“I TRY TO keep them close,” says Maria Miller (pictured), holding out her wrist to display a bracelet composed of tiny framed pictures linked by a gold chain. They show her oldest and youngest brothers, Larry Miller and Harrol Berry, and her son Courtney Williams. All were murdered in 2014. Mr Miller was stabbed while in prison; two people have been tried for his murder. The killers of Mr Berry and Mr Williams, who was shot on a visit home from college, have never been caught.
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Sadly, that is not unusual. St Louis is a violent city, and its homicide unit is overworked and understaffed. Ideally, a homicide detective should be the primary investigator on no more than five murders per year. Heather Taylor, a recently retired homicide supervisor in St Louis, said that her detectives had as many as 19.
Darthbobber
I’m reasonably sure, given their history, that there are at least a half dozen democratic Senators who would bloc with Manchin if push came to shove. Since he suffices as a public stumbling block and is willing to be vocal, they presently are happy to hide in his shadow.
Jen
Shaheen has a propensity to make a few progressive noises when she feels the winds shifting. She made a great show of palling around with Warren and Sherrod Brown in 2014. Co-sponsored Bernie’s Medicare for all bill in 2017.
I’m not sure how she would bloc on this one if she’s called out into the open on it.
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Two weeks into its term, the Biden administration is far from settling on a course of action regarding the Olympics, but mid-level diplomats have begun private discussions with key Western allies about how to handle the Games given the genocide declaration, said a foreign diplomat familiar with the matter. The issue could become an early flash point for the administration’s emerging China policy and highlight the challenge President Biden faces in persuading allies to join in a strong condemnation of Beijing’s human rights abuses.