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Attorney General William Barr Under Fire for Making Controversial Statements

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Attorney General William Barr is facing backlash after making numerous controversial statements yesterday. To start, he offered searing criticisms of the Department of Justice, comparing hundreds of people working beneath him to “preschoolers”. These comments stemmed from his frustration with certain local and state prosecutors’ handling of protest-related cases. He doesn’t believe they’re being aggressive enough in their rulings, especially…

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Oregon Authorities Face Issues of Looting, Dangerous Conspiracies During Wildfires

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The deadly west coast wildfires sparked over a month ago have killed at least 35 people with dozens more still missing. The massive fires stretching between Washington, Oregon and California have now destroyed almost 5 million acres of land. With fire season still expected to last several more months, states are finding themselves running into other issues. Oregon is currently…

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Tornado Alerts Issued for South Carolina as Hurricane Sally Moves Over

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Hurricane Sally turned deadly yesterday after touching down along the Gulf Coast region as a category two.  At least one person is dead and one missing. It’s also reported more than 510,000 customers are without power between Alabama and Florida. The two states are also seeing record-breaking levels of dangerous flooding especially around most rivers. Other areas of the panhandle…

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Local Police Departments Host Seminars, Training Sessions on Implicit Bias

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Local police departments are taking strides to improve and educate officers and other employees in the wake of national protests. The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office held a training session focused on implicit bias yesterday morning. Issues of racial stereotyping, prejudice and intolerance were addressed with employees forced to acknowledge their importance. They also discussed better ways in which they could…

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Parents Voice Complaints Over Horry County Schools Virtual Learning Program

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There have been some complaints made following a new announcement from Horry County Schools. The board decided to allow parents the opportunity to switch their children from online to in-person learning for a limited time. The option to do so will be available starting today through Sunday. Some people were delighted by the news, especially families struggling to provide students…

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Thousands Receive False Positive Covid-19 Test Results in North Carolina

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Almost seven thousand North Carolinians recently received false positive Covid-19 tests. The mistake occurred after text messages and emails were sent out to residents of Mecklenburg County incorrectly stating they had contracted the virus. The county claims the messages were sent out in error as a result of a technical glitch caused by the Canadian-based data software they use.

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Two More Men Arrested in Relation to 2015 North Carolina Homicide

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Two more arrests have been made in connection to a 2015 Robeson County homicide. 43-year-old Ismul Hines from Charlotte, and 26-year-old Kenneth McCoy of Laurinburg are now facing murder, among other charges, in the death of 51-year-old Rodney Murphy. Murphy died from a gunshot wound during a home invasion in St. Pauls where two other men were shot and a…

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President Trump Grilled by Voters Last Night in Virtual Town Hall

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President Trump was in the hot seat last night as he answered undecided Pennsylvania voters’ questions during a virtual town hall. The event was hosted by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. The biggest topics of the night, as you saw there, mainly concerned the president’s leadership choices during the pandemic and he was relentlessly grilled over the recently leaked…

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