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Amazon shuts construction site again after 8th noose found
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Amazon on Wednesday again shut down a warehouse construction site after the discovery of an eighth noose at the location.
The site was closed due to safety concerns, Scot X. Esdaile, president of the Connecticut NAACP, told a local newspaper. "It's a direct threat on your life," Esdaile said. "This is a serious, white supremacist message being sent to our entire community. It's sick. It's unacceptable. We demand better."![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250214202746.jpg)
Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a high-stakes meeting at this year's Munich Security conference to discuss the Trump administration's efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Vance said the U.S. seeks a "durable" peace, while Zelenskyy expressed the desire for extensive discussions to prepare for any end to the conflict.
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Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who hadn't yet gained civil service protection - potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
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It was Labor Day weekend 2003 when Matt Scribner, a local horse farrier and trainer who also competes in long-distance horse races, was on his usual ride in a remote part of the Sierra Nevada foothills — just a few miles northeast of Auburn, California —when he noticed a freshly dug hole along the trail that piqued his curiosity.