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Aug 25 2014
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U.S. Court to Hear Case on Voting Restrictions as Arizona Prepares for Polls
A decades-old effort by Congress to make voter registration simple and uniform across the country has run up against a new era’s anti-immigration politics. So on Tuesday, when Arizona’s polls open for primaries for governor, attorney general and a host of other state and local positions as well as for Congress, some voters will be permitted to vote only in the race for Congress.
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New York Times (News)
Aug 25 2014
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Syria warns against US strikes on Islamic State on its soil
Syria warned the Obama Administration on Monday not to exteNd ITS AIR war Against the Islamic State group into Syria, as the militants Celebrated Another key Victory over Government FORCES in the North of the Country.
The Warning Came a day after the group overran a major AIR Base in Northeastern Syria, Putting the Islamic State in full Control of Raqqah province, where Am
Washington Post
Oct 18 2023
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DOJ’s civil rights probe of Trenton police includes investigation of warrantless searches, unnecessary force
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is launching a civil rights investigation into the Trenton, N.J. police department after complaints emerged claiming that the law enforcement agency has conducted warrantless searches, unnecessarily used force against people and escalated interactions with residents suffering from mental health conditions. Kristen Clark, assistant attorney general for the
The Patriot-News
Oct 17 2023
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Department of Labor says Kentucky warehouse violated child labor laws, employed 1 as forklift driver
HEBRON, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Kentucky warehouse and distribution center was ordered to stop illegally employing children. The U.S. Department of Labor said in August the department’s Wage and Hour Division discovered Win. IT America Inc. in Hebron was employing two children, 11 and 13, for months. Win. IT America violated several provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act when it employed one
Fox 56 WDKY
Sep 11 2023
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In Palm Harbor, retired NYC firefighter remembers son who died after responding to 9/11 attacks
PALM HARBOR, Fla, (WFLA) — A 9/11 memorial service was held at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens to recognize 22 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. “It doesn’t mark the day my son was murdered, it marks history,” said Lee Ielpi, a retired NYC firefighter. Lee Ielpi’s son, Jonathan Lee Ielpi was also a fireman in New York City. On 911, he gave his life to save
WFLA
Oct 18 2023
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Jordan Loses 2nd Ballot, 22 Republicans Vote Against Him
Conservative Jim Jordan failed in his second attempt at the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, as his fellow Republicans considered a backup option for the leaderless chamber to move forward. Jordan, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, for a second straight day fell short of the 217 votes needed to fill the vacant speaker's chair, as 22 Republicans and all 212 Democrats
Newsmax (News)
Oct 18 2023
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Local Rite Aid Store Closes Amid Bankruptcy Filing
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A Costa Mesa Rite Aid is shutting its doors, after it was announced that 16 Rite Aid stores in Los Angeles and Orange counties are set to close this year, according to court motions that received a judge's approval Tuesday. The closures come as a result of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, court records said. According to court documents filed in U.S. District
Patch.com
Sep 05 2023
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Archbishop concedes the Baltimore archdiocese is considering bankruptcy; survivors say they’d oppose the move
BALTIMORE — When Teresa Lancaster learned the Archdiocese of Baltimore could file for bankruptcy in the face of an anticipated deluge of lawsuits over its history of child sexual abuse, the news only strengthened her resolve. Lancaster, a victim of childhood sexual assault in the 1970s and an attorney based in Annapolis, is a prominent voice for fellow abuse survivors. She helped wage the
The Derrick
Oct 20 2023
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Two hostages released by Hamas are Judith and Natalie Raanan
Two U.S. hostages abducted by Hamas, both related to former Israel-based NBC correspondent Martin Fletcher, have been released.
Judith Raanan and her daughter, Natalie, fell into the clutches of Hamas after the militants on Oct. 7 launched a surprise terror attack on Israel. They had been staying on a kibbutz called Nahal Oz, in southern Israel.
Their release was announced Friday
NBC News Digital
Aug 21 2014
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ISIS Demanded Ransom From U.S. Before Killing James Foley
Kneeling in the dirt in a desert somewhere in the Middle East, James Foley lost his life this week at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Before pulling out the knife used to decapitate him, his masked executioner explained that he was killing the 40-year-old American journalist in retaliation for the recent United States’ airstrikes against the terrorist group in Iraq.
New York Times (News)