Category: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
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Violence at work Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks with Kabul
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have put the son of the movement’s feared founder in charge of their military wing and added several powerful figures to their negotiating team, Taliban officials said. The shake-up, one of the most significant in years, comes ahead of expected talks with Kabul aimed at ending decades of war in Afghanistan.…
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Violence at work Sudanese forces break up protest camp in Darfur, killing 1
Sudanese activists say armed groups have attacked a protest camp in the war-scarred Darfur region, killing more than a dozen peopleBy SAMY MAGDY Associated PressJuly 13, 2020, 8:35 PM4 min readCAIRO — Sudanese armed groups on Monday attacked a protest camp in the war-scarred Darfur region, killing more than a dozen people, activists said, a…
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Violence at work UN says 2 aid workers, 4 others shot dead in South Sudan
The United Nations says two aid workers in South Sudan have been shot dead along with four people they were helping after members of an unknown armed group attacked this weekJuly 16, 2020, 11:02 AM2 min readJOHANNESBURG — Two aid workers in South Sudan were shot dead along with four people they were helping after…
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Violence at work Mexico’s president turns attention to cartel-plagued states
MEXICO CITY — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is traveling to three of Mexico’s most violent states this week to counter what many call a “hands-off” strategy toward drug cartels that has exacerbated tensions with state governors. A surge in cartel killings in Guanajuato, Colima and Jalisco – all states governed by opposition parties -…
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Violence at work Family told no footage of shooting of autistic Palestinian
The lawyer for the family of an autistic Palestinian man who was killed by Israeli police says they have been informed by investigators that a security camera at the site of the shooting was not workingJuly 13, 2020, 6:18 PM2 min readJERUSALEM — The family of an autistic Palestinian man who was killed by Israeli…
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Violence at work What happened to Elijah McClain? Protests help bring new attention to his death
Sheneen McClain’s 23-year-old son, Elijah McClain, died nearly a year ago in Aurora, Colorado, just a few days after police confronted him as he was walking home from a convenience store. “I honestly don’t think my anger or … me being upset is gonna change,” she told ABC News. “I think I’m always going to…
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Violence at work Why do Trump, allies repost racist messaging and will it help his reelection effort?
Amid historic nationwide protests calling for racial justice, President Donald Trump retweeted a video last Sunday showing a supporter yelling “white power!” Then, more than three hours and thousands of views later, the tweet was deleted and the White House issued a statement claiming the president “did not hear” what the supporter could clearly be…
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Violence at work Democrats could end Senate filibuster to advance agenda in 2021
Democrats, increasingly hopeful they can retake the White House and Senate in November, are discussing changing Senate rules to pass legislation with a simple majority of votes. Known as the “nuclear option,” the move to eliminate the 60-vote threshold currently needed to end debate in a full Senate would allow a Joe Biden administration -…
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Violence at work Officials see pushback as more states, counties require people to wear masks
A mask mandate is unconstitutional and unenforceable, several sheriffs say.June 26, 2020, 1:03 AM8 min read After Gov. Roy Cooper issued a mandatory mask requirement across North Carolina on Wednesday amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state, several sheriffs publicly said they would not enforce the mandate when it goes into effect on…
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Violence at work Citing crime, Trump expands sending federal agents to cities over mayors’ opposition
President Donald Trump described “bloodshed” across America as he announced the expansion of “Operation Legend,” saying he has “no choice” but to “surge” federal law enforcement into American cities to fight violent crime. “Today I am announcing a surge of federal law enforcement into American communities plagued by violent crime,” Trump said Wednesday in the…