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California reparations task force eyeing $5 million payments, restitution

Thursday, February 9 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Kamilah Moore, the chair of California’s Reparations Task Force, is a direct descendant of enslaved people in the United States.Now, she’s one of several leaders behind the nation’s groundbreaking reparations effort to examine the impact slavery and systemic racism has had... Read More.

What is the SCORPION unit, the Memphis police task force at the center of Tyre Nichols’ death?

Friday, January 27 by ABC News

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- The Memphis Police Department unit at the center of Tyre Nichols' death earlier this month has now come under scrutiny from critics over its approach to fighting crime.The SCORPION unit, which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our... Read More.

Facing threats of violence, election officials are growing frustrated with DOJ task force

Thursday, November 3 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- When the Department of Justice introduced a federal election security task force in the summer of 2021 to assist election officials with risk assessment and to investigate and prosecute threats against election workers, state and local officials hailed the move, hoping the... Read More.

500 children reunited with families by Biden-Harris task force, nearly 200 still in process

Friday, October 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than 500 children have been reunited by the Biden administration's task force to find families separated as a result of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy at the border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday."This is a significant milestone that... Read More.

Reparations task force listening tour lays foundation for next steps

Wednesday, August 10 by ABC News

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Two months after the California Reparations Task Force released its initial report detailing the state’s history of slavery and the ongoing impact of race-based discrimination, the state has launched a series of listening sessions in order to receive community feedback on... Read More.

As youth mental illness soars, US task force recommends screening children as young as age 8 for anxiety

Wednesday, April 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Children as young as 8 years old should be screened for anxiety, the country's leading panel of experts on health prevention recommended Tuesday for the first time.The new draft guidance comes amid rising rates of anxiety and depression among kids and... Read More.

President Joe Biden to create interagency task force focused on long COVID

Tuesday, April 5 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The White House is attempting to speed up the nation's response to long COVID by establishing a new task force to coordinate research efforts across the government.President Joe Biden appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra as the interagency task force... Read More.

Russian oligarch’s yacht seized by DOJ’s ‘KleptoCapture’ task force

Tuesday, April 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A yacht that belongs to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg has been seized in Marina Real in the Spanish port of Palma de Mallorca, according to court documents unsealed Monday.The yacht was seized on Monday by Spanish authorities and KleptoCapture, the Justice... Read More.

DOJ announces task force to target Russian oligarchs’ assets

Wednesday, March 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a task force to target the assets of Russian oligarchs after President Joe Biden previewed the move in his State of the Union address Tuesday night."The United States Department of Justice is assembling a dedicated task... Read More.

FBI Task Force officer shot and killed in ambush by gunman outside federal building

Thursday, July 8 by ABC News

(TERRE HAUTE, Ind.) -- An FBI Task Force officer and 30-year police department veteran was shot and killed in the line of duty Wednesday after being ambushed outside an FBI building in Indiana, police say.The incident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. local time, when... Read More.

Biden’s task force finds more than 3,900 children separated from families at border under Trump

Tuesday, June 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has determined that more than 3,900 children were separated from their families along the Southwest border after the Trump administration launched its controversial "zero-tolerance policy," and -- while several hundred children were returned to their home countries -- fewer... Read More.

Forty-five is the new 50 for colon cancer screening, medical task force says

Tuesday, May 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- An "alarming" rise in colorectal cancer cases among young people has led the United States Preventive Services Task Force to establish new guidelines. Medical experts are now officially recommending that people of average risk start getting screened for colon cancer at... Read More.