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☆ The dark side of the 2024 Paris Olympics
  + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Read previewAs the 2024 Olympics Games plays out in Paris, some nonprofits are warning of a dark reality looming over the sporting event. Wijeyakumar said Rahab's Daughters had distributed pamphlets ahead of the Paris Olympics at a local refugee camp. Rahab's Daughters has identified labor and sex trafficking occurring mainly within the manufacturing, construction, retail, and hospitality industries in Paris. The US National Human Trafficking Hotline explains on its website, however, that human trafficking is "notoriously underreported." These figures are based on interviews with survivors, reports Rahab's Daughters has received, and data it has collected from online ads.
Persons: —, Sam Wijeyakumar, Rahab's, Wijeyakumar, Lauren Hersh, hadn't, Hersh, William Pinzón, Reyes, Jonathan Machler, Airbnb, Mark Godin Organizations: Service, Paris Games, Business, Volunteers, BI, Olympic, Paris, Labor, US Department of State, State Department, Olympics, National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice, Coalition, CAP, Paris Olympics Locations: Paris, US, Poland, Germany, France, London
☆ A database that can help prevent pauper’s cemetery burials is rarely used by officials, NBC News finds
  + stars: | 2023-12-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Mike Hixenbaugh | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +24 min
Through her sobs, she said she heard the coroner’s office worker give two details that she thought couldn’t possibly be true. In a court filing, the coroner’s office denied negligence in the Pfantz case. “When I post on NamUs, I am saying the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has failed, and I need your help,” Yates said. “Why was he left in the coroner’s office for three and a half months to just rot?” Pendar said in an interview. The county agency, like most of California’s coroner’s offices, does not post the names of unclaimed dead to NamUs.
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☆ President Biden says thoughts and prayers are 'not enough' and calls for 'assault weapons' ban following Texas mass shooting
  + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Nine people were killed in a mass shooting near Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, including the gunman. He also called on Congress to ban "assault weapons and high-capacity magazines." The mass shooting at a mall near Dallas, Texas, on Saturday left nine people dead, including the gunman. "Once again I ask Congress to send me a bill banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Biden and other Democrats have long called to ban "assault weapons," a divisive term in gun control debates as there isn't a universally accepted definition.
☆ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said 'mental illness, drugs, and evil forces' are to blame for Texas mall shooting
  + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed "mental illness, drugs, and evil forces" for the Texas mall shooting. The congresswoman repeated right-wing talking points that link antidepressants to mass shootings. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) May 7, 2023She doubled down on the claims that mental health and drug addiction were to blame for mass shootings. The Georgia Republican repeated the right-wing talking point that links antidepressants to mass shootings. The Texas mall shooting suspect, who also died, has not yet been named, and it is unclear whether he suffered from mental health issues or drug addiction.
☆ Monterey Park suspect may have been targeting his ex-wife in the mass shooting, mayor says
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Safia Samee Ali | Corky Siemaszko | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Monterey Park Police officers at the scene of a mass shooting on Jan. 22, 2023 in Monterey Park where 10 people were killed at a dance hall. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)The gunman behind the deadly dance hall shooting in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park may have been targeting his ex-wife on the Lunar New Year, the California city's mayor said Monday. A vigil will be held Tuesday in Monterey Park in memory of the dead. And about a dozen hours after the bloodshed in Monterey Park, police tracked Tran's white van to a car park 30 miles away in the suburb of Torrance where the suspect killed himself. "I tried to reach her, but I didn't get any response," Monterey Park resident Vivian King said of a friend she last heard from earlier in the weekend.
☆ Hate speech, online extremism fed Pelosi attack, terror experts believe
  + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Heather Timmons | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The frequent targeting of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by online extremists and political opponents likely contributed to the violent attack on her husband Paul, terrorism and extremism experts said. before assaulting Paul Pelosi with a hammer, according to a person briefed on the incident. Pelosi has been demonized online and in public by both far right and far left-leaning political websites and figures. Those theories and people who espouse them are sometimes promoted by more mainstream public figures, amplifying the threats, experts say. Site said the Pelosi attack was being celebrated online by far-right supporters.
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