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Month: August 2022

Fence surrounding Echo Park taken down

By DARLEENE POWELLS Click here for updates on this story     ECHO PARK, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A fence that has surrounded Echo Park since city officials forcibly removed a homeless encampment last year has been knocked down as of Monday morning. Most of the fencing was left haphazardly around the park, where a homeless camp

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Florida recreational marijuana initiative launched

By WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story     TALLAHASSEE (WFOR) — Trulieve, the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, and country-music legends The Bellamy Brothers are backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 or older. The proposed amendment was filed Monday at the state Division of Elections,

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Travis y Gregory McMichael reciben una segunda condena de cadena perpetua vinculada al homicidio de Ahmaud Arbery

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Gregory McMichael, uno de los tres hombres blancos condenados por el homicidio de Ahmaud Arbery, fue sentenciado este lunes a cadena perpetua más siete años tras sus condenas federales de este año por interferencia con los derechos —un delito de odio—, intento de secuestro y uso de armas. La sentencia

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Mayor Eric Adams blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “unimaginable” treatment of migrants as 2nd bus arrives in New York City

By CHRISTINA FAN, ASTRID MARTINEZ Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — A second bus carrying migrants arrived Sunday in Manhattan from Texas. It continues the fight between Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic cities over immigration policy. CBS2’s Astrid Martinez spoke with immigration advocates on how this is impacting local services,

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Biden concerned by China’s military drills encircling Taiwan but doesn’t ‘think they’re going to do anything more’

By Kate Sullivan and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday he was concerned about China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan but that he didn’t believe China would take additional action as it escalates tensions following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit. China has spent several days conducting military drills that have essentially encircled Taiwan

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Encampment outside University City townhomes refuses to budge, despite court order demanding them to move out

By Wakisha Bailey Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The encampment outside of University City townhomes in West Philadelphia is continuing to grow, despite a court order that demands they move out. The tents with human rights signs and other messages of hope and protest could soon become some residents’ new

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Trump-backed GOP candidate for Michigan AG under criminal investigation for possibly tampering with voting machines, docs say

By Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN Michigan’s Democratic attorney general is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate her Donald Trump-backed challenger after finding evidence linking him to a potentially criminal plot to seize and tamper with voting machines used in the 2020 election, according to a letter obtained by CNN and documents released

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