Biden admin eyes new approach to violent domestic extremism
For four years, the executive branch largely ignored the rising threat of right-wing domestic extremists. Now, that s changing.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seal hangs on a wall at the agency headquarters in Washington on July 6, 2018.Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images file
Jan. 26, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
In the post-9/11 era, many have embraced an assumption that the nation s most serious security threats are foreign. In recent years, however, experts have pointed in a different direction.
A few years ago, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism conducted a law-enforcement survey and found that domestic, anti-government radicals were considered the most serious threat. Research from the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University came to a similar conclusion.
Field hospitals play vital role as COVID surge continues
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,Updated January 24, 2021, 4:51 p.m.
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A health care worker and a translator spoke to a COVID-19 patient inside the field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester. The field hospital and a second military-style medical site that opened in Lowell together add nearly 300 beds to hospital capacity.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Kenneth R. Smith has visited the convention center in downtown Worcester many times over the years for trade shows and exhibitions. This month, he was there as a patient during a pandemic.
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:41 am, January 25th, 2021 - 85 comments
Another case of Covid has appeared in the community.
A 54 year old woman who lives south of Whangarei who returned overseas and went through quarantine has developed Covid after being released from quarantine. She may have the more contagious UK variant of the virus and had tested negative while in quarantine.
Thankfully the person involved assiduously scanned everywhere she went and had a test when she felt unwell.
Two close contacts have proved negative.
A list of the places she visited has been published.
Please everyone scan wherever you go, wash your hands and wear a freakin mask.
How law enforcement is using technology to track down people who attacked the U.S. Capitol | Opinion
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
Many of the people who broke into the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 carried cellphones, which can be tracked, and posted photos of their activities on social media. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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After rioters flooded the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, there was an immediate call for those who overran officers on the scene and swarmed the House and Senate floors, as well as congressional members’ personal offices, to be identified, arrested and prosecuted. The coordinated law enforcement response to this incident is massive.