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The U.S. Coast Guard has scrapped references in its new workplace harassment policy that characterized hate symbols such as swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive” following uproar from Congress.
Last month, The Washington Post first reported that the military branch planned to quietly downgrade hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” which meant the Coast Guard may not be required to remove hateful signage even if it was reported by a service member.
The Coast Guard “wanted to strike the ‘potentially divisive’ wording from the document but was unable to do so,” according to the Post, citing two people familiar with the policy.
Following weeks of turmoil over the matter, Homeland Security Kristi Noem, whose agency oversees the Coast Guard, announced Thursday that the wording will be “completely removed from the record so no press outlet, entity or elected official may misrepresent the Coast Guard to politicize their policies and lie about their position on divisive and hate sy..

Leer en EspañolThe suspect in the shooting at Brown University last weekend has been found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire after a five-day manhunt, officials said.
“I will tell you that he took his own life tonight,” Colonel Oscar Perez, the chief of the Providence Police Department said Thursday night.
Two students were killed and nine were injured Saturday in a shooting on Brown University’s campus. Perez identified the suspect in the shooting as Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national.
Brown President Christina Paxson said Valente was a physics PhD student at the university from the Fall 2000 to Spring 2001 before taking a leave of absence and formally withdrawing in the summer of 2003.
open image in galleryThe suspect in the shooting at Brown University last weekend has been found dead in a storage facility in New Hampshire after a five-day manhunt (AP/Reba Saldanha)A satchel, two firearms and evidence “tha..

CloseZelensky says Russia is preparing for 'year of war'Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Ukraine's allies to show a united front against Russia at a crucial European Union summit on Moscow's frozen assets.
The Ukrainian president urged European leaders to secure support for Kyiv and show Russia that continuing its war is “pointless” ahead of the summit in Brussels today.
“The outcome of these meetings, the outcome for Europe, must be such that Russia feels that its desire to continue fighting next year will be pointless, because Ukraine will have support,” Zelensky said in his evening address on Wednesday.
His call comes after Vladimir Putin lashed out at European leaders, amid ongoing US-brokered peace talks.
In a bizarre rant against the West, the Russian president said: “Europe’s little pigs immediately joined in the work of the previous American administration, hoping to profit from the collapse of our country.”
Putin had previously accused Western countries of ..

CloseTrump says US was 'absolutely dead' before he turned it into 'hottest country anywhere in the world'President Donald Trump touted his accomplishments during the past 11 months as he addressed the nation, following frustration from Americans over his handling of the economy.
Trump began his address Wednesday night from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House on familiar ground— by blaming his predecessor Joe Biden.
“When I took office, inflation was the worst in 48 years, and some would say in the history of our country, which caused prices to be higher than ever before, making life unaffordable for millions and millions of Americans,” Trump said. “This happened during a Democrat administration.”
He also unveiled a “warrior dividend” for more than 1,450,000 military service members and said they would each receive $1,176. Trump claimed the checks are “already on the way.”
“Wages are up, prices are down. Our nation is strong. America is respected, and o..

ClosePresident Donald Trump calls Rob Reiner ‘a deranged person' as he doubles-down on criticism of murdered movie directorNick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner, and his producer-photographer wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
Reiner, 32, was arrested Sunday after an investigation by the LAPD and US Marshals, hours after the bodies of his parents were found at their Brentwood estate.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced the charges Tuesday afternoon, and noted that they carried a maximum sentence of life in prison or the death penalty. No decision has been made on the death penalty, he said.
Now that prosecutors have decided to file charges, Reiner is expected to appear in court.
“Once he is medically cleared, he will be brought to court to be arraigned on these charges. At that point, he will enter a plea of guilty or not guilty,” Hochman said.
The 32-year-old reportedly..

The father of the youngest victim of Australia’s Bondi Beach mass shooting gave an emotional tribute to his 10-year-old daughter, Matilda, at a vigil for victims on Tuesday December 16.

Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced her engagement to the fervently pro-Trump news reporter Brian Glenn, cementing the couple's status as MAGA royalty.
In posts on Elon Musk's social network X on Monday evening, the pair showed off Greene's engagement ring with a beaming photo from a favorite restaurant.
“She said yes,” said Glenn, tagging in the Georgia representative.
“Happily ever after!!! I love you @brianglenntv!!!” Greene responded.
Conservative talk show host Megyn Kelly chimed in to congratulate the happy couple, saying: “This is great!” Best wishes.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Brian Glenn announce their engagement on X (Marjorie Taylor Greene and Brian Glenn via X)Since President Donald Trump's election loss in 2020, Glenn has made a splash as one of the President's most ardent propagandists outside the federal payroll. He gained special notoriety earlier this year as the reporter who asked Ukraine’s wartime President Volodym..

CloseTrump calls Rob Reiner 'a deranged person' as he doubles down on criticism of dead directorDonald Trump has doubled down his remarks about the late Hollywood director Rob Reiner after he blamed his murder on “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” despite widespread condemnation, including from several prominent Republicans.
Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found stabbed to death on Sunday at their Los Angeles home.
While tributes poured in for the couple from actors and politicians, Trump blamed Reiner’s death on what he called “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME” in a post on Truth Social. A number of prominent GOP members joined in calls urging him to take the message down.
Asked on Monday if he stood by his post, the president said, “Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person, as far as Trump is concerned.”
“I thought he was very bad for our country.”
Nick Reiner, the couple’s son, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is “respons..

CloseAustralian PM condemns ‘act of evil’ after 11 killed in terror attack on Jewish communityThe suspected gunmen who killed 15 people in an antisemitic terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach were a father and son, police have said.
Hundreds had gathered for an event called Chanukah by the Sea near Bondi Beach’s children’s park when the attack was launched on Sunday evening.
One gunman, aged 50, was shot by police and died at the scene, while a second attacker, a 24-year-old man, suffered critical injuries and was taken to hospital under police guard.
New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon told a press conference on Monday morning that the attackers were father and son. He also confirmed the 50-year-old was a licensed firearm owner.
A ten-year-old girl who was taken to the Sydney Children’s Hospital after the attack is among those who have died. At least 40 people are receiving treatment in hospital, including three other children.
Officials said 14 people died at the scene ..

CloseAerial view of Brown University after reported active shooterA “person of interest” was taken into custody at the end of an hours-long manhunt after two students were killed and nine other people were injured in a mass shooting on Brown University’s campus
Providence police said early Sunday they detained a man in his 20s at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island – several miles away from the university campus.
Brown University lifted its campus-wide shelter-in-place order, although police remained at the location and still considered it an active crime scene.
The Ivy League university said two people died in the attack Saturday evening. Seven injured people were in stable condition as of Sunday and one person was in critical, but stable, condition. Another injured person had been released from the hospital.
More than 400 law enforcement personnel were searching for a suspect after the attack.Officials released a video of a suspect, a male dressed in black, who has not yet been publicl..