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Dec 20 2023
News
6ABC helicopter crashes in South Jersey
HAMMONTON, N.J. (CBS) -- A local news helicopter crashed in the Wharton State Forest in Hammonton, New Jersey. State police found the wreckage in a wooded area off Mullica River Road just after midnight. The chopper was contracted through U.S. Helicopters and worked for 6ABC WPVI. According to 6ABC, the helicopter went down after 8 p.m. The pilot and photographer, who were contracted with U.S
CBS News (Online)Dec 28 2023
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Justice Dept. Threatens to Sue Texas Over Migrant Arrest Law
The Justice Department on Thursday threatened to sue Texas if it enforced a sweeping new law that would allow the state and local police to arrest migrants who enter the United States from Mexico without authorization, setting up the first significant legal showdown over federal immigration enforcement.
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed the measure, known as Senate Bill 4, this month in
New York Times (News)Dec 18 2023
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Five children, ages 2 to 13, die in house fire along Arizona-Nevada border, police say
Five children died in a house fire Saturday evening in a city along the Arizona-Nevada border, police said. Police in Bullhead City, Arizona, said they are investigating a fatal house fire that happened at around 5 p.m. local time Saturday at a two-story duplex. Five children (ages 2, 4, 5, 11 and 13) died as a result of the fire. Police said there were no adults home at the time of the fire
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Lufkin Daily NewsDec 19 2023
Opinion
How Florida Fixed Its Vote-Counting Problem After the 2000 Election
About four hours after the polls closed on Election Day, the major TV networks and the Associated Press declared a winner in the crucially important and always bitterly contested state of Florida.
And that was it.
There were no takebacks. No corrections. No recounts. No need for the intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court. Other aspects of the 2020 presidential election would
Eric BoehmDec 19 2023
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In photos and videos: Iceland volcano spews lava in dramatic eruption
Iceland, which lies directly on the boundary of two diverging tectonic plates, has a long history of frequent volcanic and seismic activity. But Monday’s initial eruption around 10:15 p.m. local time was much more powerful than the numerous eruptions in recent years. The underground fissure, which was 2½ miles long as of early Tuesday, is about 1½ miles north of the town of Grindavik — and
Washington PostDec 28 2023
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Massachusetts considers trust funds for the state's poorest newborns to help 'shrink the racial wealth gap'
Massachusetts is considering trust funds, aimed at reducing the racial wealth gap, for the state's poorest newborns that the recipients would be able to access when they turn 18.
The "baby bonds" would be an at-birth publicly funded trust fund program for Massachusetts residents, to be used for college, buying a home or starting a business. The amount given to each eligible newborn
Fox News DigitalDec 27 2023
Opinion
The urgent to-do list awaiting Congress in January
It has not been a very productive year for the House, even when it wasn’t outright humiliating for its dwindling Republican majority. The body passed historically little in the way of legislation in 2023, defenestrated one speaker and elected another after almost a month of chaos, and expelled its first member in more than two decades.
What Congress didn’t do, though, was strike a long-
VoxDec 22 2023
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Minneapolis police officer who 'separated' from department sues for defamation
A former Minneapolis police officer is suing the city and Chief Brian O'Hara for defamation and wrongful termination after his separation from the department in 2022 left his reputation "in tatters," according to court documents. Attorneys for Tyler Timberlake, who was hired away from a police department in Fairfax County, Va., say the public spectacle surrounding his firing has made it
Star TribuneDec 22 2023
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Feds reopen railroad crossings along Texas Mexico border
The federal government on Friday reopened railroad crossings in two Texas border towns, five days after the shuttering of rail operations there disrupted trade and caused outrage. Customs and Border Protection closed railroad operations in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, on Monday to reallocate their customs officers to help Border Patrol take migrants into custody. Both regions have seen the
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