From the States
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Mayoral race in Los Angeles down to the wire as candidates clash over crises, leadership
Mayor Karen Bass is banking on endorsements from first responders including the Los Angeles Police Protective League and Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna to win votes.
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Archbishop of New York joins lawsuit by nuns and others against state’s assisted suicide mandate
The lawsuit in question concerns New York state’s assisted suicide mandate that requires healthcare providers to present patients with the option of assisted suicide when giving a terminal diagnosis.
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Family members ID victims in Florida plane crash
Family members have identified two victims as 44-year-old Adam Robinson and his wife Helen Sharp, who chartered a $2 million Learjet 60 from Austin to the Bahamas, which nosedived in Palm Beach County, Florida.
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University of Virginia ranks first for free speech
Students were asked questions about comfort in expressing ideas, how they would describe self-censorship, tolerance for liberal and conservative speakers, how “acceptable it is to engage” in disruptive behavior, administrative support and openness.
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China retailers Shein, Temu avoid U.S. tariffs as labor practices in question
In April, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., asked U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to investigate Shein and Temu and add them to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act list of violators
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Many American colleges, universities fail free speech test, report finds
Coming in dead-last with scores of zero and speech climate descriptions of “abysmal” were Ivy Leaguers Harvard and Columbia.
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Los Angeles teams up with feds to crack down on Sacramento-enabled prostitution
While many welcome the assistance of federal prosecutors, local elected officials blame a 2022 statewide law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom making “loitering with the intent to commit prostitution” no longer a misdemeanor offense.
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Los Angeles judge rebukes county for delaying homelessness audit
Los Angeles County has approximately 75,312 homeless individuals as of the most recent July annual homelessness report.
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Big brother? California bill to require speed limit alarms in cars heads to governor
The systems aren’t mandated in US, but California is large enough that its mandate could change national auto standards.
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Poll: Arizonans show overwhelming support for border control ballot measure
While Democrats typically have a different approach when it comes to addressing the border crisis, with Gov. Katie Hobbs focusing on support to border communities and expanding services in the area, only 23% of Democrats polled said they were against the measure.
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Chicago transit violence persists despite spending tens of millions on security
On the same day murder charges were announced in connection with the fatal shooting of four people on a CTA Blue Line train, a CTA worker was injured in a drive-by shooting outside Howard station on the CTA Red Line.
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Paxton sues Bexar County after warning about election fraud
At a Bexar County Commissioners Court meeting on Tuesday, commissioners voted 3-1 to approve a plan to spend $392,000 to hire a company to print and distribute voter registration forms to unregistered county residents.
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New York Republicans seek probe into China ‘infiltration’ of governor's office
Hochul has been quick to distance herself from Sun, saying she fired her last year after allegations of misconduct surfaced and that her administration has been cooperating with the Department of Justice's investigation.