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• Effort to Recall Gavin Newsom Nears Major Turning Point

  25-01-2021 17:48 via westernjournal.com
  
  With a deadline about seven weeks away, California activists working to stage a recall election of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom are 80 percent of the way to achieving the signatures necessary to force the vote. Organizers said they have collected 1.2 million signatures, KUSI-TV reported Saturday. State rules require that 1.5 million valid signatures be submitted…
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• Police: Trolley Accident in Florida Injures 12 People

  17-07-2021 23:24 via usnews.com
  Authorities say 12 people have been injured in an accident involving a trolley that typically ferries tourists around historic St. Augustine, Florida.
  
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• Herring Opinion: Families Should Get Police Shooting Footage

  17-07-2021 23:24 via usnews.com
  Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says video footage of police shootings must be released to a victim’s family after an investigation closes unless specific exemptions apply.
  
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• Virginia County Votes to Rename Lee Highway for Abolitionist

  17-07-2021 23:20 via usnews.com
  Officials in a northern Virginia county near the nation’s capital have voted to rename a major highway that currently shares a name with Confederate Gen. Robert E.
  
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• Protesters Seek Help Dealing With Fish-Killing Red Tide

  17-07-2021 23:18 via usnews.com
  
  Amid the stench of dead fish, protesters marched along Florida's Tampa Bay to call for state assistance in dealing with a growing outbreak of harmful red tide.
  
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• Pregnant Woman Dies After Shooting; Baby Delivered, Critical

  17-07-2021 23:15 via usnews.com
  Authorities say a pregnant woman died after a shooting in Ohio, and her baby was delivered but is in critical condition.
  
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• Martine Moïse, Wife of Slain President, Returns to Haiti

  17-07-2021 23:15 via usnews.com
  
  An officials says that the wife Haiti’s assassinated President Jovenel Moïse, who was injured in the attack that killed her husband, has returned to the Caribbean nation.
  
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• British Ministers Decide Against Mass Vaccination for Teenagers - the Telegraph

  17-07-2021 23:12 via usnews.com
  
  (Reuters) - Britain has opted against mass COVID-19 vaccinations for all children and teenagers, with ministers instead preparing to offer doses to...
  
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• Trooper on Governor's Detail Charged in Domestic Dispute

  17-07-2021 23:09 via usnews.com
  Connecticut state police have placed a trooper assigned to Gov. Ned Lamont’s security detail on administrative suspension pending the outcome of criminal and internal investigations of an alleged domestic dispute.
  
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• Final 2 Hours Show Anything Can Happen in This British Open

  17-07-2021 23:09 via usnews.com
  
  Louis Oosthuizen went from a two-shot lead to struggle to stay atop the leaderboard at the British Open.
  
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• Mets Place SS Lindor on IL With Stained Right Oblique

  17-07-2021 23:04 via usnews.com
  
  The New York Mets have placed star shortstop Francisco Lindor on the 10-day injured list with a strained right oblique.
  
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• Confederate Monument Removed From City Hall in Louisiana

  17-07-2021 23:00 via usnews.com
  A statue of a Confederate general has been removed from a prominent spot outside a city hall in south Louisiana.
  
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• 1 Dead, 6 Injured in Shooting Near Food Trucks in Portland

  17-07-2021 22:56 via usnews.com
  Police said one person died and at least six people were injured in an early morning shooting on Saturday in Portland, Oregon.
  
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• Wizards Draw on Storied Name, Hire Wes Unseld Jr as Coach

  17-07-2021 22:46 via usnews.com
  
  The Washington Wizards have hired Wes Unseld Jr. as their coach.
  
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• Disney Moves Thousands of Jobs Away from California to More 'Business-Friendly' State

  17-07-2021 22:45 via westernjournal.com
  
  International mass media and entertainment giant The Walt Disney Company will be shifting some of its operations from California to Florida, a state with lower taxes. Fox Business learned of […]
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• State gets sued over law demanding transgender people give proof of surgery if they want to change sex on birth certificate

  17-07-2021 22:42 via rt.com
  
  Two transgender plaintiffs are suing the state of Montana over a law requiring proof of sex change surgery to alter one’s gender on their actual birth cert, something they and activists claim infringes on their civil rights.The law in question was signed by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte in April and requires the state health department to receive “a certified copy of an order from a court with appropriate jurisdiction indicating that the sex of the person born in Montana has been ch
  
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• DiBenedetto Could Be Out of Cup Options After Losing Ride

  17-07-2021 22:35 via usnews.com
  
  Matt DiBenedetto could be out of NASCAR Cup Series options for 2022 after losing his ride with Wood Brothers Racing.
  
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• Kim Jong Un Admits Things Are Getting 'Tense' as North Korea Faces Utter Devastation

  17-07-2021 22:25 via westernjournal.com
  
  North Korea has never been the most efficient of countries when it comes to providing food to its citizens. In the 1990s, the hermit kingdom experienced one of the worst […]
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• U.S. Tech Companies Disappointed With DACA Ruling, Urge Congress to Act

  17-07-2021 22:23 via usnews.com
  
  By Kanishka Singh(Reuters) - Some U.S. tech companies express disappointment with a ruling by a federal judge that blocked new applications to a...
  
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• The Latest: 3 Lawmakers Who Fled Texas Over Vote Have Virus

  17-07-2021 22:16 via usnews.com
  
  Three of the Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas to stymie a Republican-backed effort to impose broad new voting restrictions have tested positive for COVID-19 in the nation’s capital.
  
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• White Sox, RHP Lance Lynn Agree to 2-Year Contract

  17-07-2021 22:15 via usnews.com
  
  The Chicago White Sox and All-Star right-hander Lance Lynn have agreed to a $38 million, two-year contract extension.
  
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• Largest wildfire in the US this year has scorched more than 280,000 acres so far

  17-07-2021 22:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Dry thunderstorms on Saturday will raise the risk of sparking new wildfires in the Western US, where numerous blazes have already scorched hundreds of thousands of acres.
  
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• Mexico City Cleans up Aztec-Era 'Floating Gardens'

  17-07-2021 22:06 via usnews.com
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In Mexico City, residents are working to clean up the capital's "floating gardens" of Xochimilco, one of the city's few...
  
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• California Lawmakers Approve Guaranteed Income Plan, Checks Would Be Distributed Based on Specific Criteria

  17-07-2021 21:58 via westernjournal.com
  
  California lawmakers unanimously passed a bill Thursday that would establish a guaranteed income plan in the state. The bill passed 36-0 in the state Senate and 64-0 in the Assembly. […]
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• 3 Texas Democrats Who Fled Elections Bill Vote Get COVID

  17-07-2021 21:54 via usnews.com
  
  Three of the Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas to stymie a Republican-backed effort to impose broad new voting restrictions have tested positive for COVID-19 in the nation's capital.
  
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• SC Zoo to Renovate Aquarium and Reptile Building for a Year

  17-07-2021 21:39 via usnews.com
  A South Carolina zoo is closing its aquarium and reptile building starting next month for about a yearlong renovation project.
  
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• Police: Woman Facing Charge After Gunshot Injures Boy, 5

  17-07-2021 21:39 via usnews.com
  Police say an Ohio woman will face a child endangerment charge in a shooting that injured her 5-year-old son.
  
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• Ceremony in Kansas City Honors Victims of Skywalk Tragedy

  17-07-2021 21:36 via usnews.com
  Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday marked the 40th anniversary of one of its greatest tragedies with a release of white doves.
  
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• Some Vegas Properties Require Workers to Wear Face Coverings

  17-07-2021 21:35 via usnews.com
  
  Some Las Vegas resorts and casinos are again requiring employees to wear masks, a response to a recommendation issued by regional health officials amid rising COVID-19 case rates.
  
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• Oosthuizen Leads After 3 Rounds at the Open, Morikawa 1 Back

  17-07-2021 21:35 via usnews.com
  
  Louis Oosthuizen has a one-stroke lead at the British Open and another big shot to end his 11-year wait for a second major title.
  
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