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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass proposes $14.85 billion budget, counts on increased revenues
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Bass said the balanced budget predicts increased revenues from property, business, sales and utility taxes.
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Tim Cook to resign as Apple CEO later this year
Cook will remain as CEO through the summer to help transition John Ternus into the role.
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Texas Rep Chip Roy files bill to denaturalize, deport Islamists and Marxists
He said the bill “deploys new tools to fight back against the Marxist and Islamist advance that has devastated Europe and has now arrived on our doorstep, especially in my home state of Texas.”
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'Dead zone' in Gulf of America shrank sharply in 2025, scientists say
The dead zone, a stretch of oxygen-depleted water that forms annually off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, is caused primarily by excess nutrients washing into the Gulf from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin.
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Colleges that protect free speech exceed those that 'clearly' don't, first time in 19-year study
Dartmouth gets back its "green light" rating, only Ivy League school whose policies "do not seriously imperil free expression" in free speech group's annual rankings. Upper Midwest dominates most censorious public colleges.
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Watch Live: Free Iran World Summit 2025 in Rome, Italy
This year's summit it titled "Iran: Change and a Democratic Republic with the Iranian People and Resistance"
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NYPD found antipsychotic meds, suicide note in NYC shooter's Las Vegas apartment
NYPD found 100 9mm rounds, a tripod for the rifle used in the shooting, and an empty hand box for a revolver
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The New York Times’ Manhattan headquarters vandalized
The New York Times’ Manhattan office building was vandalized Wednesday morning with red paint after updates were made to an article about starvation in Gaza.
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Texas Senate again passes THC ban, after Abbott vetoed it last time
In the regular legislative session, the Senate passed SB 3, filed by state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, with bipartisan support in both chambers. Gov. Greg Abbott then vetoed it in the last hour.
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Texas Senate passes bill authorizing AG to initiate prosecutions of election crimes
"Several rogue district and county attorneys across the state are refusing to enforce our election laws and prosecute election crimes. That is completely unacceptable,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.
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US DOJ finds UCLA violated Title VI over increased hostility toward Jewish and Israeli students
“Our investigation into the University of California system has found concerning evidence of systemic anti-Semitism at UCLA that demands severe accountability from the institution,” Attorney General Bondi said.
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Colorado Governor Polis releases plan to improve student readiness in K-12
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis released an “Education Roadmap for Governors” this week, highlighting a measurement mismatch found within education, questioning student readiness post-graduation.
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Police name the suspect and victims in fatal shootings Monday outside Reno casino
Dakota Hawver was armed with a 9mm handgun and fired approximately 80 rounds, using multiple magazines. He bought the gun legally two years ago and the ammunition recently, police said, adding that they don’t know his motive.