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6 People Are Dead Across 3 Michigan Crime Scenes After a Gunman’s Rampage. Police Still Have No Motive
Six people were killed at three crime scenes in the Kalamazoo area after a gunman opened fire during a nearly seven-hour rampage on February 20, 2016. Investigators said in the days after the attacks that they still had not identified a motive.
CIA Says Plotters Planned to Kill “a Huge Number” of People at a Taylor Swift Concert. Its Intelligence Helped Stop the Attack
U.S. intelligence officials said a foiled plot targeting Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts was intended to kill tens of thousands of people. The warning helped Austrian authorities make arrests and led to the cancellation of three Eras Tour shows.
Nearly Half of All American Renters Now Spend More Than 30% of Their Income Just on Housing
A new Harvard housing report says 22.7 million renter households, or 49% of all renters, spent more than 30% of their income on housing in 2024. The figures show affordability pressures remain widespread even as apartment rent growth has cooled.
EPA Gutted a $2.8 Billion Grant, and Environmental Cleanup Projects in Marginalised Communities Have Now Collapsed
A federal judge voided the EPA’s termination of a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program, but many community cleanup and resilience projects remain stalled. The dispute has left local recipients without clarity on when, or whether, promised funding will reach neighborhoods facing pollution burdens.
DHS Reportedly Ran a Mass Surveillance Program Targeting Left-Leaning Groups in Minnesota
Newly disclosed court records show federal agents monitored progressive groups, unions and protest organizers in Minnesota during this year’s immigration crackdown. The filings describe undercover surveillance, financial record requests and monitoring of meetings where many targets were not accused of crimes.
6 People Are Dead Across 3 Michigan Crime Scenes After a Gunman’s Rampage. Police Still Have No Motive
Six people were killed at three crime scenes in the Kalamazoo area after a gunman opened fire during a nearly seven-hour rampage on February 20, 2016. Investigators said in the days after the attacks that they still had not identified a motive.
CIA Says Plotters Planned to Kill “a Huge Number” of People at a Taylor Swift Concert. Its Intelligence Helped Stop the Attack
U.S. intelligence officials said a foiled plot targeting Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts was intended to kill tens of thousands of people. The warning helped Austrian authorities make arrests and led to the cancellation of three Eras Tour shows.
Nearly Half of All American Renters Now Spend More Than 30% of Their Income Just on Housing
A new Harvard housing report says 22.7 million renter households, or 49% of all renters, spent more than 30% of their income on housing in 2024. The figures show affordability pressures remain widespread even as apartment rent growth has cooled.
EPA Gutted a $2.8 Billion Grant, and Environmental Cleanup Projects in Marginalised Communities Have Now Collapsed
A federal judge voided the EPA’s termination of a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program, but many community cleanup and resilience projects remain stalled. The dispute has left local recipients without clarity on when, or whether, promised funding will reach neighborhoods facing pollution burdens.
DHS Reportedly Ran a Mass Surveillance Program Targeting Left-Leaning Groups in Minnesota
Newly disclosed court records show federal agents monitored progressive groups, unions and protest organizers in Minnesota during this year’s immigration crackdown. The filings describe undercover surveillance, financial record requests and monitoring of meetings where many targets were not accused of crimes.
6 People Are Dead Across 3 Michigan Crime Scenes After a Gunman’s Rampage. Police Still Have No Motive
Six people were killed at three crime scenes in the Kalamazoo area after a gunman opened fire during a nearly seven-hour rampage on February 20, 2016. Investigators said in the days after the attacks that they still had not identified a motive.
CIA Says Plotters Planned to Kill “a Huge Number” of People at a Taylor Swift Concert. Its Intelligence Helped Stop the Attack
U.S. intelligence officials said a foiled plot targeting Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts was intended to kill tens of thousands of people. The warning helped Austrian authorities make arrests and led to the cancellation of three Eras Tour shows.
Nearly Half of All American Renters Now Spend More Than 30% of Their Income Just on Housing
A new Harvard housing report says 22.7 million renter households, or 49% of all renters, spent more than 30% of their income on housing in 2024. The figures show affordability pressures remain widespread even as apartment rent growth has cooled.
EPA Gutted a $2.8 Billion Grant, and Environmental Cleanup Projects in Marginalised Communities Have Now Collapsed
A federal judge voided the EPA’s termination of a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program, but many community cleanup and resilience projects remain stalled. The dispute has left local recipients without clarity on when, or whether, promised funding will reach neighborhoods facing pollution burdens.
DHS Reportedly Ran a Mass Surveillance Program Targeting Left-Leaning Groups in Minnesota
Newly disclosed court records show federal agents monitored progressive groups, unions and protest organizers in Minnesota during this year’s immigration crackdown. The filings describe undercover surveillance, financial record requests and monitoring of meetings where many targets were not accused of crimes.
6 People Are Dead Across 3 Michigan Crime Scenes After a Gunman’s Rampage. Police Still Have No Motive
Six people were killed at three crime scenes in the Kalamazoo area after a gunman opened fire during a nearly seven-hour rampage on February 20, 2016. Investigators said in the days after the attacks that they still had not identified a motive.
CIA Says Plotters Planned to Kill “a Huge Number” of People at a Taylor Swift Concert. Its Intelligence Helped Stop the Attack
U.S. intelligence officials said a foiled plot targeting Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts was intended to kill tens of thousands of people. The warning helped Austrian authorities make arrests and led to the cancellation of three Eras Tour shows.
Nearly Half of All American Renters Now Spend More Than 30% of Their Income Just on Housing
A new Harvard housing report says 22.7 million renter households, or 49% of all renters, spent more than 30% of their income on housing in 2024. The figures show affordability pressures remain widespread even as apartment rent growth has cooled.
EPA Gutted a $2.8 Billion Grant, and Environmental Cleanup Projects in Marginalised Communities Have Now Collapsed
A federal judge voided the EPA’s termination of a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program, but many community cleanup and resilience projects remain stalled. The dispute has left local recipients without clarity on when, or whether, promised funding will reach neighborhoods facing pollution burdens.
DHS Reportedly Ran a Mass Surveillance Program Targeting Left-Leaning Groups in Minnesota
Newly disclosed court records show federal agents monitored progressive groups, unions and protest organizers in Minnesota during this year’s immigration crackdown. The filings describe undercover surveillance, financial record requests and monitoring of meetings where many targets were not accused of crimes.
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