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Big Bear bald eagle lays third egg

And then there were three! Jackie the bald eagle laid her third egg Wednesday evening. Officials with the Friends of Big Bear Valley said it’s Jackie’s first full three-egg clutch. Jackie braved snowy conditions all day Thursday to protect her eggs. Jackie laid her first egg on Jan 24. The second egg arrived on Jan.

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Investigation into killings of 19 burros in Southern California desert hits possible breakthrough

NEEDLES, Calif. (AP) — There may finally be a breakthrough in a long-running investigation into the killing of wild burros in California’s Mojave Desert nearly five years ago, federal authorities said Thursday. Nineteen burros were found shot to death along a 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 15 northeast of Los Angeles on Aug. 13, 2019.

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Students and police clash in Greece as debate rages over legalizing private universities

By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police and student protesters have clashed in the Greek capital after a demonstration against government plans to allow private universities. Demonstrators on Thursday attacked police cordons, set fire to trash dumpsters and threw stones at riot police near parliament and later during clashes

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Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to examine six proposed maps redrawing state legislative districts say the ones submitted by the Republican Legislature and a conservative law firm are partisan gerrymanders. They stopped short Thursday of declaring the other four constitutional. They said only the

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9 hospitalized after 200 prisoners rush corrections officers in riot at Southern California prison

BLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — Eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured in a riot involving around 200 inmates in the recreational yard of a Southern California prison, authorities said Thursday. The violence erupted around 10 a.m. Wednesday as officers were escorting an inmate across the yard as part of a contraband investigation at

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9 hospitalized after 200 prisoners rush corrections officers in riot at Southern California prison

BLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — Eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured in a riot involving around 200 inmates in the recreational yard of a Southern California prison, authorities said Thursday. The violence erupted around 10 a.m. Wednesday as officers were escorting an inmate across the yard as part of a contraband investigation at

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