Protesters backing US President Donald Trump breached the US Capitol on Wednesday, forcing police to draw weapons amid chaotic scenes and causing a delay in the constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Here s an explanation of some of the major related events.
Dubai: US lawmakers have said they will investigate how Capitol police handled Wednesday s violent breach of security, questioning whether a lack of preparedness allowed the mob to occupy and vandalise the building.
Four people died, a woman who was shot and three other people who suffered “medical emergencies” related to the breach, Washington, D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee said. Police said 52 people were arrested as of Wednesday night, including 26 on the Capitol grounds. Fourteen police officers were injured, Contee said.
US Capitol Fast Facts
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Here’s some background information about the US Capitol. Located at 100 Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, DC, it is the meeting place of the US Congress.
Other Facts
Each chamber has a sergeant at arms who serves as the chief law enforcement officer and protocol officer.
The Dome is 8,909,200 pounds of cast-iron with 108 windows and was constructed between 1855 and 1866. The statue at the top of dome is the Statue of Freedom.
National Statuary Hall used to be the chambers for the House of Representatives, called the Old Hall of the House (1809-1857). The hall holds 100 of the Capitol’s collection of statues of notable citizens in US history, two per state.
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Curious about how much your physician is making? Or other government of New Brunswick employees? The unaudited lists are now out.
The
Unaudited Supplementary Employee List found The highest paid government employees for 2019 to 2020, is now retired. Before he left NB Power in May, the former President and CEO Gaetan Thomas brought in between $550,000 and $574, 999.
Someone who New Brunswickers have grown very familiar with, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell brought in between $275, 000 and $299, 000.
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Diagnostic Radiologist at the Georges Dumont Hospital Dr. Martin Finnegan made between $1.9 million and $1.95 million.
A family physician in Sussex, Dr. Sunita MacMullin, was paid between $1.85 million and almost $1.9 million dollars.
Fiery Off-Track Quarter Horse Becomes Barrel Racing Star In Two Countries Sponsored by:
Second career star Ferrari and owner/rider Leanne Marie Sine are turning in 1D times on the barrel pattern. Shane Rux Photography
She lit the board in her career as a racehorse, and now Biscuit De Feu is lighting the board as a barrel horse in two countries.
Biscuit De Feu–whose name is “fire cookie” in French–was bred in California by Bryan and Pamela Scheer, owned during her racing career by Jeannie Baldwin and saddled by champion trainer Kenneth Roberts in Louisiana.
The strapping 2013 brown mare has an unusual racing pedigree, as she is sired by First Down French, a son of one of barrel racing s all-time leading sires, Frenchmans Guy, out of a mare sired by A Classic Dash.