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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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Bacteria from cat-scratch fever potentially linked to schizophrenia, study says

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Infection from bacteria associated with cat-scratch disease could potentially play a role in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, according a pilot study conducted in part by a UW-Madison veterinary medicine professor. Researchers took blood samples from 17 people with medically managed schizophrenia or

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California Supreme Court ends cash bail for some who cannot afford it

A California Supreme Court ruling will dramatically change the state’s cash bail system by stating that some defendants may no longer be detained just because they cannot afford to post bail. “The common practice of conditioning freedom solely on whether an arrestee can afford bail is unconstitutional,” Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar wrote in the court’s unanimous

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Suez Canal authorities need to remove up to 706,000 cubic feet of sand to free the Ever Given

Rescue teams working to dislodge the giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal have failed in another bid to free the boat, according to the vessel’s technical manager. “Another attempt to re-float the vessel earlier today … was not successful,” Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) said in a statement, adding that more equipment is expected to

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