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At funeral of Georgia spa shooting victim, ex-husband says her relatives think US isn’t safe. ‘And who could blame them?’

Xiaojie Tan, one of eight people killed in last week’s Atlanta-area spa shootings, was remembered at her funeral Friday for forging her own way in business, raising her daughter well and treating her customers as friends. And if Americans could learn from her example, “the violence and bloodshed might stop,” her ex-husband said at the

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Lawmaker seeks to decriminalize jaywalking, says citations disproportionately issued to people of color

Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A Bay Area lawmaker is seeking to decriminalize jaywalking in California, saying such citations are disproportionately issued to people of color and have led to life-threatening encounters with law enforcement. “In California, jaywalking citations are enforced entirely arbitrarily,” said Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco).

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A total of 12 fully vaccinated people in Hawai’i have contracted Covid-19

Click here for updates on this story     HAWAII (KITV) — The Department of Health (DOH) says a total of 12 people have contracted Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated. They’re called ‘breakthrough cases,’ comprised of 10 Hawai’i residents and two non-residents that were vaccinated in other states. Ages ranged from 26-years-old to 74-years-old. Among the cases

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NYPD officers are no longer protected from civil lawsuits after city council passes police reform legislation

The New York City Council passed a series of reforms for the New York Police Department on Thursday, including ending qualified immunity for officers, which protected them against civil lawsuits. The city is the first in the nation to end qualified immunity according to Council Speaker Corey Johnson. The package of legislation included five bills

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