Kevin McCarthy kicks Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell off intel panel
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Kevin McCarthy kicks Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell off intel panel

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell will no longer be members of the House Intelligence Committee, rejecting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ weekend appeal for their reappointment to the prestigious panel.  The move had been long-anticipated, as McCarthy (R-Calif.) pledged to remove Schiff…

Black voters in Georgia overwhelmingly reported positive voting experience under controversial law
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Black voters in Georgia overwhelmingly reported positive voting experience under controversial law

The overwhelming majority of black voters in Georgia said they had a “good” or “excellent” voting experience under a new election reform law that President Biden decried as “Jim Crow 2.0” when it was enacted in 2021. A post-election survey from the University of Georgia released last week found that…

Indiana Walmart shooting injures 1, suspect killed: police
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Indiana Walmart shooting injures 1, suspect killed: police

Authorities responded to a shooting at a Walmart in Evansville, Indiana, on Thursday evening, where they said at least one victim was injured. The suspect was killed during a shootout with police, authorities said. The Evansville Police Department tweeted on Thursday night about the shooting, encouraging people to avoid the area: “Active shooter…

Texas school district cancels visit from bestselling author Emma Straub for foul language
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Texas school district cancels visit from bestselling author Emma Straub for foul language

A Texas school district canceled a scheduled visit from New York Times bestselling author Emma Straub after learning she “regularly used” foul language on social media. The novelist was going to read her first children’s picture book, “Very Good Hats,” to kindergarteners and first graders at two elementary schools in…

Bryan Kohberger sent DNA for genetic testing to explore ancestry: neighbor
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Bryan Kohberger sent DNA for genetic testing to explore ancestry: neighbor

Bryan Kohberger told a fellow grad student that he explored his ancestry by submitting DNA for genetic testing – which could shed light on how investigators used forensic genealogy to zero in on the accused quadruple murderer. The Washington State University PhD candidate, who is charged with murder in the gruesome…

Remote Alaskan town site of fatal polar bear attack on woman, boy
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Remote Alaskan town site of fatal polar bear attack on woman, boy

A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska State Troopers said they received the report of the attack at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wales, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, KTUU reported. “Initial reports indicate…