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Month: August 2024

Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday. A new law set to take effect then makes so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. Voters passed a first-in-the-nation decriminalization measure in 2020. Millions intended for addiction services were slow

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Israeli strike kills at least four Palestinians leading aid convoy in Gaza

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on a humanitarian vehicle in Gaza has left four people dead amid confusion over the convoy’s travel plans through the war-torn Palestinian enclave, according to aid organization American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera). The victims were all local Palestinians involved with a transportation company contracted by Anera,

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass.; Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas; Teamsters President Sean O’Brien; Mitch Landrieu, co-chair of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.

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A measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot

Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses taxpayer money to fund private school tuition. Organizers of Support Our Schools announced in July that they had gathered more than 86,000 signatures of registered voters. That is well over the nearly 62,000

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California aprueba un proyecto de ley que prohíbe seis sustancias químicas relacionadas con problemas de conducta en los niños

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La Legislatura de California aprobó un proyecto de ley con apoyo bipartidista que prohíbe el uso del colorante rojo nº 40 y otras cinco sustancias químicas presentes en los alimentos que se sirven en las escuelas públicas. El jueves, el llamado Estado Dorado se convirtió en el primero del país en

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Donald Trump moves to halt hush money proceedings, sentencing after asking federal court to step in

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next month’s sentencing indefinitely while he tries to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his state conviction. In a letter to the trial judge made public Friday, Trump’s lawyers

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