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Month: July 2022

Justice Department opens civil probe into Amazon’s workplace safety practices

By Kara Scannell, CNN Business The US attorney’s office in Manhattan has opened a civil investigation into workplace safety at Amazon warehouses and possible “fraudulent” conduct to hide worker injuries from federal regulators, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office said. Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Monday morning went to warehouses around

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Abortion pills are becoming more commonly used but won’t be a post-Roe ‘panacea’

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN In light of last month’s Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and revoked the constitutional right to abortion, much of the Biden administration’s response has been focused on protecting access to medication abortion. Mifepristone — a pill used to medically induce abortion in combination with another drug, misoprostol —

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The regulatory agency for Texas law enforcement says it doesn’t have authority to hold Uvalde officers accountable

By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Dakin Andone, CNN The Texas commission that regulates the state’s licensed law enforcement officers says it lacks the authority to act on the findings of the Texas House investigative committee’s report on the Uvalde school massacre, which outlined a series of failures by multiple agencies. “The findings of the

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FBI and NSA directors warn of evolving foreign interference threat ahead of US midterms

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials are on alert for multifaceted election interference threats from adversaries like Iran, China and Russia — including hacking, disinformation and influence operations — as the midterm elections approach, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday. “We have to be concerned about hybrid threats,” Wray said at a cybersecurity conference at

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Government says Bannon ignored subpoena, acted above the law

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are accusing former Trump adviser Steve Bannon of willfully ignoring a congressional subpoena in open defiance of the U.S. government.  But Bannon’s lawyers argued in court on Tuesday  that the charges against him are politically motivated and that Bannon was engaged in good-faith negotiations with

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