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May 25 2023
News
Texas AG Ken Paxton accused of breaking multiple laws
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas on July 11, 2021. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images A Texas House committee heard public testimony this week from investigators who allege that the state's attorney general broke several laws and misused his power to help a political donor. Why it matters: The House General Investigating
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Jul 28 2023
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Backup driver in fatal Uber autonomous car crash pleads guilty to endangerment
TEMPE, Arizona -- The backup Uber driver for a self-driving vehicle that killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in 2018 pleaded guilty Friday to endangerment in the first fatal collision involving a fully autonomous car. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Garbarino, who accepted the plea agreement, sentenced Rafaela Vasquez, 49, to three years of supervised probation for the crash
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Jul 28 2023
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Backup driver in 1st death by fully autonomous car pleads guilty
The backup Uber driver for a self-driving vehicle that killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in 2018 pleaded guilty Friday to endangerment in the first fatal collision involving a fully autonomous car. Rafaela Vasquez told police that 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg “came out of nowhere” and that she didn’t see Herzberg before the March 18, 2018, collision on a darkened Tempe street. She had
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Jul 26 2023
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GRAND JURY
SALEM — Firefighters responded with police to the 2400 block of Southeast Boulevard at 8:26 p.m. Friday for a ... SALEM — Officers responded to the 800 block of Barclay Avenue at 3:03 a.m. Wednesday for a medical call. The ... — A woman on Desellem Road, Madison Township, reported at 8:18 p.m. Tuesday that her husband was telling her she ... LISBON — Kane Kurpely, 19, McSwiggen Road,
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May 21 2023
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Ratepayer alliance asks Va. governor, legislators to fill State Corporation Commission vacancies
Almost two dozen large corporations and ratepayer advocates sent a letter to the governor’s office and the General Assembly calling for action to fill two vacancies on the State Corporation Commission that have existed for months because of a political stalemate. The Virginia Ratepayer Protection Alliance, a group that includes Google, Amazon Web Services, the Virginia Manufacturers
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May 10 2023
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Manchin to oppose EPA nominees over proposal to limit power plant emissions
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) said Wednesday that he will oppose all of President Biden’s nominees for the Environmental Protection Agency unless the administration rescinds a proposal to limit power plant emissions.
Manchin, who is chairman of the Senate Energy Committee and who has long fought on behalf of the coal industry, accused the Biden administration in a statement of trying
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Jun 26 2023
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Thousands expected to attend 65th annual Ford Fireworks in Detroit
(CBS DETROIT) - Despite the weather, people are already waiting to see the 65th annual Ford Fireworks in Detroit. Detroit police are expecting 15-20,000 people to pack Hart Plaza and the riverfront for the show. Police are recommending that people arrive early to go through security and remind visitors that weapons are not allowed into the perimeter. The Lodge at Jefferson will close at 6 p.m
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Jun 29 2023
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Driver suffers critical injuries in crash on San Juan Avenue in Citrus Heights
CITRUS HEIGHTS – One driver suffered critical injuries in a two-vehicle crash near a major Citrus Heights intersection Thursday night. The crash happened just after 7:30 p.m. near Greenback Lane and San Juan Avenue. Exactly what led up to the crash is unclear, but Citrus Heights police confirmed that one man suffered critical injuries in the crash and was taken to the hospital. Another man
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Jun 28 2023
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Former NFL Player Ryan Mallett's Cause of Death Confirmed as Drowning
Former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett died in an apparent drowning, police in Destin, Florida confirmed Tuesday night. He was 35 years old. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that first responders were called to the beach in Destin, Florida shortly after 2 p.m. local time following a report that a group of people in the water were “struggling to make their way back to shore
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Sep 25 2023
Perspectives Blog
Understanding the Other Side Is a Matter of National Security
This is a perspective from the Center.
Editor's note: The concept for this blog and some examples within it come from a speech Jonathan Rauch gave entitled “Polarization and Propaganda” at the 2023 Braver Angels Convention in Gettysburg, PA. Rauch is an author, activist, and journalist. He is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (Center) and contributing writer at the Atlantic
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