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Apr 15 2024
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Frisco voters to consider adding civil service protections, collective bargaining for firefighters
Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election FRISCO — Frisco Firefighters Association President Matthew Sapp told CBS News Texas after city leaders rejected using meet and
CBS News (Online)Nov 09 2023
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DOJ Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Rural Mississippi Police Department
The DOJ, she said, will protect the rights of residents in all, whether they live in rural communities or large cities. The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the police department in Lexington, Mississippi, based on allegations of “systemic violations of the Constitution and federal law." The DOJ said it will investigate the Lexington Police Department’s (LPD) policies and
The Epoch TimesMay 04 2024
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Oregon lawmaker, civil servant vie to take on 1st term Republican in high profile race for Congress
Both women are engineers and business owners. Both are daughters of teachers. One is a mother of four, the other a stepmother of four. And they’re locked in a primary race for one of the country’s most closely watched and competitive seats in Congress. Jamie McLeod-Skinner, 56, and Janelle Bynum, 49, are vying for the Democratic nomination in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. The district,
The OregonianApr 19 2024
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Prosecutor questions validity of Trump's $175 mn civil fraud bond
Donald Trump’s $175 million bond to cover a possible civil penalty for fraud is inadequate because the company underwriting it is too small and opaque, New York’s attorney general said in a filing Friday. The 77-year-old real estate magnate, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, is facing unprecedented legal headwinds in New York where he is also on criminal trial for allegedly
Breitbart NewsApr 14 2024
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One Year On, Sudan’s Civil War Is a ‘Forgotten Crisis’
Essam Ahmed was fixing mobile phones at a stall in the bustling Al Aylafun market on the east side of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, when war broke out in the North African country last April. Now the market is in ruins — along with most of the city — the country has been torn apart and he’s living in a makeshift displacement camp 300 miles from home.
“My entire life has been flipped upside
BloombergJan 31 2024
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House lawmakers strike down bill removing gender identity from Iowa Civil Rights Act
Wednesday, Iowa House lawmakers voted down a proposal that would strip gender identity as a protected class under the Iowa Civil Rights Act. It would have also classified gender dysphoria as a disability. The three-person subcommittee heard from multiple Iowans, mainly opposed to the bill. LGBTQ+ advocates packed the Capitol many had to leave the room due to being overcapacity. State Rep. Jeff
KGAN CBS 2Dec 28 2023
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AMC apologizes to civil rights leader for North Carolina movie theater seating incident
A North Carolina civil rights leader and minister was told he could not use his own chair at a screening of "The Color Purple" in a Greenville AMC theater, and now the chain is apologizing for the incident, according to reports. The Hill reported that Rev. William Barber II, who once served as chair for the North Carolina NAACP, attended a screening of "The Color Purple" in Greenville, North
Fox BusinessApr 14 2024
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'Civil War' Leads The Charge At North American Box Office
"Civil War," the hard-hitting film that imagines a dystopian near-future in the United States, topped the North American box office in its first weekend, according to estimates from industry watcher Exhibitor Relations. The feature by British director Alex Garland stars Kirsten Dunst as a journalist travelling through a broken country, in which a three-term president battles secessionist
Barron'sNov 02 2023
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WATCH U.S. Justice Dept. to announce SC civil rights investigations
WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The U.S Department of Justice will announce civil rights investigations it will conduct in South Carolina at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Adair F. Boroughs for the District of South Carolina will make the announcement at 12:30 p.m.
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Live 5 WCSCNov 02 2023
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Feds to launch civil rights investigation into jails in Charleston and Richland counties
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into a potential pattern of civil rights violations in two of South Carolina’s most troubled county jails following a string of recent deaths, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announced Nov. 2. The investigation will center on the provision of medical and mental health care at the Sheriff Al Cannon
The Post and Courier