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The longest economic expansion in American history is officially over. The National Bureau of Economic Research declared Monday that the recession began in February.

The economy collapsed so rapidly that NBER wasted no time in announcing a recession, a stark contrast to previous downturns when the body took upwards of a year to declare what most people already knew. This was the fastest that NBER has declared any recession since the group began formal announcements in 1979. Continue reading “It’s official: The recession began in February”

Yahoo News

The Minneapolis City Council on Sunday pledged to defund the city’s police department, following the killing of George Floyd and claims stretching back decades that the department deploys excessive force.

“Our efforts at incremental reform have failed. Period,” Lisa Bender, the president of the City Council, said at a rally on Sunday. Continue reading “Officials in Minneapolis have pledged to ‘defund the police’ — here’s how that could work in practice”

USA Today

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – The FBI and local investigators are trying to determine a possible link between the ambush-style killing of a Northern California sheriff’s deputy Saturday night and that of a federal officer who was fatally shot outside the U.S. courthouse in Oakland more than a week ago. Continue reading “Air Force sergeant arrested on suspicion of killing California deputy, wounding two officers”

Yahoo News

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California sheriff’s deputy was killed and two law enforcement officers wounded Saturday when they were ambushed with gunfire and explosives while pursuing a suspect, authorities said. Continue reading “Deputy killed, 2 other officers shot in California ambush”

Fox News

A New York City police officer was randomly attacked and stabbed in the neck late Wednesday while patrolling in Brooklyn, which resulted in a struggle that caused two additional officers to suffer gunshot wounds. Continue reading “2 NYPD cops shot, another stabbed during ‘unprovoked’ attack”

Yahoo News

A man was shot dead in Louisville after police officers and the Kentucky National Guard “returned fire” while clearing a large crowd early Monday.

Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad said in a statement that at around 12:15 a.m. his officers and the national guard were sent to a parking lot to break up a crowd.  Continue reading “One dead in Louisville after police and national guard ‘return fire’ on crowd”

SF Gate – by Eric Ting

A Federal Protective Services officer was shot and killed Friday night, the FBI reports, as protests and riots took place in the city of Oakland.

In a statement, the FBI stated the shooting occurred at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building at 1301 Clay St. Authorities say a vehicle pulled up to the building and an assailant inside the vehicle began firing gunshots at security personnel stationed outside.  Continue reading “Federal Protective Services officer shot and killed in Oakland, FBI says”

AOL

Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter Friday in connection with the agonizing caught-on-video death of black man George Floyd.

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced the charges after deafening calls for justice from Floyd’s relatives, their lawyers, countless protesters, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and officials around the country. Continue reading “Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin charged with 3rd degree murder in George Floyd’s death”

ABC News

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A Grand Forks police officer died and a woman was shot dead as law officers attempted to serve eviction papers on a man in the North Dakota city. Continue reading “Officer, woman shot and killed in Grand Forks incident”

Yahoo News

US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order targeting social media firms, the White House has said.

It comes after he threatened to shut down social media platforms he accused of stifling conservative voices. Continue reading “Trump to ‘sign executive order about social media’”

Fox News

A Florida man in his 70s fatally shot a home intruder who busted through the glass front door and began attacking his wife on Tuesday, investigators said.

Deputies arrived at the Panama City home around 6:05 a.m. and found 31-year-old Nathan Jerrell Edwards laying on the floor dead and a handgun on the counter, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said. Continue reading “Florida man shoots, kills home intruder who was attacking his wife, police say”

Conservative Review – by Daniel Horowitz

Most people are more likely to wind up six feet under because of almost anything else under the sun other than COVID-19.

The CDC just came out with a report that should be earth-shattering to the narrative of the political class, yet it will go into the thick pile of vital data and information about the virus that is not getting out to the public. Continue reading “The CDC confirms remarkably low coronavirus death rate”

The Hill

The Oregon Supreme Court overruled a judge’s order stopping the governor’s statewide coronavirus restrictions late Monday.

State Supreme Court Presiding Justice Thomas A. Balmer granted the state’s emergency motion to hold the lower court’s injunction designating the state coronavirus restrictions “null and void,” Oregon Live reported. Balmer ruled the hold will remain in place until the higher court reviews the state’s petition to dismiss the lower judge’s ruling.  Continue reading “Oregon Supreme Court overrules judge’s order halting coronavirus restrictions”

Yahoo News

EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where the governor said one downtown could be “under approximately 9 feet of water” by Wednesday. Continue reading “Thousands evacuated as river dams break in central Michigan”