In Reversal, UN Health Agency Says Virus Lab Leak Theory Still on the Table
Three days after a team of scientists said it wasn’t worth investigating whether the novel coronavirus accidentally escaped from a
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Georgia Prosecutor Launches Probe Into Trump Election Call
Fulton County’s top prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his electoral defeat in Georgia, sending letters Wednesday requesting that state officials preserve documents related to Trump’s demand that Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “find” enough votes to flip the outcome.
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Experts Say Virus Origins Remain a Mystery, but Dismiss Lab Leak Theory
A team of Chinese and international scientists convened by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus said Tuesday it remains a mystery where the virus came from, but they dismissed as “extremely unlikely” the theory that it escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan.
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ICC Clears Way for War Crimes Probe of Israeli Actions
The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions.
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The U.S. Department of Justice dropped its investigation into the city of Seattle’s racial equity training for its employees on Friday. Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes called the investigation started under the Trump administration as “politically motivated.”
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Texas Launches Probe Into Online Brokers’ Halt of GameStop Trading
Regulators stepped into the frenzied rally of shares in video game retailer GameStop on Friday, with Texas launching a civil investigation into stock brokerage app Robinhood and hedge fund Citadel over a halt in the buying of shares while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hinted at launching its own investigation.
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Biden Orders Review of Domestic Violent Extremism Threat
President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a mob of insurgents loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.
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Spain to Probe Whether Military Top Brass Jumped Jab Queue
Spain’s Defense Ministry is launching an internal inquiry to find out if the military top brass dodged coronavirus vaccine protocols by receiving a jab before their turn.
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WHO Team Arrives in Wuhan to Investigate Pandemic Origins
A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.
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Ireland to Apologize for Abuse of Unwed Mothers and Their Children
Ireland’s prime minister said on Tuesday he will issue a formal apology for the widespread abuse unwed mothers and their children suffered inside institutions run by the state and Catholic Church during much of the 20th century.
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Probe Highlights Vatican Legal System’s Limited Protections
A criminal investigation into a Vatican real estate investment is exposing weaknesses in the city state’s judicial system and a lack of some basic protections for those accused — highlighting the incompatibility of the Holy See’s procedures with European norms.
Read moreExperts Head to China to Investigate Virus Origins
A year after China reported the world’s first death caused by the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Monday that an international team of experts is headed to China to investigate how the pandemic started.
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Feds: Florida Prison Staff Beat and Raped Women Inmates
Federal prosecutors accused Florida prison officials of failing to protect women inmates from sexual abuse by correctional officers in a searing report released Tuesday.
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Swedes Want Checks for Hull Damage in 1994 Ferry Disaster
Sweden said Friday it wants divers to inspect the wreck of one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime maritime disasters, the sinking of a ferry in the Baltic Sea in 1994 that killed 852 people, in order to probe claims of a large hole in the hull.
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Watchdog Faults VA Chief Over Handling of Sex Assault Report
Confronted with a sexual assault allegation at a veterans hospital, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie repeatedly sought to discredit the congressional aide who made the complaint and his staff worked to spread negative information about her while ignoring known problems of harassment at the facility, according to an investigative report released Thursday.
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Italy Puts 4 Egyptians Under Investigation in Torture Death
Italian prosecutors on Thursday formally put three high-ranking members of Egypt’s national security force and one police officer under investigation in the 2016 kidnapping, torture and killing of an Italian youth doing doctoral research in Cairo.
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Hunter Biden Faces Federal Tax Investigation
President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter said Wednesday his taxes are under investigation by federal prosecutors in Delaware, but details of the probe were not made available.
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14 Army Leaders Punished in Fort Hood Probe
In the wake of an investigation triggered by the murder of soldier Vanessa Guillen, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced Tuesday that 14 leaders at Texas’ Fort Hood have been fired or suspended from their positions.
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Sweden: Mother Suspected of Locking Up Her Son for 28 Years
Police in Stockholm are investigating a woman in her 70s suspected of having kept her son locked up — reportedly for 28 years — in an apartment south of the Swedish capital, investigators said Tuesday.
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Sweden Requires More Info to Reopen 1994 Ferry Disaster Case
Swedish authorities said Friday they need more information before deciding whether to reopen the case of a 1994 ferry sinking in the Baltic that killed 852 people, in one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime disasters at sea.
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