At least 82 people were killed in one day in a crackdown by Myanmar security forces on pro-democracy protesters, according to reports Saturday from independent local media and an organization that keeps track of casualties since the military's February seizure of power. Friday's death toll in Bago was the biggest one-day total for a single city since March 14, when just over 100 people were killed in Yangon, the country's biggest city. Bago is about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of Yangon.
Biden, who has spent years writing and fighting gun laws in Washington, is referring to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), a 2005 law that largely shields firearm manufacturers and dealers from lawsuits when people use their products illegally, such as by shooting someone. He wants to drive us out of business,โ Mark Oliva, the director of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms industry trade group, said of Biden. So it's a very scary proposition, and we take it very seriously.
Four members of a militia group associated with the right-wing boogaloo movement were indicted on Friday in an alleged plot to obstruct an investigation into the shooting of two federal agents in California last May, the U.S. Justice Department said. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, alleged that the four conspired to destroy communications and other records related to the murder and attempted murder of two federal security officers in Oakland, the department said in a statement.
"We always went out for the same reasons, to free Algeria, for a better Algeria, to let young people work, for children and youth, for the coming generation, Algeria belongs to them. Lynda, a protester, told Reuters. The protest movement, known as 'Hirak', brought tens of thousands of people to the streets each week for more than a year until the pandemic hit Algeria in early 2020, forcing them to stop.
โWithout modern infrastructure, the US cannot create decent jobs, social justice or climate safety.โ
โThe plan itself is really a big bait-and-switch...A fraction of the spending is actually devoted to traditional infrastructure projects.โ
โFocusing on the size of the investment is misleading when you consider the high cost of not making it.โ
โRather than spending $2 trillion, we should privatize infrastructure where feasible and cut taxes and regulations on the rest.โ
โPublic investment can also be a major source of jobs and growth, helping to pull us out of the stagnation trap.โ