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Aug 17 2023
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“Children Are Locked Away in Cages”: ACLU Demands Louisiana Remove Children from Angola Prison
An emergency court hearing is continuing in Louisiana over calls for authorities to transfer children being imprisoned at the notorious maximum-security Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, which was built on a former slave plantation. Advocates say children as young as 14 years old are being held in solitary confinement and are being deprived of their education. Most of the children are
Democracy Now!
Oct 03 2023
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Lahaina residents deliver petition asking Hawaii governor to delay tourism reopening
HONOLULU – Residents from fire-stricken Lahaina on Tuesday delivered a petition asking Hawaii Gov. Josh Green to delay plans to reopen a portion of West Maui to tourism starting this weekend, saying the grieving community is not ready to welcome back visitors. The petition signed by 3,517 people from West Maui zip codes comes amid a fierce and anguished debate over when travelers should return
KSAT
Feb 03 2016
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Marco Rubio can't save the Republican Party: Why people are giving him way too much credit after Iowa
After winning the Iowa caucuses with a strong third place finish ,Rubio has momentum behind him. It isn't enough.
Salon
Oct 09 2023
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Hamas attack shocks Israel, but what comes next?
Fifty years on from the Yom Kippur War, which began with a surprise attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria, Palestinian militants have launched a major assault.
This too was unexpected, on another Jewish holiday.
Tensions had recently risen in the Gaza Strip, but the conventional wisdom was that neither Hamas, the Islamist group which governs there, nor Israel wanted an escalation
BBC News
Aug 17 2023
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‘That was my moment’: Christopher Morel has dramatic homer – and celebration – in Cubs’ walk-off win
CHICAGO — One of the most exciting young players on the Cubs’ roster added a dramatic first to his Major League Baseball resume on Wednesday night along with a celebration to remember. All were part of his moment that took what looked like a City Series win for the White Sox and flipped it on its head. With the Cubs down 3-1 with two runners on in the ninth, Christopher Morel took the fourth
WGN
Oct 02 2023
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Reporter Bob Condotta grades the Seahawks’ dominant win over the Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Seahawks now enter their bye week in about as good of a spot as they could have hoped. How many people thought Seattle would be 3-1 with two road wins against teams that finished last year with winning records after the opening loss against the Rams, anyway? And now does Seattle not only have a week off to hopefully get healthy — that’s the one real negative of
The Seattle Times
Sep 21 2023
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Maui County announces first residential reentry zone
Maui County late Wednesday announced reentry procedures for Lahaina residents to access properties in the restricted disaster zone that have been off-limits in the aftermath of the Aug. 8 firestorm, which killed at least 97 people and destroyed more than 2,200 properties. Read more Maui County late Wednesday announced reentry procedures for Lahaina residents to access properties in the
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Oct 03 2023
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'It was personal': McCarthy trashes Matt Gaetz in farewell address
After becoming the first House Speaker in history to be by a vote of Congress, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) gave a farewell address to reporters on Tuesday. And on his way out the door, McCarthy took a shot at Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), the far-right hardliner who called the motion to remove him in the first place. "I don't think [the vote] says [anything] about the Republican Party; I think it
Raw Story
Aug 19 2023
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Youth Climate Activists Win Landmark Ruling In Court
“Plaintiffs have a fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment, which includes climate as part of the environmental life-support system.” Those were the magic words in the final decision in Rikki Held et al v. the State of Montana signed by Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena, Montana. The 16 young plaintiffs range in age today from 5 to 22 years old,
Forbes
Oct 04 2023
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Trump Suggests He’s Open To Filling Vacant House Speaker Position
Former President Donald Trump suggested to reporters on Wednesday he would be open to becoming speaker of the House after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted on Tuesday. Trump, the frontrunner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race, was asked about replacing McCarthy by reporters outside the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, where he stands trial for a civil fraud
The Daily Wire