New York Daily News,
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Muri Assunção
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The Miami-Dade Police Department is honoring the LGBTQ community with a rainbow-themed patrol vehicle. The vehicle—which is decorated with the colors of the Pride flag and the words “hope,” “love,” “equality,” “inclusion,” “kindness,” “peace,” and also the phrase “strength through unity”—will be used “to establish a more trusting relationship within our communities,” MDPD Sergeant Orlando Lopez said during the unveiling ceremony on Thursday in Doral. “What better way to assist in educating the public about Pride and in promoting engagement between law enforcement and the community we serve?,” Lopez asked, when introducing the “MDPD Pride Vehicle.”(Snip) An anti-hate symbol
New York Post,
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Gabrielle Fonrouge
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Dr. Anthony Fauci once argued that conducting experiments on contagious viruses to increase their potency was worth the risk, even if the work could accidentally lead to a pandemic, it was revealed Friday. The nation’s chief medical advisor wrote in the American Society for Microbiology in October 2012 of the public health benefit to gain-of-function viral experiments—which center on manipulating viruses and making them stronger—as long as there is significant oversight.(Snip) Gain-of-function experiments are the sort of work that was being conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology when the COVID-19 pandemic first started in China in late 2019
Daily Mail (UK),
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Geoff Earle
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that the Biden Administration is 'looking closely' at requiring vaccine passports for travelers who want to travel in and out of the country. Mayorkas made the comment as 2.5 million Americans prepare to fly for Memorial Day Weekend, and after the White House provided repeated assurances the administration will not impose such a system. Asked if the nation could see vaccine passports either for people coming into the country or flying out, he told ABC's 'Good Morning America': 'We're taking a very close look at that.'
'You know, one of our principles that has guided us throughout this pandemic
New York Post,
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Joshua Rhett Miller
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The suspect accused of snatching a sleeping Dallas boy who was later found dead allegedly tried to kidnap another child just months earlier—but the girl’s grandfather decided not to press charges at the time, authorities said. Darriyn Brown, 18, who is charged with kidnapping 4-year-old Cash Gernon earlier this month, is facing counts of burglary of a habitation and injury to an elderly person in the Feb. 8 incident, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the KTVT.(Snip) The man managed to get Brown out, but the teen returned and started kicking a door between the home and its garage,
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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Sen. Rick Scott said Thursday he will block top Homeland Security nominees until President Biden makes a trip to the southern border to get a firsthand look at the situation. Mr. Scott revealed his stance at a confirmation hearing with three nominees, the picks for deputy secretary, general counsel, and undersecretary for strategy, policy and plans. He said it wasn’t anything personal toward the three nominees, but rather a statement about Mr. Biden’s approach to the border. “Until the president goes to the border, I’m going to hold the nominations,” he said. A hold throws procedural hurdles in the path of the picks,
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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Homeland Security is moving to cut questions about gang affiliation from the application migrants file to get green cards, in a change that one former employee says could mean dangerous criminals will have an easier time getting through the process. Rob Law, a former chief of policy and strategy at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, revealed the planned changes Thursday, saying it appears to be part of the Biden team’s attempt at erasing the get-tough approach of the previous administration.(Snip)
The Washington Times has reviewed a document that does call for the deletion of Trump additions. Mr. Law said the new Biden team
Fox News,
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David Rutz
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A government probe last year into the origins of the coronavirus found practically no evidence COVID-19 originated from nature, former State Department official David Asher told Fox News on Thursday.
"We were finding that despite the claims of our scientific community, including the National Institutes of Health and Dr. Fauci's NIAID organization, there was almost no evidence that supported a natural, zoonotic evolution or source of COVID-19," he told "America Reports."(Snip) "That was the epicenter of synthetic biology in the People's Republic of China, and they were up to some very hairy stuff with synthetic biology and so-called gain-of-function techniques," Asher said
Daily Mail (UK) & Reuters,
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Geoff Earle
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday issued a call for public-private partnerships to create incentives for people to remain in their Central American homelands, teaming with companies who invest in the region.
Twelve companies and groups including Microsoft Corp, Mastercard and Nestle's Nespresso on Thursday will commit to making investments in Central America—a win for Harris as she aims to lower migration from the region into the United States.(Snip) And her move comes amid a significant drop in arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents inside the U.S.
ICE deportations have dropped to fewer than 3,000 deportations last month,
Washington Times,
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Douglas Ernst
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Reporters aren’t tired of dishing out soft-serve ice cream questions for President Biden—and he isn’t tired of answering. The Democrat was greeting with a round of “oh!” and “yeah!” responses Thursday after once again fielding inquiries on his favorite flavors of ice cream. “Mr. President! What did you order?” a reporter exclaimed as Mr. Biden stopped in at Honey Hut Ice Cream in Cleveland. “Chocolate-chocolate chip,” the commander-in-chief responded to his rapt audience.(Snip)Mr. Biden faced similar questioning prior to the 2020 election when reporters pressed him for his favorite flavor of milkshake in North Carolina.(Snip)The then-candidate was ushered away
New York Post,
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Tina Moore
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Amanda Woods
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A 75-year-old Asian woman was socked in the face and left with a broken nose in Queens early Thursday, police sources said. The elderly victim was walking on 57th Avenue near 97th Place in Corona at 3 a.m. when a man suddenly slugged her, the sources said. She was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center with a broken nose and has since been treated and released, according to the sources.(Snip) Sources on Thursday also gave details on an alleged hate-crime incident from May 19.(Snip)“You are Chinese, aren’t you? Give me your [expletive]. This is black people territory. I will slit your throat,”
New York Daily News,
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Jessica Schladebeck
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Casey Anthony is tired of “getting drinks thrown in her face,” according to a police report. Anthony, famously acquitted of murder in the 2008 death of her young daughter, Caylee, informed investigators of the ongoing issue following an incident at a Florida bar called O’Shea’s Irish Pub. The once-accused killer called police to the West Palm Beach watering hole on Sunday after a tense run-in with a former friend, later identified as Thelma Moya, the police report stated. Anthony told responding officers the tiff—started over “an ex-boyfriend they were dating at the same time”—culminated in Moya spilling “water on [Anthony’s] left leg.”
Washington Times,
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Jessica Chasmar
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An administrator at Brandeis University declared “all White people are racist” and that she “hates Whiteness” in a defense of critical race theory on Saturday. Kate Slater, an assistant dean of graduate student affairs at the private Massachusetts university and a self-described “White anti-racist educator,” faced criticism on social media after she posted a message on Instagram defending critical race theory, which teaches that America’s institutions are inherently racist.(Snip) “Yes, all White people are racist in that all White people have been conditioned in a society where one’s racial identity determines life experiences/outcomes and Whiteness is the norm and the default.
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There's something quite sinister about all of this.