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By SAM MEDNICK TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including some who were allowed to enter from the occupied West Bank. The Ramadan prayers at Al-Aqsa took place for the…
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Corporation are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created registering with the state. Once registered, corporations have legal rights very similar to those of humans. However, since corporations primarily act through their boards, a permanent record, minutes, of those actions must be kept. Minutes are the official record of…
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This just in: Driving While White or Asian in Orange County results in proportionally fewer police stops than Driving While Black or Hispanic, according to data from the California Department of Justice. California Department of Justice What does that mean? It means that, based on the county’s demographics, White and Asian people were pulled over…
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By DORANY PINEDA and SETH BORENSTEIN In a stretch of Louisiana with about 170 fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, premature death is a fact of life for people living nearby. The air is so polluted and the cancer rates so high it is known as Cancer Alley. “Most adults in the area are attending two…
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By Katheryn Houghton, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, KFF Health News Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available near her home on the Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana. Related Articles Union and New York hospital system reach a tentative deal to…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. The 6-3 decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country. It’s the first…
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Deemed an effort to strengthen housing opportunities for veterans, a new bipartisan bill in Congress would ensure disabled veterans don’t have to pay certain home loan funding fees. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs already offers waivers for veterans wth service-connected disabilities — but only to those who have already received a disability rating, assigned…
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A new federal pledge has supporters of Orange County’s long-awaited veterans cemetery feeling good about funding secured for the project, and a necessary new state feasibility study is expected this spring. Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, who has long advocated for the proposed cemetery, said the funding secured constitutes “real progress” in the county’s commitment to…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MATT OTT, AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. economic growth slowed in the final three months of last year, dragged down by the six-week shutdown of the federal government and a pullback in consumer spending. The nation’s gross domestic product — the output of goods and services — increased at…
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