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18Jan/16

MLK Memorial

FBI Director Comey lays wreath to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 18, 2016WorldArticles, Baltimore, Black Lives Matter, Chattanooga shootings, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Eric Garner, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ferguson, Freddie Gray, Government, Human Interest, James Comey, law enforcement, Law enforcement in the United States, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Brown, New York City, Police brutality, Police brutality in the United States, Race and crime in the United States, Race in the United States, United States, United States intelligence agencies, Washington D.C.smbale

FBI Director James Comey discusses police shootings before laying a wreath at memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.

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28Nov/15

Highlights of world events from April to June 2015

November 28, 2015WorldAbd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, amtrak, Andrew Chan, Assyrian City, Australia, Baghdad, Baltimore, Barack Obama, Brazil, Burundi, Cambridge, Charleston, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Chile, China, Clementa Pinckney, Countries, Cuba, David Cameron, Dylann Roof, Egypt, Elizabeth Diana, Freddie Gray, Fulgencio Batista, Georgia, Godefroid Niyombare, Goodluck Jonathan, Houthi movement, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Joko Widodo, Kenya, Kevin Krogh, Kyanjin Gompa, Lagos, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mohamed Mursi, Moon, Mosul, Muhammadu Buhari, Myanmar, Myuran Sukumaran, Nepal, New York City, Nigeria, Nigerian people, Nimrud, Philadelphia, Pierre Nkurunziza, Prime Niyongabo, Queen Elizabeth, Ramadi, Raúl Castro, Riyadh, Saif Rezgui, Salerno, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sousse, Soviet Union, Tanzania, Tayyip Erdogan, Tbilisi, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Western Asia, William, Yemen, Yemeni Crisissmbale

World events during the second quarter of the year include an attack on a Kenyan university, a gunman targeting tourists on a Tunisian beach and, after decades of hostility, a handshake between the leaders of the United States and Cuba.
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16Aug/15

Hidden damage revealed in veterans’ brains

August 16, 2015ResearchAfghanistan, Aragorn Thor Wold, Arlington, Baltimore, Clinical medicine, Corpsman, Iraq, Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Koalitis, Medical specialties, Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurotrauma, PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY AND NEUROLOGY, Thor Wold, Traumatic brain injury, United States, Vassili Koliatsossmbale

BALTIMORE, MD, AND ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES (REUTERS) – Professor Vassili Koliatsos and his team at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, believe they may have found the signature of “shell shock” in the brains of war veterans.
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16Aug/15

More than 400 flights canceled on U.S. East Coast due to flight tracking system problem in Washington, D.C.

August 16, 2015WorldAirlines, American Airlines Group, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Atlantic City International Airport, Aviation, Aviation in Virginia, Baltimore, Boston, Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Dulles International Airport, East Coast, Federal Aviation Administration, FlightAware, Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Kerbie Campell, Leesburg, Marianne Joyce, Orlando International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Port Columbus International Airport, Transportation in the United States, United States, US Airways, Washington, Washington D.C.smbale

More than 400 flights were canceled at airports along the U.S. East Coast on Saturday due to a problem with a flight-tracking system in the Washington, D.C. area

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10Aug/15

Man critical after exchange of gunfire in Ferguson – police

August 10, 2015CrimeAmerican society, Anti-racism, Baltimore, Black Lives Matter, Cincinnati, Cincinnati riots, Darren Wilson, Ferguson, Ferguson Missouri, Ferguson unrest, Hashtags, Jon Belmar, Los Angeles, Michael Brown, New York, New York City Police Department corruption and misconduct, Police brutality in the United States, police officer, Political riots, Post–Civil Rights Era African-American history, Race and crime in the United States, Race and society, Race in the United States, St. Louis, United Statessmbale

A man who fired at police during protests in Ferguson is in a critical condition after being wounded in a gun battle with officers, St. Louis county police chief says.

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