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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The motive behind a sandbag's sudden attack on President Joe Biden became more clear today, as sources within the federal government have produced photos showing the sandbag also participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. "This sandbag has been a dangerous entity for some time," said one source under the condition of anonymity. "After reviewing video footage from the January 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol, we discovered the sandbag among the other Trump-supporting domestic terrorists. The sandbag has evaded justice since that day, giving it the opportunity to trip President Biden at...

President Biden has fallen on stage while handing out diplomas to Air Force Academy cadets in Colorado. The 80-year-old commander-in-chief stumbled and fell to his knees and then got back up during the graduation ceremony in an incident likely to spark more concerns about his age as the nation's oldest president seeks a second term. He was assisted by Air Force officials when he fell to the ground. The president then walked away without help and appeared to point to a sandbag on the stage that he appeared to trip over. 'He's fine,' White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt tweeted...

Four Ohio teens face murder charges after allegedly throwing a sandbag from a highway overpass. The bag smashed through the windshield of a car that Marquise Byrd, 22, was riding in last week on Interstate 75 in Toledo. Byrd died from severe head injuries on Friday. Three of the boys charged are 14 years old, and the other is 13. They had already been charged with felonious assault, reports CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan. Around 10 p.m. last Tuesday, a woman was driving with her friend, Byrd, under an overpass when something came crashing through the passenger-side windshield. She pulled...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man provoked a confrontation Saturday when he tried to drop off several sandbags at the opening of U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown's Northside campaign headquarters. When Jerod Powers walked into the event at the Gateway Mall with several sandbags, he was confronted by several Brown supporters. "We know it's hurricane season and she might need a few more," said Powers as he tried to unload the sandbags. Powers' reference was to an incident in August 2008 when city workers and county inmates delivered sandbags to Brown's home to protect it from rising water during Tropical Storm Fay....

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A city councilman on Sunday joined what has become a storm of controversy over whether U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, got special treatment when city work crews delivered sandbags to her home Friday as Tropical Storm Fay was bearing down on Jacksonville. Brown Admits calling Mayor John Peyton's office for help, but denied any inappropriate use of her power or influence. "I had to call and call and call, just like anybody else," Brown told Channel 4's Diane Cho. "I had to call several times before I got anybody." The mayor's chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, said...

AJC.COM SPECIAL Reports indicate French greatly aided Iraqi regime "The French government's do-or-die attempt to prevent any interference with Saddam Hussein's rule was more like the actions of a sworn enemy than an alleged ally." By ROWLAND NETHAWAY Before the war, French President Jacques Chirac huddled with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to plan strategy to undercut American efforts to enforce U.N. sanctions on Iraq. Part of the French-led strategy included sandbagging Secretary of State Colin Powell in a bait-and-switch private meeting to discuss terrorism. Actually, Powell was ambushed in an anti-war crossfire. This underhanded tactic left no doubt that Chirac...