Politics
State lawmakers opposed to COVID vaccine mandates have filed a flurry of bills this session. Some worry about the message they send.
INDIANAPOLIS — As the federal government works to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all Americans, lawmakers in more than 40 states have introduced legislation that would forbid mandates requiring people get vaccinated. Often advanced by vaccine skeptics […]
Law & Order
Republicans refuse to let Democrats off the hook as lawmakers reframe messaging amid surging crime
Skyrocketing crime in cities nationwide was the focus of heated election-year rhetoric in Congress on Wednesday, as Republicans blamed Democrats for efforts to defund the police, while Democratic lawmakers made a pitch for law-and-order initiatives. […]
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Minneapolis man ID’d as killed in police-involved shooting was armed felon who beat ex-girlfriend
A Minnesota felon whose Thursday death in a police-involved shooting sparked protests had a criminal history that included beating and robbing his ex-girlfriend – and may have opened fire before deputies shot and killed him in Minneapolis. Investigators […]