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Government watchdog probing controversial Census hirings
An internal government watchdog is reviewing a move that once again stoked concerns about political meddling in the Census Bureau. The creation in June of two new political positions at the Census Bureau raised eyebrows among the statistical world and those who watch the Census. The bureau, which is currently conducting its decennial count, is…… MORE
Mississippians could vote to strike a Jim Crow-era voting process in November
Mississippians in November will decide whether to change a Jim Crow-era voting provision that critics say suppresses Black political power. Under current state law, as written in Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution, winners of state-level, statewide offices must receive both an outright majority of the popular vote and a majority of the state’s 122 House districts. If…… MORE
South Dakota governor says she has tested negative for coronavirus after being exposed to top Trump campaign official
Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said she tested negative for Covid-19 on Tuesday after interacting with Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top Trump campaign aide who tested positive on Friday, and speaking before President Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore last week. “I’ve always taken #COVID19 very seriously, but South Dakota trusted our citizens to exercise their…… MORE
Top US general says Russian bounty intelligence ‘wasn’t proved’ but ‘proved enough to worry me’
The top US general overseeing operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan said Tuesday that the intelligence concerning Russian operatives offering bounties to Taliban-linked militants was “very worrisome” but that the information wasn’t solid enough to hold up in a court of law. “The intelligence wasn’t proved to me. It was proved enough to worry…… MORE
Chief Justice John Roberts was briefly hospitalized in June after a fall
Chief Justice John Roberts was briefly hospitalized on June 21 after falling while walking near his home, a spokeswoman for the Supreme Court said Tuesday. “The Chief Justice was treated at a local hospital on June 21 for an injury to his forehead sustained in a fall while walking for exercise near his home,” said…… MORE
Primary results: 3 takeaways from New Jersey and Delaware
For voters who hadn’t yet mailed in their ballots in New Jersey and Delaware, Tuesday was a hurry-up-and-wait kind of day. Now that the deadline has passed, assuming there aren’t any late-night mail collections, the waiting begins. Don’t expect a full slate of results for about a week in the Garden State, which doesn’t traditionally…… MORE
Two people are charged with a hate crime for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural
A White man and a White woman who allegedly painted over a California community’s Black Lives Matter mural this weekend are each facing a hate crime charge, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. David Nelson and Nicole Anderson are each charged with three misdemeanor counts, including violation of civil rights, vandalism, and…… MORE
Mary Kay Letourneau, who was convicted of raping 13-year-old student she later married, has died of cancer
Mary Kay Letourneau, the Seattle teacher who was convicted in 1997 of raping a 13-year-old student she later married, has died of cancer, her former attorney says. She was 58. Letourneau died fairly suddenly in her home late Monday, her former attorney David Gehrke told CNN. Most of her family was with her, including Vili…… MORE
Attorney releases video showing 16-year-old Cornelius Fredericks being restrained and given chest compressions later
The attorney representing Cornelius Fredericks‘ estate, Geoffrey Fieger, released surveillance video Tuesday showing the 16-year-old being restrained in the cafeteria of Lakeside Academy by staff in April, before being given chest compressions while he appears to be unresponsive on the floor. The teen later went into cardiac arrest following the incident and died in a…… MORE
