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Month: August 2021

Vigil held for 18-year-Ood Rylee Goodrich, 1 of 2 teen victims shot and killed in Corona movie theater

By CBSLA Staff Click here for updates on this story     CORONA, CA (KCAL, KCBS) — With news of 19-year-old Anthony Barajas’s passing Saturday morning, friends, family and mourners gathered outside the Corona movie theater where he and 18-year-old Rylee Goodrich were shot and killed Monday by 20-year-old Joseph Jimenez. “I want people to know that

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Eisenhower Health to require regular COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated healthcare workers

Eisenhower Health will be verifying which workers have been vaccinated so it can determine who will require regular coronavirus testing. Employees were notified about the new requirements by an internal email sent out July 30: Eisenhower Health internal email about testing of unvaccainted workersDownload “Beginning August 9, Eisenhower is required to have unvaccinated employees show

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Desert Hot Springs’ Sarah Robles earns bronze, becomes first U.S. woman to win two Olympic medals in weightlifting

DESERT HOT SPRINGS (CNS) – Sarah Robles, who was raised in Desert Hot Springs, became the first American woman to win two Olympic medals in weightlifting, winning the bronze in the super heavyweight class. 🇺🇸 @TeamUSA’s Sarah Robles is the first American woman to win two Olympic weightlifting medals. She takes home #bronze at the #OlympicGames

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A vital Memphis bridge shut down since May due to a structural crack has fully reopened

By Tina Burnside, CNN A major bridge connecting Memphis, Tennessee, to Arkansas reopened to traffic in both directions on Monday afternoon, nearly three months after a crack forced its closure, the Arkansas Department of Transportation announced in a tweet. The Hernando DeSoto Bridge, which carries Interstate 40 over the Mississippi River, was shut down for

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Florida A&M becomes the latest HBCU to forgive student debt, totaling over $16M, for the 2020-21 graduating class

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Florida A&M University students got a welcome surprise when the university announced it would be paying off student financial balances for the 2020-2021 school year. President Larry Robinson broke the news at the commencement for 2020 graduates Saturday. “This is an indication of our commitment to student success and our

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FBI used ‘provocative photos’ of female office staff to catch sexual predators, watchdog says

By Marshall Cohen FBI agents posted provocative photos of female coworkers online without formal authorization as part of sting operations against sex trafficking, according to a new watchdog report. The Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report released Monday that some FBI agents “sometimes used photographs of young female support staff employees to pose

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Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard becomes first ​out transgender woman to compete at the Olympics, fails to register a lift

By Aleks Klosok and George Ramsay, CNN New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first ​out transgender woman to compete in the 125-year history of the Olympics on Monday as she failed to register a lift in the women’s super-heavyweight +87kg category. Hubbard’s three failed attempts in the snatch — one at 120kg and two

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A Long Island county’s legislature will vote on bill that would allow police to sue protesters and seek damages up to $50,000

By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN The Nassau County, New York, legislature will vote on a bill Monday that would allow anyone who harasses or injures a first responder, including police officers, to be fined up to $50,000 as well as give first responders the ability to sue the person directly. If the bill passes, first responders

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