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Criminal Justice Reforms: House Committee Revives Effort to End Qualified Immunity
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on September 1, 2020
Delegate Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond)
The state’s special session over police reform took a turn Tuesday after members of the House Appropriations Committee revived a bill allowing citizens to sue law-enforcement officers for misconduct. Cat Modlin-Jackson reports the latest on the controversial move to end qualified immunity.
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From NPR News- A Neuroscience Project Pushes To Include More African Americans In Brain Research September 24, 2020People of African ancestry have been excluded from many studies of brain disorders. In Baltimore, scientists, doctors and community leaders are working to make neuroscience research more diverse.
- LA Chargers Team Doctor Reportedly Punctured Quarterback's Lung By Mistake September 24, 2020The NFL Players Association is investigating after a Los Angeles Chargers team doctor reportedly punctured quarterback Tyrod Taylor's lung while administering a painkiller for cracked ribs.
- Map: Mail-In Voting Rules By State September 24, 2020In response to the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of states have modified their rules for absentee voting in November's elections.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park Vandalized With 'Black Lives Don't Matter' Sign September 24, 2020A black bear skin was also left draped on a park entrance in Tennessee. Investigators are offering a reward for information on the incident, which a ranger called "particularly egregious."
- Dutch Celebrities Face Backlash After Rejecting Efforts To Prevent COVID-19 September 24, 2020With the hashtag #ikdoenietmeermee ("I no longer participate"), several musicians and influencers said on social media they were opting out of campaigns to promote social distancing and face masks.
- A Neuroscience Project Pushes To Include More African Americans In Brain Research September 24, 2020
- From BBC News
- Rishi Sunak defends emergency jobs scheme September 24, 2020Wages will be topped up for six months, but chancellor says it is "impossible " to say how many jobs will be saved.
- Covid: Scottish university students banned from going to pubs September 24, 2020Students are told not to socialise outside of their accommodation in a bid to stem a spate of coronavirus outbreaks.
- Covid: UK sees highest number of coronavirus cases since mass tests began September 24, 2020Latest figures show 6,634 new coronavirus cases across the UK, taking the total to 416,363.
- Bafta Film Awards to add nominees and take other steps after diversity row September 24, 2020The Bafta Film Awards will have an overhaul after this year's event had an all-white acting line-up.
- British ex-soldier Major Robert Campbell cleared over Iraqi teenager's death September 24, 2020Maj Robert Campbell says he has "finally been exonerated" after 17 years of repeated investigations.
- Rishi Sunak defends emergency jobs scheme September 24, 2020
