Deputy Kills Unarmed Black Man After Alleged Shoplifting From Houston Dollar General

The sheriff’s department in Houston released body camera footage last weekend that shows a deputy holding down a Black man and fatally shooting him at close range after receiving 911…

IRS chief refers Comey, McCabe audit decision to inspector general for review

“The IRS has referred the matter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration for review. IRS Commissioner (Charles) Rettig personally reached out to TIGTA after receiving a press inquiry,”…

Texas Attorney General Ignores Uvalde, But Opens Investigation Into Fake Twitter Accounts

Texas Attorney Generals Ken Paxton has no time to do anything about the Uvalde shooting but is investigating fake Twitter accounts. This is what the Republican Attorney General is focused…

New York Attorney General launches investigation into social media companies used by Buffalo shooter

The probe, disclosed Wednesday by James’ office, focuses on the livestreaming platform Twitch, the messaging service Discord and the websites 4chan and 8chan (now known as 8kun). Other unnamed companies…

Houston Dash suspend head coach, general manager James Clarkson amid harassment investigation

The Houston Dash suspended head coach and general manager James Clarkson on Tuesday due to an ongoing investigation to “review current and historic complaints of discrimination, harassment and abuse.” The…

Amazon to conduct racial equity audit led by former US attorney general

The move, which Amazon (AMZN) disclosed in a filing late last week, followed shareholder pressure to conduct a racial equity audit to address what the shareholders described as controversies around…

How a Dollar General Employee Went Viral on TikTok

In January 2021, Mary Gundel received a letter from Dollar General’s corporate office congratulating her for being one of the company’s top-performing employees. In honor of her hard work and…

NFL warned to improve treatment of women, workplace culture by attorneys general of six states

NEW YORK — The attorneys general of six states have written to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, expressing concern over the league’s treatment of woman employees and admonishing him for a…

Top US general: Potential for ‘significant international conflict’ is increasing

CNN  —  The top US military officer told lawmakers Tuesday that the world is becoming more unstable and the “potential for significant international conflict is increasing, not decreasing.” Read moreRepublican…

Surgeon General Seeks Covid Misinformation Data From Big Tech

President Biden’s surgeon general on Thursday formally requested that the major tech platforms submit information about the scale of Covid-19 misinformation on social networks, search engines, crowdsourced platforms, e-commerce platforms…