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Category: Breaking News

Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Right wing terrorists who plotted to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer arrested, FBI announces

October 8th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Topics

A group of militant right wing extremists who were plotting to harm Governor Gretchen Whitmer have been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the federal government announced today.

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Hurricane Irma roars through Florida

Radar mosaic shows Hurricane Irma pummeling Florida

September 10th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, Public Planning, Unscheduled Programming, Weather

This National Weather Service radar mosaic shows Hurricane Irma’s movement through Florida and into Georgia. Irma first made landfall in the Keys before moving up Florida’s west coast. The storm is now a Category 1 hurricane, but still very dangerous. (NOAA/NWS animation)

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Patty Murray speaking at a minimum wage rally

WATCH: Patty Murray joins Bernie Sanders to unveil $15/hour minimum wage legislation

April 26th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, Economic Security

Background from Senator Patty Murray’s office: Addressing hundreds of low-wage workers outside the U.S. Capitol, Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced legislation

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We the People: Resisting Trump

Highlights from court ruling halting Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0

March 15th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Topics

Courtesy of the New York Times: “Here are some highlights from Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Derrick K. Watson of United States District Court in Honolulu, who issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s revised travel ban from going into effect nationwide.”

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Justice Antonin Scalia

President Obama delivers a statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

February 13th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Litigation, Live Coverage

Watch live as President Obama delivers a statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, courtesy of WhiteHouse.gov. Transcript: Good evening, everybody. For

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Ted Cruz

Projection: Ted Cruz wins Iowa Republican caucuses

February 1st, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Elections

News networks are projecting that Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses. Cruz is trailed by Donald Trump and Marco Rubio.

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Martin O'Malley at his campaign kickoff

Martin O’Malley will suspend his campaign tonight, news reports suggest

February 1st, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Elections

Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley plans to drop out of the Democratic presidential race after faring poorly in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, multiple mass media

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Rachel Notley rallies the Alberta NDP

An NDP victory changes everything Canadians think about Alberta

May 5th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Elections

Few provincial elections can transfix a country. This one did in part because of the dramatic fashion in which age-old assumptions about Alberta were proven

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Holy Thursday: The night of the new commandment

April 2nd, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Holidays

This is the night of the new commandment. This is the night we become what we receive. This is the night when the impossible becomes

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Seismograph

Large earthquake strikes near Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

March 29th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, National Defense

A large earthquake has just shaken eastern Papua New Guinea and nearby islands, the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting. The magnitude 7.5 quake – which

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Millions rally for unity across France in unprecedented numbers

January 11th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, World Community

Millions rally for unity across France in unprecedented numbers The BBC reports on the success of demonstrations for freedom of the press and freedom of

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Je suis Charlie! The people of France take a stand against terrorism

January 7th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Topics, World Community

A man in Strasbourg shows solidarity with the staff of Charlie Hebdo, who were targeted by Islamic terrorists in a brutal attack earlier today. “Je suis” is French for “I am”. (Photo: Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons)

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Demonstrators protest Missouri grand jury’s failure to indict Darren Wilson for Michael Brown shooting

November 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Public Planning

Demonstrators are pictured in Seattle protesting a Missouri grand jury’s failure to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown (Photo: Tiffany Von Arnim/Reproduced under a Creative Commons license)

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Four Mount Ontake climbers confirmed dead after eruption

September 28th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, National Defense, Public Planning

Four Mount Ontake climbers confirmed dead after eruption Japanese media are reporting that four of the thirty-one people known to be on or near the

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Joe Biden addresses the downing of MH Flight 17 in Ukraine

July 17th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

This is truly a grave situation… Nearly three hundred souls have been lost. The families need consolation and our prayers, and many questions need to

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Two Las Vegas police offers killed by suicidal maniacs with guns

June 8th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Public Planning

Two Las Vegas police offers killed by suicidal maniacs with guns The slaughter goes on… and on… and on… and on. Every week, gun violence

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Seven dead in drive-by shootings near U.C. Santa Barbara in newest preventable tragedy

May 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Public Planning

Seven dead in drive-by shootings near U.C. Santa Barbara in newest preventable tragedy A spate of shootings in Isla Vista, in southern California, have left

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Flight MH370: Chinese and Australian ships draw blank

March 29th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News

Flight MH370: Chinese and Australian ships draw blank Objects retrieved from the southern Indian Ocean may not be from missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, the

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ShakeMap of 5.1 magnitude earthquake that rattled L.A. this evening

March 28th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, Public Planning
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Charlotte’s mayor resigns after arrest on corruption charges

March 26th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, Open Government

Charlotte’s mayor resigns after arrest on corruption charges Charlotte politician Patrick Cannon, who was elected last year to succeed Anthony Foxx as mayor of North

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Thanks, California! Golden State sends firefighters to help with mudslide response

March 25th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning

Thanks, California! Golden State sends firefighters to help with mudslide response Eighteen firefighters from California left for the Pacific Northwest last night to help respond

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