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Judge orders Columbus police to alter tactics for protests

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press
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by Rayos Syndication User

A federal judge has ordered police in Ohio’s capital city to stop using nonlethal force such as tear gas on nonviolent protesters who aren’t harming people or destroying property. Lawyers had sued Columbus last year on behalf of people who alleged they were injured in clashes with police in late May and early June. Judge Algenon Marbley on Friday called the case a “sad tale” of police officers running amok. He also ordered police to stop using the infliction of pain to punish or deter nonviolent protestors. The mayor says the circumstances last summer were “extraordinary” but that the ruling tells the city it “fell short” in responding.

The Latest: Wash. state alters vaccine system as demand ebbs

By The Associated Press
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by Rayos Syndication User

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state is changing the way it allocates coronavirus vaccine as demand for the shots declines in some places. Previously the state doled out supplies to counties proportionate to their populations. But Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday that the amounts now will be based on requests from health care providers. Inslee said: “It is a terrible thing…