Pentagon to take over vetting background checks
The Defense Department will assume all background investigations for its workers and contractors over three years, expanding automation to reduce a 700,000 person backlog. The plan aims to speed reviews, cut costs, and enable smoother moves between government and private sector roles.
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Bill Evanina
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Suspected cop killer arrested after two-day manhunt
Steven Joshua Wiggins, suspected in the deputy killer case, was captured by a Tennessee state trooper after two days on the run. He was booked wearing Dickson County Sgt. Daniel Baker’s handcuffs, with injuries from hiding in woods. Authorities seek the death penalty for Wiggins and a woman charged with first-degree premeditated murder.
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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Steven Joshua Wiggins
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Dickson County
Daniel Baker
Ray Crouch Jr
Kevin Burch
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Dereck Stewart
Consid
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TBI
Susan Niland
Baker
Jeff Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Burch
Department
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Meredith
Iowa judge blocks most restrictive abortion law in compromise
An Iowa judge agreed to temporarily block the states most restrictive abortion law as part of a deal with abortion rights groups led by the ACLU of Iowa Planned Parenthood Federation and Emma Goldman Clinic. The injunction delays the law from July 1 while the suit proceeds, with both sides seeking a quick resolution and eventual Iowa Supreme Court review. The Thomas More Society represents the state after Attorney General Miller declined to defend the measure.
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Iowa
Kim Reynolds
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa
Planned Parenthood Federation of American
Emma Goldman Clinic
Iowa Supreme Court
Thomas More Society
Tom Miller
Study says Maria death toll far higher than official count
Researchers report the official Puerto Rico death toll of 64 from Hurricane Maria is substantially underestimated. The New England Journal of Medicine study suggests about 4,600 more deaths, based on interviews across 3,299 households in Puerto Rico, challenging prior independent estimates and reinforcing calls for an accurate death count and accountability.
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U.S
New England Journal of Medicine
Alexis Raul Santos
Pennsylvania State University
Jeffrey Howard
Santos
Carmen Yulia Cruz
San Juan
Cruz
Maria
Nishant Kishore
Harvard
T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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