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Louisiana often holds inmates past their release date, DOJ lawsuit claims
1 day, 23 hours ago

Louisiana often holds inmates past their release date, DOJ lawsuit claims

Associated Press  

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. The suit against the state of Louisiana follows a multiyear investigation into what federal officials say is a pattern of “systemic overdetention” that violates inmates’ rights and costs taxpayers millions of dollars a year. …

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Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels
4 days, 18 hours ago

Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Several environmental groups are suing California air regulators over their recent update of a contentious climate program, saying they failed to address the pollution impacts of biofuels. The California Air Resources Board voted last month to increase the state’s emission reduction targets, fund charging infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles, and phase out incentives for capturing methane emissions from …

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Florida pursues charge against suspect in Trump assassination attempt for a crash after his arrest
5 days, 21 hours ago

Florida pursues charge against suspect in Trump assassination attempt for a crash after his arrest

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Florida authorities announced Wednesday …

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NPR and Religion News Service (RNS) announce new partnership
2 weeks, 6 days ago

NPR and Religion News Service (RNS) announce new partnership

NPR  

NPR and Religion News Service announce new partnership December 4, 2024; Washington, D.C. — Today, NPR and Religion News Service announced the formation of a new partnership to report on the impact of religion in our public and personal lives. The collaboration will create original audio and digital news stories that will appear in both NPR and RNS, leveraging NPR's …

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Colorado officials are hunting a coyote that attacked and injured a 4-year-old girl
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Colorado officials are hunting a coyote that attacked and injured a 4-year-old girl

Associated Press  

DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers are hunting a coyote that attacked a 4-year-old girl on Thanksgiving after she mistook it for a dog crouching behind a tree, the agency announced over the weekend. The girl and another child approached the coyote in northern Colorado Springs, about an hour’s drive south of Denver, when the animal lunged, grabbing the …

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Anti-semitism at the BBC has become 'normalised' following October 7 atrocity, whistleblower claims
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Anti-semitism at the BBC has become 'normalised' following October 7 atrocity, whistleblower claims

Daily Mail  

Incidents of anti-Semitism are happening on a daily basis at the BBC and have become 'normalised', a whistleblower has claimed. The whistleblower wrote: 'To regain the confidence of Jewish employees, a start would be for the BBC board to issue a clear directive to staff that using the term Zionist negatively in the workplace is unacceptable – but that would …

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How the news media is quietly preparing for a hostile second Trump administration
1 month ago

How the news media is quietly preparing for a hostile second Trump administration

CNN  

New York CNN — The startling revelation this week that MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s journeyed to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump prompted a question that many members of the media are quietly asking: just how worried should journalists be? History may depend on it.” Anti-press playbook raising concerns The Committee to Protect Journalists knows the …

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Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement
1 month ago

Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement

Associated Press  

Mary Louis’ excitement to move into an apartment in Massachusetts in the spring of 2021 turned to dismay when Louis, a Black woman, received an email saying that a “third-party service” had denied her tenancy. The settlement does not include any admissions of fault by the company SafeRent Solutions, which said in a statement that while it “continues to believe …

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Republican Gabe Evans ousts Democratic US Rep. Yadira Caraveo in Colorado
1 month, 1 week ago

Republican Gabe Evans ousts Democratic US Rep. Yadira Caraveo in Colorado

Associated Press  

DENVER — Republican Gabe Evans defeated Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo on Tuesday in a closely watched race, flipping the Colorado House seat north of Denver and moving Republicans closer to control of the U.S. House with just over a dozen races left to be called. “I don’t really view this race as a team Republican versus team Democrat,” …

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Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries
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1 month, 1 week ago

Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries

Hindustan Times  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries All have been pulled from the shelves of some Florida schools, according to the latest list compiled by the Florida Department of Education tallying books removed by local school districts. “Students lose the ability to access books that mirror their …

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Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries
1 month, 1 week ago

Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. “Students lose the ability to access books that mirror their own lived experiences, to access books that help them learn and empathize with people who … have different life experiences.” The list released for the 2023-2024 school year includes titles by American literary icons like Maya Angelou, Flannery O’Connor and Richard …

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom will spend part of week in DC as he tries to Trump-proof state policies
1 month, 1 week ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will spend part of week in DC as he tries to Trump-proof state policies

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. The trip comes days after Newsom called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to protect California’s liberal policies ahead of Trump’s return to office in January. He said Newsom was “stopping all of the GREAT things that can be done to ‘Make California Great Again.’” California won against most of the …

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Fox News Host Makes World's Most Hypocritical Gripe About Kamala Harris' Loss
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fox News Host Makes World's Most Hypocritical Gripe About Kamala Harris' Loss

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Fox News host Dana Perino griped that it’s a “shame” Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t immediately concede the election on Tuesday night and let Donald Trump’s team “have their moment.” “You work so hard. “Let them have their moment,” she said of the Republican nominee’s supporters at the Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida. In 2020, Trump …

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An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges
1 month, 4 weeks ago

An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges

The Independent  

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Inside TV's fierce 'star wars' as rivals Seven and Nine battle it out for Australia's biggest names
2 months, 1 week ago

Inside TV's fierce 'star wars' as rivals Seven and Nine battle it out for Australia's biggest names

Daily Mail  

Seven continues to raid Nine's ranks as it bolsters AFL coverage for next year Revealed: the list of Seven stars allegedly being targeted by network rivals EXCLUSIVE The nation's two biggest commercial TV networks are locked in a vicious 'star wars' as they try to convince their rivals' best and brightest talent to switch channels. Seven's award-winning reporter Sharnelle Vella …

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Hong Kong editors who face prison in sedition case told court about journalistic ideals
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Hong Kong editors who face prison in sedition case told court about journalistic ideals

The Independent  

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Retirement on Arizona right-leaning high court gives Democratic governor rare chance to fill seat
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Retirement on Arizona right-leaning high court gives Democratic governor rare chance to fill seat

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona Supreme Court Justice Robert Brutinel announced Tuesday he will retire this fall, giving Democratic Gov. “I leave this position with pride in my service on the courts and great confidence in the future of our judicial system, knowing that the courts are in very good hands,” Brutinel wrote in his retirement letter released Tuesday. “The future of …

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Ex-police officer accused of killing shoplifting suspect goes on trial in Virginia
3 months, 1 week ago

Ex-police officer accused of killing shoplifting suspect goes on trial in Virginia

Associated Press  

FAIRFAX, Va. — A trial for a former northern Virginia police officer began Tuesday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man suspected of shoplifting a pair of sunglasses. Wesley Shifflett is charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a weapon in the killing of 37-year-old Timothy McCree Johnson near a busy shopping mall on Feb. 22, 2023. Shifflett …

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Former Uvalde schools police chief makes first court appearance since indictment
3 months, 1 week ago

Former Uvalde schools police chief makes first court appearance since indictment

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The former Uvalde, Texas, school police chief made his first court appearance Monday on criminal charges that accuse him of failing to take sufficient action during the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022 that left 19 children and two teachers dead. He was indicted earlier this year along with Adrian Gonzales, another former Uvalde school police officer, …

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Florida sued for using taxpayer money on website promoting GOP spin on abortion initiative
3 months, 1 week ago

Florida sued for using taxpayer money on website promoting GOP spin on abortion initiative

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A political committee behind the campaign to pass a constitutional right to abortion in Florida has filed a lawsuit against a state health care agency that it alleges is carrying out a taxpayer-funded “misinformation” campaign against the November ballot measure. Critics say the state-backed messaging push is the latest “dirty trick” by Republican officials in Florida to …

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A Florida county’s plan to turn a historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef hits a snag
3 months, 2 weeks ago

A Florida county’s plan to turn a historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef hits a snag

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida county is in talks to acquire a storied but aging ocean liner in a proposed deal that could create the largest artificial reef in the world. But the plan hit a snag Tuesday, after local officials in coastal Okaloosa County in the Florida panhandle postponed a vote on the plan to buy and purposefully sink …

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Neha Dixit on gender, the informal economy and the invisible work of women
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Neha Dixit on gender, the informal economy and the invisible work of women

Hindustan Times  

There are many ways in which you could choose to approach Neha Dixit’s first book, The Many Lives of Syeda X: The story of an unknown Indian. When it's someone like a home-based worker who's working in different workplaces or from home and dealing with many people, when it comes to sexual violence, there is actually no mechanism for her …

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Florida state lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private school
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Florida state lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private school

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Republican state representative in central Florida has been indicted on felony forgery charges related to her administration of a private Christian school that she helped run with her family. The indictment of Amesty — who is currently running for reelection in her district west of Orlando — follows investigations by the Orlando Sentinel into Amesty’s background, …

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Our tech overlords are about to discover that there are limits to free speech
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Our tech overlords are about to discover that there are limits to free speech

The Independent  

Graham Thorpe was one of the greatest England batsmen of his generation. Musk genuinely seems to equate free expression with the truth, in the manner of someone who once had a nodding acquaintance with the writings of John Stuart Mill, and the philosopher’s belief – set out in 1859 in On Liberty – that “wrong opinions and practices gradually yield …

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