A federal judge has criticized the Justice Department’s evolving position that a presidential pardon for a Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol also covers his conviction for illegally possessing guns at his home.

The Justice Department has concluded that a military veteran’s presidential pardon for charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol also extends to his separate conviction for illegally possessing stolen grenades and classified information.

A minority of farmers in the Texas High Plains region are looking to organic and regenerative techniques to keep their soil healthy year round, despite a dry climate.

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England’s deputy chief medical officer says too many people believe the pandemic is over, and has warned that the U_K_’s very high coronavirus rates and rising deaths mean there are “hard months to come in the winter.”.

A federal judge who sentenced a Jan. 6 rioter to probation on Friday, instead of a harsher punishment requested by prosecutors, suggested the U.S. Justice Department was being too hard on the Jan. 6 defendants and not hard enough on those accused in police brutality protests from last summer.

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.

GAINESVILLE, Texas An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday for a 3-month-old girl from Gainesville. Lyrik Brown was last seen Monday night in the 700 block of North Howeth Street. According to authorities, the child is believed to have been taken by 30-year-old Jeremy Brown. Jeremy Brown is believed to be driving a gray 2011 Volkswagen Jetta with Texas license plate number 55432B6. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 940-688-7777.