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Sep 26 2023
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Target announces nine store closures, cites 'organized retail crime'
Target announced Tuesday that nine of its stores across the country will be closed. The company will close stores in New York City, the San Francisco Bay area, Portland and Seattle, explicitly citing retail theft as the driving factor for the closures. "We cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests, and
"USA Today" ContributorSep 25 2023
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Fourteen-Year-Old Killed in Virginia Shooting, Four Others Injured
A 14-year-old boy is dead and four other people are injured after a shooting in Virginia over the weekend, according to police. The Chesapeake Police Department said in a press release posted to Facebook on Sunday that officers responded to a call of a shooting on Saturday afternoon. The shots were fired in a residential neighborhood in Chesapeake, about 100 miles southeast of Richmond. When
The MessengerSep 26 2023
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Target closing 9 stores, including Harlem location, due to theft and violence
Citing rising theft and violence at their retail locations, Target announced Tuesday it will be shuttering nine locations across four states, including one store on 117th St. in New York City’s East Harlem. “We cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests, and contributing to unsustainable business performance
New York Daily NewsAug 18 2023
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Planned Parenthood, ACLU of Nebraska appealing ruling on abortion, minor trans care bill
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - As promised, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are appealing a district court’s decision that a single Nebraska bill banning trans health for minors and abortion at 12 weeks did not violate the state’s single-subject rule. ACLU of Nebraska announced Friday that it was joining with Planned Parenthood of the Heartland to appeal last week’s ruling from Lancaster County
KOLNSep 26 2023
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Joe Biden Becomes First President to Join a Picket Line as He Supports Striking Autoworkers: ‘Stick with It’
Joe Biden made history as he walked with United Auto Workers strikers in Michigan on Tuesday, marking the first time a president has joined a picket line. The president told strikers to “stick with it” at a warehouse west of Detroit, where they have been striking for 12 days, per the traveling White House press pool. “You deserve a significant raise,” he said through a bullhorn. Biden, 80,
PeopleJul 05 2023
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Ohio Abortion Protection Amendment Gets Signatures Necessary for Ballot Access
The group trying to put an abortion-rights amendment on Ohio's 2024 ballot said Wednesday that it had filed a petition with enough signatures – 710,141 – to qualify. “This is a historic day for Ohio and for reproductive freedom," said Lauren Blauvelt and Kellie Copeland of Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom, the organization leading the movement for the amendment, in a statement. Abortion is
The MessengerSep 23 2023
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Fugitive Convicted of Attempted Murder Is Captured After 32 Years
A Louisiana man convicted of attempted murder was returned to the United States this week after hiding in Mexico for more than 30 years, the F.B.I. announced on Wednesday. The man, Greg Lawson, 63, of Ringgold, La., was convicted in 1991 for wounding Seth Garlington, then 21, in a “gun battle” outside a store in Ringgold on April 24, 1990, after an altercation between the two men, according to
New York Times (News)Sep 27 2023
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Corrupt ex-NJ mayor indicted after trying to run for office again despite a court ban: ‘That is bold’
A former New Jersey mayor who was banned from public office after serving time for corruption has been indicted once more — this time, for breaking a court order that barred him from ever stepping onto the campaign trail again. Jose “Joey” Torres — the 64-year-old former mayor of Paterson — served more than a year in state prison after he pleaded guilty in 2017 to having municipal workers
New York Post (News)Sep 26 2023
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Democrats Can't Afford to Stay Silent on Menendez Corruption Charges
If Democrats want to maintain their credibility as the adults in Washington, they need to throw all their weight behind demands for Bob Menendez to resign. The powerful Democrat, who was indicted last week on stunning bribery charges, stepped aside as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—the influential role he allegedly profited from in exchange for aid to the Egyptian government.
Vanity FairSep 26 2023
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Black Victims of Secret Government Cold War Testing Fighting For Compensation In St. Louis
Black victims of secret government testing near the Pruitt-Igoe housing projects are seeking compensation. The Associated Press reported that St. Louis, MO residents subjected to the contamination of the Pruitt-Igoe housing projects in the 1950s and 60s feel the government should pay. The report stated that the U.S. Army used blowers on top of buildings and the backs of station wagons to spray
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