The city of Cambridge on Monday voted to end its contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system used by police to identify possible shootings in real time. The crime-fighting technology deploys a network of acoustic sensors mounted above streets across neighborhoods, designed to detect gunfire-like sounds and automatically alert law enforcement when a suspected shot […]
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Dems vow to force weekly Iran war votes after GOP blocks latest move to curb Trump
Senate Republicans again didn’t budge against Senate Democrats’ bid to handcuff President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran. Senate Democrats again forced a vote on a war powers resolution to rein in Trump’s military authority in Iran, which Senate Republicans again blocked. It’s also been less than a week since Democrats triggered a war powers […]
Stephen A Smith warns Democrats ‘I ain’t giving you anything,’ challenges them to earn Black votes
Sports commentator Stephen A Smith challenged Democrats on Monday to actually persuade Black voters rather than take their support for granted. Smith, who has flirted with running for office, spoke candidly to listeners, saying, “I keep reminding y’all, I don’t want us falling into fearmongering and all of this other stuff to decide who our […]
Pro-EU party leads in Moldova election as votes are counted
The EU has warned that Moldova is enduring “an unprecedented campaign of disinformation” from Russia ahead of the election. – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is taken based on Law no. 8/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news […]
Cincinnati police union unanimously votes no confidence in mayor Aftab Pureval amid viral beatdown fallout
Union representatives for the Cincinnati Police Department have roundly rejected the city’s mayor, stemming in part from the fallout from the viral July 26 beatdown that reverberated across the nation. “Tonight, the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 69 unanimously voted no confidence in Mayor Aftab Pureval, citing a series of leadership failures over […]
Republicans charge ahead on Trump budget, setting up marathon Senate votes
Senate Republicans cleared the way on Thursday for an eventual vote on the latest version of a budget to push through several key agenda items for President Trump, including the southern border and extending his 2017 tax cuts. A motion to proceed was agreed to in the upper chamber just one day after Senate Budget […]
Bulgarian parliament votes against deploying troops to Ukraine
The Bulgarian parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a non-binding declaration on Feb. 21 that would seek to halt any deployment of military forces to Ukraine. European leaders have increased discussions of sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine in a potential peace settlement. Bulgaria backed out of signing a security deal with Ukraine in December citing […]
Spending showdown: Republicans will need to corral votes – but they haven’t asked, yet
In about six weeks, there could be another scramble to avert a government shutdown. One of the biggest untold stories in Washington right now is that bipartisan, bicameral Congressional leaders, plus top appropriators, have yet to forge an agreement on a “topline” spending number for the rest of fiscal year 2025 – which runs until […]