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Month: July 2022

Kushner recounts Jeff Sessions’ attempts to block Trump’s landmark criminal justice reform bill

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Recounting his yearlong effort to pass the First Step Act, Jared Kushner in his forthcoming memoir describes the numerous and ultimately unsuccessful efforts by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to thwart the landmark criminal justice reform legislation. In his upcoming book, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” Kushner details several efforts by

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RSO: Indio man out on bail found with fentanyl, meth, and heroin

A 59-year-old man remains behind bars for allegedly being in possession of fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin with intention to sell.   The Indio was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine for sale, transporting methamphetamine, possession of fentanyl for sale, possession of heroin for sale, being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition, and committing

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Wastewater COVID detection efforts extended to look for monkeypox; ‘Frequency of detection is increasing’

By Max Darrow Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — A project monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in the Bay Area via wastewater is now expanding its efforts to also watch the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. Throughout the pandemic, a team of researchers at Stanford University have conducted extensive surveillance of

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White House communications director Kate Bedingfield makes ‘last-minute’ decision to stay in her role

By MJ Lee, Arlette Saenz, Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN White House communications director Kate Bedingfield is staying on in her role, a surprise decision coming after the White House announced she would be leaving, multiple sources told CNN. Bedingfield shared her decision in an email sent to her colleagues Friday afternoon. Bedingfield wrote

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Man sentenced after pleading guilty stabbing 81-year-old senior in Banning

A convicted felon is facing 15 years behind bars today after pleading guilty to attempted murder for stabbing an 81-year-old Banning man during an attack at the victim’s home. Freddy Armando Ochoa, 27, of Banning was charged with attempted murder, attempted escape of law enforcement custody and sentence-enhancing deadly weapon and great bodily injury allegations.

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US announces new sanctions targeting Russian global influence and election interference operations

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration announced sanctions targeting Russia over its global “malign influence” and election interference operations on Friday. In a statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the new tranche of sanctions “is separate and distinct from the broad range of measures the United States and its allies and partners continue

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Bill Barr subpoenaed by voting tech company Smartmatic in company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Voting technology company Smartmatic on Thursday subpoenaed former Attorney General Bill Barr in its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, demanding he turn over any communications with the right-wing television channel’s personalities, executives, and owners. Specifically, the subpoena from Smartmatic seeks by September 16 any communication Barr had with

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El concilio de Indio aprobó otorgar cinco permisos para dispensarios de cannabis

El concilio de Indio acordó dar permisos de operación a cinco dispensarios de marihuana, aunque aún están trabajando en el impuesto que los comerciantes pagarán, también están elaborando la zonificación para asegurarse que los dispensarios no estén muy cerca de las escuelas e iglesias, además dijeron que se realizará una revisión del récord criminal de

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