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Month: October 2024

Wilmer Valderrama. Rosario Dawson. America Ferrera. Star-led drive aims to get Latinos to vote

Associated Press With a star-studded cast of celebrities and influencers, the Voto Latino Foundation launched a $5 million initiative Tuesday to encourage Latinos to vote in the upcoming election. The “Vota Con Ganas” (’Vote with Enthusiasm”) campaign will feature personal stories and messages from the Latino community, voter registration drives and workshops, social media outreach

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Taylor 13-year-old girl charged in deadly stabbing of 7-year-old sister after argument

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     TAYLOR, Michigan (WXYZ) — A 13-year-old girl has been charged with allegedly murdering her 7-year-old sister in Taylor over the weekend. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged the 13-year-old girl with first-degree murder, felony murder and first-degree child abuse. Officials responded to the area of

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Taylor 13-year-old girl charged in deadly stabbing of 7-year-old sister after argument

WXYZ, BROADCASTIFY, CNN By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     TAYLOR, Michigan (WXYZ) — A 13-year-old girl has been charged with allegedly murdering her 7-year-old sister in Taylor over the weekend. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged the 13-year-old girl with first-degree murder, felony murder and first-degree child abuse. Officials responded to

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Wildfires in California have burned 1 million acres so far this year. Heat wave poses more risk

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The total acres burned in California this year surpassed 1 million as spiking temperatures Tuesday added to the challenges facing firefighters struggling to contain a stubborn blaze in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles that flared up over the weekend. Evacuation orders were expanded again Monday for remote communities northeast of

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Wildfires in California have burned 1 million acres so far this year. Heat wave poses more risk

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The total acres burned in California this year surpassed 1 million as spiking temperatures Tuesday added to the challenges facing firefighters struggling to contain a stubborn blaze in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles that flared up over the weekend. Evacuation orders were expanded again Monday for remote communities northeast of

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Israel says Iran ‘will pay’ for launching a major missile attack against it

Originally Published: 01 OCT 24 09:39 ETUpdated: 01 OCT 24 18:02 ETBy Ivana Kottasová, Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Arlette Saenz, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Haifa, Israel (CNN) — Iran launched dozens of missiles toward Israel on Tuesday in what it said was a response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and others

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A complicated relief effort unfolds in North Carolina in the face of tough terrain, collapsed communications and a ticking clock

By Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — To Cory Vaillancourt, the only scene comparable to the one unfolding in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene is a war zone. Nearly two years ago, the Smoky Mountain News politics editor reported from a southern Ukrainian city shortly after its liberation from Russian control. “The

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A complicated relief effort unfolds in North Carolina in the face of tough terrain, collapsed communications and a ticking clock

CNN By Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — To Cory Vaillancourt, the only scene comparable to the one unfolding in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene is a war zone. Nearly two years ago, the Smoky Mountain News politics editor reported from a southern Ukrainian city shortly after its liberation from Russian control.

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Justice Department finds Georgia is ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked abuses at its prisons

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s corrections department says a new federal report on state prison conditions reflects a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the challenges of running a prison system. The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia’s prison systems are ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups. The

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