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Month: June 2023

Las Vegas ballpark pitch revives debate over public funding for sports stadiums

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A proposal to help finance a new ballpark for Major League Baseball’s Athletics in Las Vegas has revived nationwide debates about public funding for private stadiums. And that has pitted Nevada’s powerful tourism industry and labor unions against some progressive groups, raising concerns

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An investigation is underway after over a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento

California is investigating after a private jet carrying migrants arrived in Sacramento, officials say

By Melissa Alonso, Nouran Salahieh, Isabel Rosales and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — An investigation is underway after over a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, California, by private jet “with no prior arrangement or care in place,” Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Saturday. California officials on Saturday met with the group,

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Indian officials end rescue work for 2 wrecked passenger trains that killed over 300 people

By RAFIQ MAQBOOL and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press BALASORE, India (AP) — With rescue work finished, authorities began clearing the mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 300 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail accidents in decades, officials said Sunday. Investigators are looking

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Michigan wildfire prompts evacuations, threatens multiple buildings

GRAYLING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A wildfire in Michigan has burned more than 1,000 acres and prompted emergency evacuations and road closures. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Saturday the wildfire in Grayling Township is moving west and southwest. A department statement says the blaze threatens multiple buildings as emergency personnel conduct evacuations. The

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