Heavy rains caused flash flooding in Washington D.C. that inundated a dog daycare business called District Dogs. Six feet of floodwater pushed in a wall and collapsed, allowing water to fill the building. Firefighters rescued seven employees and 20 dogs from the flooding, but some dogs unfortunately drowned due to the sudden...
Civil asset forfeiture laws allow police to seize cash and property from people suspected of a crime without charging or convicting them of anything. The onus is then on the property owner to prove their innocence in court to get their assets back. While intended to target large criminal organizations, in practice forfeiture is...
COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. rose more than 10% last week, marking the biggest increase since December. While still lower than a year ago, over 7,000 new admissions were reported. The rise comes as descendants of the Omicron variant are competing nationwide, with no single variant yet dominating. Updated COVID vaccines...
The Teamsters Union reached a historic tentative agreement with UPS that will greatly benefit the over 340,000 UPS Teamsters workers. The deal includes substantial wage increases for both full-time and part-time workers, the creation of over 7,500 new full-time positions, the reclassification of 22,400 part-time workers to...
Over 100,000 U.S. military emails have been misdirected to Mali this year due to a spelling mistake that sent emails to .ML instead of .MIL addresses. The emails contain sensitive information about personnel, travel plans, and financial records. While not classified, the data could provide intelligence value if exploited....
'It’s A Terrible Thing': DC Flash Flood Kills Dogs At Pet Care Site ( patch.com )
Heavy rains caused flash flooding in Washington D.C. that inundated a dog daycare business called District Dogs. Six feet of floodwater pushed in a wall and collapsed, allowing water to fill the building. Firefighters rescued seven employees and 20 dogs from the flooding, but some dogs unfortunately drowned due to the sudden...
3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago ( www.cbsnews.com )
Not just any bus as the headline implies, but one of Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s trafficking asylum seekers to Democratic cities as a political stunt.
Hey, I host a lemmy instance focused on books and reading (and all the communities that fall under that umbrella) ( literature.cafe )
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/349464...
Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do ( thewhyaxis.substack.com )
Civil asset forfeiture laws allow police to seize cash and property from people suspected of a crime without charging or convicting them of anything. The onus is then on the property owner to prove their innocence in court to get their assets back. While intended to target large criminal organizations, in practice forfeiture is...
Florida sheriff's office: Stop calling the cops on manatee sex ( www.axios.com )
mastodon.art defederating calckey firefish social. Cites behavior of lead project dev ( dotart.blog )
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/6853479...
U.S. sees biggest rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations since December ( www.cbsnews.com )
COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. rose more than 10% last week, marking the biggest increase since December. While still lower than a year ago, over 7,000 new admissions were reported. The rise comes as descendants of the Omicron variant are competing nationwide, with no single variant yet dominating. Updated COVID vaccines...
Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract, averting the strike! ( teamster.org )
The Teamsters Union reached a historic tentative agreement with UPS that will greatly benefit the over 340,000 UPS Teamsters workers. The deal includes substantial wage increases for both full-time and part-time workers, the creation of over 7,500 new full-time positions, the reclassification of 22,400 part-time workers to...
A Spelling Mistake Is Causing Thousands of Sensitive Pentagon Documents to Be Leaked to a Russian Ally ( themessenger.com )
Over 100,000 U.S. military emails have been misdirected to Mali this year due to a spelling mistake that sent emails to .ML instead of .MIL addresses. The emails contain sensitive information about personnel, travel plans, and financial records. While not classified, the data could provide intelligence value if exploited....