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Feb 29 2024
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Minneapolis City Council faces challenges with civil rights and transit plans
In the wake of the commotion surrounding some members of the Minneapolis City Council, sometimes with each other and other times with regular citizens, Councilwoman LaTrisha Vetaw recently sat down for an episode of “Tracey’s Keeping It Real,” a popular podcast hosted by Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder CEO and Publisher Tracey Williams-Dillard. “As for me, I try to communicate with my colleagues
Minnesota Spokesman ReporterJan 18 2024
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Michigan GOP Civil War Escalates
The chaos surrounding the Michigan Republican Party and its chairperson, Kristina Karamo, continues to persist long after factions voted to remove her from her position.
In a January 6 vote, 40 members of the party's state committee backed a motion to remove Karamo, a Donald Trump-supporting election denier, as chair over concerns over her ability to move the party forward and failing
NewsweekMar 15 2024
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Violence in Syria rises, aid dries up as civil war begins 14th year
For years, Syria’s civil war has been a largely frozen conflict, the country effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government of President Bashar Assad, various opposition groups and Syrian Kurdish forces. But as the conflict entered its 14th year on Friday, observers say violence has been on the rise again while the world’s attention is mostly focused on other crises,
Fox News (Online News)Mar 19 2024
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What will happen if Trump can’t post $454M bond in his civil fraud case by Monday’s deadline?
New York Attorney General Letitia James will be free to start going after Donald Trump’s prized properties should the former president fail to make the deadline to post the $454 million bond in his civil fraud case.
Trump, 77, on Monday filed papers in an appeals court case seeking to get out of having to post the bond as he fights the massive judgment from February — which accrues $112
New York Post (News)Mar 17 2024
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Civil rights activists afraid Fort Collins City Council is trying to silence them with updated rules
A special session meeting of the Fort Collins City Council to discuss changing meeting rules is scheduled for Monday night. That meeting has civil rights activists afraid that the city council is trying to silence them. On Tuesday, the scheduled Fort Collins City Council meeting barely got going when it was interrupted. Protestors wanting the council to pass a resolution calling for a
CBS News (Online)Mar 12 2024
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Civil lawsuits against West Virginia American Water, Mountaineer Gas advance in Kanawha County
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One Kanawha County Circuit Judge could take up a handful of lawsuits filed by Charleston residents against Mountaineer Gas and West Virginia American Water Company for the water main break and gas outage in the city’s West Side last November. Civil lawsuits filed by West Side residents advanced in court Tuesday. Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Bailey looked at
WV Metro NewsMar 27 2024
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Jon Stewart found to have overvalued his NYC home by 829% after labeling Trump’s civil case ‘not victimless’
Jon Stewart is facing online backlash after the comedian opined on air this week that Donald Trump’s civil real estate case for overvaluing his properties was “not victimless” — when it turns out the price of a previous home sale finds Stewart doing the exact same thing, The Post has learned.
On Monday night, Stewart, 61, unpacked Trump’s $454 million appeal bond, calling out experts
New York Post (News)Feb 05 2024
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Misinformation Watch: Did Slavery Cause the Civil War?
Many Americans have conflicting opinions on the main cause of the American Civil War, which can fuel misleading narratives on the issue.
These contrasting viewpoints can be sorted into two basic camps: those who believe a desire for strengthened states' rights caused the Civil War, and those who believe the war was started solely — or most centrally — in defense of slavery. One 2023
AllSides StaffMar 19 2024
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Maine AG files civil rights complaint alleging Harpswell men spray painted racist, antisemitic messages
A civil rights complaint filed Tuesday alleges a father and son from Harpswell spray-painted racist and antisemitic messages across several towns in January. BRUNSWICK, Maine — Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Tuesday he has filed a civil rights complaint against two Harpswell residents alleging they spray-painted racist and antisemitic messages in multiple Cumberland County towns
News Center MaineFeb 28 2024
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Trump offers $100 million bond to pause his civil fraud penalty
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's lawyers told a New York appellate court Wednesday that he's prepared to post a $100 million bond to halt collection of his staggering civil fraud penalty, arguing that provisions of the verdict make it impossible for the former president to secure a bond for the full amount. Trump's lawyers floated the offer in court papers asking the state's mid-level appeals court
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