Members of antigovernment militia groups charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, before the November election also discussed abducting the Democratic governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, according to new information disclosed by an FBI agent at a hearing in Grand Rapids, Mich., federal court Tuesday. At the […]
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Katherine Verano is wrestling with an 830% increase in costs compared with last year for hoteling victims of domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic. After a quiet period during the first months of the pandemic, when much of the state was locked down, domestic violence shelters started running at about […]
Good morning, and welcome to the TimesOC newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Sept. 30. My name is David Carrillo Peñaloza, the author of the TimesOC newsletter and an editor for Los Angeles Times Community News. Orange County is living through some of the same issues affecting other parts of the country — […]
Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Facebook removed two of Congressman Clay Higgins’ posts for “violating our policies against inciting violence” after he suggested killing armed demonstrators if they showed up to a Louisiana protest. “One way ticket fellas. Have […]
The city of Lexington is looking for a new violence prevention czar as it is faces an alarming jump in the number of homicides in recent weeks. To date, 15 people have been murdered in Lexington. That’s coming off a record-setting 34 homicides in 2020, a 13 percent increase from […]
Hartford’s Traci Carter (25) is guarded by UMass-Lowell’s Obadiah Noel (11) during an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the America East conference tournament Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP) Kassi Jackson AP Traci Carter vowed to help make a difference for […]
Earlier this month, the Biden administration said it was alarmed to learn that the Trump administration had left it with no vaccine distribution plan whatsoever. “There is nothing for us to rework. We are going to have to build everything from scratch,” a person familiar said at the time, with […]
The officers wore riot gear and carried shields and canisters of pepper spray, according to inmates and prosecutors. They moved from cell to cell in formations of five down the long hallway of a special housing unit at New Jersey’s only women’s prison. They were there for a series of […]
Federal authorities are warning state and local law enforcement about threats of possible violence by right-wing extremists at a series of protests planned for later this month in Washington and in state capitols, according to an FBI document obtained by Yahoo News. The situational information report, produced by the Minneapolis […]
January 8, 2021 11:23 PM CNN Posted: January 8, 2021 11:23 PM (CNN) — “Trump or war. Today. That simple.” “If you don’t know how to shoot: You need to learn. NOW.” “we will storm the government buildings, kill cops, kill security guards, kill federal employees and agents, and demand […]
By Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine, Scott Bronstein and Bob Ortega | CNN “Trump or war. Today. That simple.” “If you don’t know how to shoot: You need to learn. NOW.” “we will storm the government buildings, kill cops, kill security guards, kill federal employees and agents, and demand a recount.” […]
There are just hours to go now until the most divisive, angry, expensive and fraught election in American history reaches what ought to be its denouement. Around 100 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting or by mail. The candidates are making their final swings through the states […]