February 2022 Current Events: U.S. News
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- Black Colleges And Universities In United States Receive Bomb Threats
- Soldiers Who Refused The Covid Vaccine To Be Discharged By The US Army
- Investigation Launched By United States House Over Trump’s Handling Of Documents
- Mass Shooting In Portland Left One Dead And Five Wounded
- U.S. Soccer And USWNT Players Reach An Agreement Over Equal Pay Dispute
Black Colleges And Universities In United States Receive Bomb Threats
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022 – At least a dozen Bomb threats have been received by historically Black colleges and universities in the United States, and they put their campuses on lockdown on Tuesday, a day after similar threats forced several of them to cancel classes. The first day of Black History Month coincides with the threats in cities from Baltimore to New Orleans.
The president of Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida, A. Zachary Faison, Jr., said, “they don’t think it’s by coincidence they received the particular threat at the particular time.”
Faison said A 3:30 a.m. caller to the Jacksonville sheriff’s office warned that many explosive devices had been placed across the campus, which would be detonated 12 hours later and followed by a school shooting.
As of midday on Tuesday, the campus is filled with local law enforcement officers patrolling with dogs.
Source: Reuters
Soldiers Who Refused The Covid Vaccine To Be Discharged By The US Army
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 – The United States Army has said it will immediately discharge US soldiers who refuse to get a Covid-19 vaccine, saying the move was critical to maintaining combat readiness. In a statement, it is said that the standing order applies to regular army soldiers, active-duty army reservists and cadets unless they have approved or pending exemptions.
The order to discharge is the latest from a United States military branch removing unvaccinated service members amid the pandemic, after the vaccine was made mandatory by the Pentagon in August 2021.
The army secretary, Christine Wormuth, said, “army readiness depends on soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win the U.S. wars.” She also added that “unvaccinated soldiers present a risk to the force and jeopardize readiness.”
The statement added that army commanders have been ordered to “process these separation actions as expeditiously as possible.”
Source: The Guardian
Investigation Launched By United States House Over Trump’s Handling Of Documents
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Thursday, February 10, 2022 – On Thursday, the House oversight committee launched an investigation into potential violations of the Presidential Records Act by former United States President Donald Trump after some records relevant to the Capitol attack inquiry were retained and destroyed by him.
The National Archives were asked by the panel to turn over communications with the former president about the records that were missing or destroyed, as well as a description of materials in boxes retrieved from the residence of Trump in Mar-a-Lago last month.
According to information gathered, the boxes retrieved from Trump contained documents that had been requested by the House select committee that is investigating the Capitol attack and what was believed to be classified.
According to reporter Maggie Haberman, Trump appeared to have disposed of documents by flushing them down a toilet in the White House, which had to be unclogged by staffers.
Source: The Guardian
Mass Shooting In Portland Left One Dead And Five Wounded
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Sunday, February 20, 2022 – In a shooting at a Portland park, where a march was planned to protest the violence of the police, one person has been killed and five people wounded. Police confirmed that the shooting at Normandale Park occurred during a confrontation between a homeowner and a protester hat were both armed.
Though police did not give full details of the people injured, they found a woman dead; two men and three women were then taken to the hospital. The police said, “the scene was extremely chaotic, and a number of witnesses were uncooperative with responding officers.”
Flyers from social media showed that a march was planned for Amir Locke at the time of the shooting. Locke is a Black man shot dead by police in Minneapolis.
Portland became the center of the movement to defund police, though protests in the city have largely faded away.
Source: The Guardian
U.S. Soccer And USWNT Players Reach An Agreement Over Equal Pay Dispute
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022 – The United States women’s national soccer team (USWNT) and United States Soccer governing body confirmed they had reached an agreement to resolve a years-long dispute over equal pay, on what the players described as a landmark day for sport.
With the settlement, $22 million will be distributed in a manner that the players propose and approved by the district court. U.S. Soccer also agreed to provide an equal rate of pay going forward for the men’s and women’s national teams in all friendlies and tournaments, which includes the World Cup.
In a joint statement from U.S. Soccer and USWNT, they said getting to this particular day has not been easy. “The U.S. Women’s National Team players have achieved unprecedented success while working to achieve equal pay not just themselves, but future athletes.”
Source: Reuters
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