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Month: September 2023

Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 2,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech

By SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing from their beds into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force. More than 2,000 people were killed, and the toll was expected to rise

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Missouri constitutional amendment would ban local gun laws, limit minors’ access to firearms

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A newly proposed constitutional amendment would prohibit St. Louis and other Missouri cities from cracking down on guns. The petition filed this week would also require parental permission for minors to use and carry firearms. The petition comes as Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has ignored pleas by

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Missouri constitutional amendment would ban local gun laws, limit minors’ access to firearms

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A newly proposed constitutional amendment would prohibit St. Louis and other Missouri cities from cracking down on guns. The petition filed this week would also require parental permission for minors to use and carry firearms. The petition comes as Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has ignored pleas by

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OPINIÓN | La narrativa de los medios sobre el divorcio de Joe Jonas y Sophie Turner no funcionará

Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Patricia Grisafi es escritora independiente y ha publicado artículos en The Guardian, Salon, NBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Mary Sue, The Daily Dot y otros medios. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente a la autora. (CNN) — A Estados Unidos le encanta castigar a las “malas

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Appeals court says Biden admin likely violated First Amendment but narrows order blocking officials from communicating with social media companies

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Friday said the Biden administration likely violated the First Amendment in some of its communications with social media companies, but also narrowed a lower court judge’s order on the matter. The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that certain administration officials – namely

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California lawmakers vote to limit when local election officials can count ballots by hand

By ADAM BEAM and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Friday voted to limit when local governments can count election ballots by hand, a move aimed at a rural Northern California county that canceled its contract with Dominion Voting Systems amid unfounded allegations of fraud pushed by former Republican

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Kaiser to pay $49 million to California for illegally dumping private medical records, medical waste

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who say the health care giant illegally disposed of thousands of private medical records, hazardous materials and medical waste, including blood and body parts. California authorities said Friday undercover

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